6th Asian Design Conference and 3rd Symposium on Doctoral Education in Design

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The 6th Asian Design International Conference will be held in Tsukuba.

Science Council of Japan decided to carry out organizer of this
international conference.
On the behalf of organizing committee of 6th ADC, I am very pleased
that Science Council of Japan, Japanese Society for the Science of
Design and Japan Society of Kansei Engineering have opportunity to
organize this international conference in Tsukuba.

The Asian Society for the Science of Design is an international
scientific design organization aiming at making a mutual exchange,
study and proposition about design research widely, seeking for new
cooperation between industry and the academic field, and contributing
to the progress development of scientific research and design
education about global design development centering on Asian
countries.

Main theme is " Integration of Knowledge, Kansei, and Industrial Power " .
The program of the conference will include diverse sessions,
speeches, activities: Original Article Presentation, Symposium on
Doctoral Education in Design, Asian Design Research Proposition,
Design Research Show-Case, Design exhibition, etc.. Through this
conference, we would like to take this opportunity to promote mutual
understanding of design researches around Asian countries and,
furthermore, and contributing to creation of the new research and
education system based on the identity of each country.

For creating and expanding new design research field in this
conference, The new direction is proposed to be integrated with the
research of Kansei, existing body of design knowledge and the
industrial power. Ultimately, we do sincerely hope that the three key
fields of design, Industry, Research, and Practice pursue triad
collaboration for the progress of design in Asian region.

Finally, we expect the development of the new Asian design research
and educational organization and eventually cultivation of the 21st
century by participation of entrepreneurs, designers, researchers,
and general public.

Akira Harada
Chair of Organizing committee,
The 6th Asian Design International Conference

Organizers:Science Council of Japan (SCJ)/Japanese Society for the
Science of Design (JSSD)/Japan Society of Kansei Engineering (JSKE)

Cosponsors:Asian Society for the Science of Design (ASSD)[Korean
Society of Design Science (KSDS)/Chinese Institute of Design
(CID)/Design Research Society (DRS)]

Sponsors (estimate):Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science
and Technology/Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry/Ministry of
Foreign Affairs/Ibaraki Prefectural Government/Japan Industrial
Design Promotion Organization (JIDPO)/Japan Design foundation

Cooperating Organizations:Japan National Tourist Organization/Japan
Industrial Designer's Association (JIDA)


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ALMOST the FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CALL FOR PAPERS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO THE
END OF FEBRUARY.

SYMPOSIUM -- DOCTORAL EDUCATION IN DESIGN
TSUKUBA, JAPAN, 14-17 OCTOBER 2003

The third symposium Doctoral Education in Design will be held
14-17 October, at the International Congress Center, Tsukuba,
Japan.

This major symposium will be held in parallel with the Sixth
Asian Design Conference, also held at the same venue.  It will
be possible to register for, present a paper at, and be a
delegate to, both events.  Jointly, these two events represent a
major event in the 2003 research conference calendar.

The third symposium Doctoral Education in Design follows on from
events held in Ohio 1998, and La Clusaz, France 2000.  The
organisers of the 2003 event are: Japanese Society for the
Science of Design (JSSD) and Design Research Society (DRS).  The
main sponsor is: Science Council of Japan.  Collaborating
Associations are: Korean Society of Design Science (KSDS) and
Chinese Institute of Design (CID).

Selection will be on the basis of firstly selection of
abstracts, and secondly by selection of full papers.  In both
cases, abstracts and papers will be blind reviewed by an
international panel of experts in the field of doctoral
education in design.


FOCUS

The main focus for this symposium is: The practice of research

- Best practice in design research

- Doctorate in design practice

- Continuing professional development

We are particularly interested in best practice, and the
practical application of best practice, with a focus on the
doctorate in design.  This might for example provide exemplars
of best practice in: supervision; supervisor qualifications and
training programmes; relations between supervisors and students;
definitions of doctoral study; programmes of research methods
training; organisation of doctoral cohort programmes; aspects of
full time and part time doctoral study; PhD by published work;
or case studies.  This list is indicative, but the organisers
will welcome a wide range of proposals.

The organisers expect that papers will provide a snapshot of
best practice at the present time, and be of practical help to
research directors and supervisors of doctoral programmes in the
future.  The proceedings will be published in book form with
full papers and biographical notes on the authors.


REGISTRATION

Registration will be valid for both conferences.  Different
papers by the same author may be presented in both conferences.
The conference language will be English.


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