The 11th Participatory Design Conference. PDC 2010.
November 29 - December 3, 2010.
Sydney, Australia.
www.pdc2010.org

August 13 is the final submission date for exploratory papers, industry
cases, the industry pitchfest,
panels, posters, doctoral consortium and applications to be a student
workshops and tutorials.

Submission details are available from the conference website
www.pdc2010.org. Submissions should follow the PDC Submission template but
only exploratory
papers need to be anonymous

Exploratory papers: (short paper – maximum 4 pages) Exploratory papers
should present ideas that
could benefit from discussion with members of the Participatory Design
community. These papers may
include work-in-progress, experiences of reflective practitioners, and first
drafts of novel concepts and
approaches. Each submitted paper will be double blind reviewed by at least 3
reviewers. Please make
sure submissions are anonymous. If you have any questions, please contact
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Industry Day Presentations: (1-2 page proposals)  There are two types of
submissions for this new,
special one day Industry Day Track:
Industry Cases - that report on the use of participatory design (PD)
methods, tools, and/or practices
within commercial, non-profit and governmental organisations, and,
PDC Pitch Fest Presentations – where representatives from not-for-profit and
academic sectors “pitch”
design ideas in a short, lively format.  This is an opportunity to present
participatory design research,
concepts and ideas to a panel of ‘industry’ representatives.
Submissions for Industry Day do not require academic reviewing and will be
reviewed instead by an
industry panel. If you have any questions, please contact
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Artefacts, posters, products, interactive demonstrations: (2 page proposal)
Works may include projects,
techniques, and products developed with a commitment to the principles and
philosophy of
Participatory Design and they may incorporate any forms or genres of
information/communication
technologies or digital media (e.g., sound, still/moving images, touch,
space, text, etc.). Successful
proposals will be presented during a session where participants can interact
with presenters and
artefacts. The proposal should include title, goals, technique, relevance to
Participatory Design and a
sketch or design, as appropriate. Please describe your plan for audience
participation. If you have any
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Doctoral consortium: (2 page proposal) Full day session. The doctoral
consortium is intended for PhD
students working within the field of Participatory Design. It will provide
students with an opportunity to
present issues of concern to them in their doctoral studies and receive
extensive feedback from the
session co-chairs and student participants. Enrolment is limited and
selection will been based on
application submissions. The proposal should give an overview of the PhD
project, including research
question, method, how the PhD work is related to Participatory Design, the
status of current work,
major findings and plans for further research. Accepted applicants will be
asked to provide a revised
and elaborated proposal a few months before the conference. If you have any
questions, please contact
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Student volunteers: We are looking for a team of dedicated student
volunteers to make PDC function. In
exchange for free registration you are expected to work about 20 hours
during the conference.
Sometimes this means you will be in sessions, sometimes you will not be. If
you are presenting you will
of course we will work with your schedule. We will soon have instructions
for how to apply to be a
volunteer, in the meantime if you have any questions, please contact
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be held in the southern hemisphere!

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