Wonderground!

Design Research Society
International Conference 2006
Lisbon, Portugal

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Third Call for Papers - Deadline March 31

Wonderground - the 2006 Design Research Society International 
Conference invites full papers of up to 6,000 words and working 
papers of up to 2,000 words. There is a specific call for 
contributions to the research exhibition. We welcome papers in all 
areas of design research.

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Conference Web Site

http://www.iade.pt/drs2006/

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DEADLINE: 2006 March 31.

Responding to requests for an extended deadline, we changed the 
deadline to March 31. We will continue to accept papers until April 5.

We will begin the review process for each paper as it arrives to 
ensure a prompt reply for those who need it.

Digital submission: Authors must submit papers in digital form.

Submission address: Please submit papers to the Content Management Coordinator

"Martim Lapa" [log in to unmask]

When sending your paper to Mr. Lapa, please send a copy [Cc:] to the 
Content Management Secretary

"Elisabete Perfeito" [log in to unmask]

Language: Papers must be written in English.

References, format, and style: Conference papers should follow the 
Publoication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth 
Edition. Please visit the conference web site for full details. 
Authors can download a good short guide at URL:

http://www.docstyles.com/

Length: Full papers should be up to 6000 words plus illustrations. 
Working papers should be up to 2000 words plus illustrations.

Refereeing: A large, international scientific committee ensures 
expert review for all fields. No referee will review more than three 
papers. Authors will receive careful and reflective comments.

The Wonderground review process will "help authors in" rather than 
"keep authors out."

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Short Guidelines Members of the scientific committee have prepared 
two short guidelines to help authors write papers that enable readers 
to understand and use their work. These are not rules, but 
suggestions or checklists covering the key features of a conference 
paper.

Full Papers The full paper format runs up to 6,000 words. We 
encourage submissions from all fields of design research. We welcome 
papers representing all perspectives and research methods. These 
guidelines are intended to help authors

At the top of the full paper, write a self-contained abstract of up 
to 200 words that outlines your aims, scope, and conclusions. Then, 
give up to five keywords that describe the working paper. In the 
paper, 1) Introduce the subject and state the goals of the paper. 2) 
Identify the issues you will consider and give some background. 3) 
Describe your approach to the issues you will address. 4) Describe 
the circumstances in which you conducted your work. 5) Describe what 
you actually did and describe the tools you used. 6) Describe your 
findings or conclusions and explain how they support your goals. 7) 
Indicate what you learned or accomplished and suggest future work in 
your area of interest. 8) Provide a bibliography containing all the 
references cited in the text.

Working papers: The 2000-word length working paper format allows 
researchers to present work in progress in a convenient way while 
making a rich enough argument to deserve conference presentation.

A working paper should contain several features of a full paper. At 
the top of the working paper, write a self-contained abstract of up 
to 200 words that outlines your aims, scope, and conclusions. Then, 
give up to five keywords that describe the working paper. In the 
working paper, 1) State the theme of the paper. 2) Promise a 
contribution. 3) Provide evidence for the argument that you will 
present to reach the conclusion. 4) State the structure of the 
argument and show how you will develop it. 5) Show how the evidence 
and the argument will lead to a contribution. Evidence may include 
summaries of empirical work as well as discussion from the 
literature. 6) Provide a selected reference list to supports the 
working paper in the same way that a full reference list supports a 
full paper.

Language advice: English is the conference language. Please remember 
that English is a second or third language for many of our authors 
and readers. We encourage authors to write in a direct, comfortable 
style for clear, understandable papers.

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Information update service: If you are submitting a paper or exhibit 
to Wonderground, please join our JISCmail information list to receive 
updates and conference information. To join please go to:

http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/DRS-CONFERENCE-CONTRIBUTORS.html