For those who will be in southern California next week. An afternoon of light exercise and networking with designers, design academics, architects and design researchers. The event is organized by the LinkedIn Design Community that now has over 35,000 professional members. Design Mixer in Topanga on Saturday May 8th. Please take a look at the 2 videos on the site that show views of the walk and famous creative types of Topanga. http://design-walk.blogspot.com/ <http://design-walk.blogspot.com/%20%20> Rob Curedale Curedale Inc. [log in to unmask] 22148 Monte Vista Drive Topanga CA 90290 USA PO Box 328 Topanga CA 90290 USA phone: +310.455.2636 cell: +616.405.8074 www.curedale.com twitter: www.twitter.com/designresearch linkedIn profile:http://www.linkedin.com/in/curedale skype:rob.curedale On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Loi, Daria A <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTINGS > > > > Final call for research papers, workshops and tutorials. The Participatory Design Conference 2010. > > > > After many requests we have extended until May 10th the submission date for research papers and proposals for workshops and tutorials. > > > > Submission details are available from the conference website http://www.pdc2010.org/submissions/ > > > > All other submissions are due on August 3. > > > > Research papers: (full paper - maximum 10 pages) Research papers should report on completed research which furthers topics in Participatory Design. Research papers will be published in the ACM International Conference series. High academic standards will be expected. Each submitted paper will be double blind reviewed by at least 3 reviewers. Please make sure that your submission is anonymous in order to facilitate this review process. Accepted papers should be revised according to the review reports and the language should be checked by a native English speaker. > > > > Interactive workshops: (2 page proposal) Half and full day sessions on topics that include methods, practices, and other areas of interest and that support an interactive format where active participation beyond presentation is solicited. The proposal must justify the need for the workshop and should contain a title, goals, technique, relevance to Participatory Design and a schedule. Intended participants and how they will be recruited should also be described. > > > > Tutorials: (2 page proposal) Half and full day sessions for teaching conceptual frameworks, methods/techniques, and novel approaches. The proposal should contain a title, goals, technique, relevance to Participatory Design and a schedule. Please describe any handouts that you intend to make available in the proposal. > > > > The 11th Participatory Design Conference. PDC 2010. November 29 - December 3, 2010. Sydney, Australia. www.pdc2010.org< http://www.pdc2010.org/> > > > > Follow us on twitter @PDCSydney. And join us to celebrate the first PDC to be held in the southern hemisphere! >