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CALL to industry and Academy for Atelier Topics and Leaders for the 
CONVIVIO Interaction Design Summer School 14-25 August 2006 


Location: Napier University, Edinburgh, http://www.napier.ac.uk/convivio/ 
Theme: Enjoying or Enduring Technology - Visions, Boundaries and Transformations 


The Annual Summer School for graduate students of many disciplines and young professional 
designers has been run for the past five years in locations throughout Western and Eastern 
Europe. In 2006 it will be it Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland, coinciding with the two 
first weeks of the Edinburgh Festival. 


The Summer School brings together 50 talented young people from many countries and 
disciplines for ten days to deepen their understanding of user-centred design of interactive 
systems for everyday life ‘convivial’ technologies in the sense both of Dante and Illich. 
The School consists of morning lectures and afternoon `ateliers , i.e. workshops where 
teams of students work on themes proposed by and discussed with the atelier leaders. 
Given the success of the ateliers in past years we would like to try this year to gain value 
from the work done by students beyond their own learning. We invite research groups, 
professors and design groups working in the design of convivial technologies to run an atelier 
on a topic of passionate interest to them. 


What would you gain? Ten days with a team of young professionals working together on a 
project that maybe otherwise you would not have had the resources to pursue. Spending time 
with other professionals in the field. If you are hiring, a chance to see the work of 50 talented 
young people. 


What do the students gain? To work with professionals on a topic they find really 
interesting—and possibly contacts for an eventual job. A combination of blue-sky research and 
contact with the real world of research, development or design. 


What must you give? First and foremost a proposal for a theme for an atelier project / 
workshop, that connects to a people-centred approach and includes field work with the local 
community / festival, and ten afternoons of your time, plus some time in preparation before 
you arrive. If you are a company, we ask for funding to pay the cost of an atelier leader (which 
you might propose, or the Summer School team will find for you). Also a proposal for a 
general lecture in one of the morning sessions. 
What does Convivio gain? 10 interesting projects to push forward ideas for the future 
design of interactive technologies and the exchange of views and knowledge Convivio was set 
up to promote. Of these 5 will be selected according to student priorities. 
For information on previous Summer Schools in Timisoara, Split and Rome see 
http://www.convivioschool2005.utt.ro/ http://www.umas.hr/convivio/ 
http://www.romaricerche.it/programmi/varie/SummerSchool.htm 


THE PROCESS 
April 15 – deadline for Atelier Proposals, on no more than 2 pages of A4 to be sent to 
[log in to unmask] and to Yngve Sundblad <[log in to unmask]>, 
whom you could also contact for more information. 
April 25 - ten atelier proposals chosen by a Convivio evaluation committee with Gillian 
Crampton-Smith, Steven Kyffin, Riccardo Antonini, Michael Smyth and Yngve Sundblad. 
May 25 – deadline for definite call for participation, to [log in to unmask] 
Students will have to prioritise first, second, third, fourth and fifth choice of atelier.  
June 15 - notification of acceptance / rejection of participants and of the five definite ateliers. 


Applications will be reviewed by the Summer School team, in conjunction with the Atelier 
leaders. Applicants will be chosen for their appropriate skills for the particular atelier, aiming 
for a mix of gender, disciplines and nationalities. Even if your atelier does not attract enough 
students to be run this year, you are very welcome to attend the Summer School as an observer. 


michael smyth 
school of computing 
napier university 
edinburgh 
EH9 5DT, uk 


tel: +44 (0)131 455 2733 

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