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Wellington Gomes de Medeiros
Universidade Federal de Campina Grande/CNPq (Brazil)
Staffordshire University
Faculty of Arts, Media and Design
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United Kingdom
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From: DESIGN 2008 [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Mon 5/21/2007 11:23
To: MEDEIROS Wellington G
Subject: Design 2008 Call for papers, May 2008, Dubrovnik, Croatia
 
This is the call for papers & participation for the 
DESIGN 2008 
19-22 May 2008 Dubrovnik Croatia
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The 10th INTERNATIONAL DESIGN CONFERENCE to be held May 19th through 22nd, 2008, in DUBROVNIK, Croatia.  
 
MAIN TOPICS:

* DESIGN THEORY AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
* DESIGN ORANISATION AND MANAGEMENT
* DESIGN PROCESSES
* DESIGN METHODS
* DESIGN SUPPORT TOOLS
* DESIGN INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE
* HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND DESIGN
 
Important Dates:
* Online submission will open on June the 1st 2007.
* Full paper submission deadline: December 15th, 2007
* Final acceptance of papers: March 1st, 2008 
* Publish ready papers: March 20th, 2008
* Final conference program: April 2008


DESIGN 2008 web site: http://www.designconference.org


PROGRAMME CHAIRS

Mogens Myrup Andreasen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Herbert Birkhofer, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
Steve Culley, University of Bath, United Kingdom
Udo Lindemann, Technische Universität München, Germany
Dorian Marjanovic, University of Zagreb, Croatia

CONTRIBUTIONS

The DESIGN 2008 Conference invites high-quality submissions on substantial,
original and previously unpublished research. Applied, theoretical, results-oriented and speculative papers from both academia and industry will all be considered for inclusion. Contributions should be classified into and will be reviewed in the following categories:

- Research Papers - describing contributions and the latest results of   scientific work.
- Design Education Papers should be based on a scientific approach describing substantial new experiences based on design education training, teamwork, projects or cases.
- Industrial Papers should signal industrial needs for design approaches/techniques, experiences from their implementation and use, experiences from training of engineers, demands on computer support, best practice, qualitative case studies, etc.
- Philosophy or Speculations provide a category for papers where the author has a free hand to evolve new ideas without a claim for scientific validation. However, the paper should be rigorously related to state-of-the-art literature and clearly indicate the novelty of the ideas.

CONCEPT AND PROGRAMME

The organizers of the DESIGN Conferences are tending to develop the conference beyond the traditional role of delivering research reports and findings in to a place where participants can pro-actively create opportunities for knowledge exchange alongside program chairs, reviewers and organizing teams. Papers will be presented on the plenary sessions, topic oriented sessions and workshops.

REVIEW PROCESS AND PUBLICATION OF PAPERS

The papers will be accepted on the double blind review basis made by the members of the Scientific Advisory Board. The review criteria will be the novelty and level of contribution, validity of conclusions, industrial or application perspective and formal qualities of the contribution.
For speeding up and simplifying the paper reviewing, please note: ABSTRACTS are NOT required - full paper submission only.
The reviewed and accepted full papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings provided the final papers are received by the appropriate deadline and conform to the layout guidelines. The Conference Proceedings will be distributed to the participants at the Conference site and will be available after the Conference under an ISBN number as a hardcopy and a CD.
Outstanding papers will be recommended for publication in selected journals.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION

Online submission will open on June the 1st 2007. Those whishing to present papers at DESIGN 2008 should submit the full paper written in English up to 8 pages in MS Word format. Papers exceeding 8 pages will be subject to excess page charges (up to the maximum of 12 pages).
Please note that the number of pages must be even, due to the layout reasons
in preparing the proceedings.

Submission process steps:

- Download from the Conference web site a detailed instructions and template for preparing the full paper.
- Format your paper according to the instructions and template.
- Submit authors' personal data and upload the full paper through the submission form available at the DESIGN 2008 Conference website.

Deadline for submitting full papers is December the 15th, 2007.

IMPORTANT: Please note that contributions have to be submitted exclusively through the conference web site.
For any questions please contact Organising Secretariat at [log in to unmask]

The submitted paper should fit into one of the Conference topics. If you have any doubts about fitting of your contribution into the conference scope, you may send an abstract up to 2 A4 pages (12pt) in MS Word file format by email on [log in to unmask] You will be advised about sending the full paper at the latest two weeks after sending an abstract.
Otherwise, sending an abstract is not required.

ORGANISATION

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb
The Design Society
The University of Dubrovnik

Organising Secretariat Address

DESIGN 2008 Secretariat
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
10000 Zagreb, I. Lucica 5, CROATIA
Tel: (+385 1) 61 68 432, Fax: (+385 1) 61 68 284

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Internet: www.designconference.org 


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