Dear Colleagues,

The Interaction design Institute at Ivrea is hosting
an important event today and tomorrow. This is an
international symposium on the foundations of
interaction design.

The institute is making it possible for anyone who
wishes to observe the presentations and dialogue
to do so by live video streaming.

Highly recommended.

Best regards,

Ken Friedman



We kindly invite you to watch a live video stream of the
international symposium "Foundations of Interaction Design" which is
taking place today (Wednesday) and tomorrow at Interaction Design
Institute Ivrea. You can watch the live stream by going to the home
page of our web site www.interaction-ivrea.it, and we would very much
appreciate it if you could link to this stream from your own web site.

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF INTERACTION DESIGN
A symposium bridging theories and practice of interaction design

On 12 and 13 November, Interaction Design Institute Ivrea presents an
international symposium to promote and initiate a discussion on the
theoretical foundations of interaction design.
The meeting, which is curated by Prof. Sebastiano Bagnara, will bring
together about 30 specialists, both theorists (from disciplines such
as cognitive psychology, social psychology, discourse analysis,
linguistics, semiotics, computer science or science of materials) and
interaction designers who played a key role in introducing those
theories into the field.

Key speakers include Cristiano Antonelli (Italy), Maria A.
Brandimonte (Italy), Cristiano Castelfranchi (Italy), Gillian
Crampton Smith (Italy), Giorgio De Michelis (Italy), Pelle
Ehn(Sweden), Yrjö Engeström (Finland), Walter Gerbino (Italy),Charles
Goodwin (USA), Bill Moggridge (USA), Thomas Moran(USA), Donald A.
Norman (USA), Andrew Ortony (USA) andGianfranco Soldati (Switzerland).

The aim of the symposium is to create a structured view of the
theoretical foundations of interaction design and to help research
and practice in the field.

The discussion of these theories and their application to interaction
design will be structured along seven themes: activity,
community/participation, conversation/dialogue, economics, emotion,
memory and visible/invisible. Each theme will be addressed by two
people: a theorist from a more theoretical discipline (the 'parent'
discipline), and a 'bridger' from interaction design, who has dealt
with the same topic in his practice or theoretical explorations. Two
highly qualified designers, as well as experts from other disciplines
(discussants) will also take part in the discussion.

The symposium, which will take place in English, is not open to the
public, but there will be live video streaming of the event. The
presentation papers will be published by the Institute afterwards and
will also be available as download from this website.

Those interested can also discuss the topics of the symposium and
other issues of interaction design at the Hub, an Interaction-Ivrea
site about the intersections of interaction design.

Press office:

Mark Vanderbeeken
Interaction Design Institute Ivrea
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