Call for abstracts | PLATE 2017 Conference | Delft University, the Netherlands

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PLATE Conference 2017 – call for papers
8 – 10 November 2017, Delft University, the Netherlands
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Following the success of the the first PLATE Conference, which took place at NTU in 2015, we are pleased to inform you that PLATE is not only continuing, but also expanding internationally. The second PLATE conference will be hosted by the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. spacer.png Delft logo
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Call for papers

PLATE 2017 will embrace a multidisciplinary perspective including design, geography, history, anthropology and culture, technology, business, economics, marketing, consumer behaviour, law, and public policy. Specifically, Delft welcomes submissions of abstracts (up to 1,000 words) for proposed papers on the following and related themes:

  • design for product longevity
  • the role of product lifetimes in resource efficiency
  • product lifetimes optimisation
  • cultural perspectives on the throwaway society
  • circular economy and product lifetimes
  • business opportunities, economic implications and marketing strategies
  • consumer influences on product lifetimes, including repair and reuse
  • policy, regulation and legislation
  • open themes.

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Important dates

  • December 2016: Conference registration opens
  • Friday 13 January 2017: Submission of abstracts for proposed papers
  • End of February 2017: Acceptance of proposals will be announced
  • Friday 9 June 2017: Final papers and posters due

Conference schedule

  • Wednesday 8 November: Day 1 – opening reception
  • Thursday 9 November: Day 2 – banquet dinner
  • Friday 10 November: Day 3 – farewell drinks

The PLATE committee encourages scholars and practitioners – at every level from graduate student to seasoned scholar – to begin planning your contribution to PLATE 2017. Please feel free to inform and invite other people who might be interested in submitting an extended abstract. We also welcome workshop proposals, and a call for these will be announced early in 2017.

In the meantime, if you have any queries and informal expressions of interest, please email plate2017 to contact the PLATE 2017 conference team.

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Call for Submissions: IDEN Issue 3 Creating Design Research

IDEN issue #3 is calling for papers for peer review, and non peer reveiwed opinion pieces, case studies, projects, etc around the theme of Creating Design Research.

Designers writing about their research practice, their research approach and their research experience in both formal (academic papers, journal articles, PhD) and applied (in Industry, processes, materials, etc…) ways. This issue is inviting different perspectives of how Designers question things and how they engage and investigate the concepts behind the existing and the not yet existing material (and immaterial) worlds. How are designers looking at the world in order to find points of design intervention? This could not only be an exploration or demonstration of research methodologies but also include practical and exploratory, experimental or even intuitive approaches. We want you to share how you as a Designer arrive at new or improved ways of doing things.

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Enquires or submissions: milesp@unsw.edu.au or Berto.Pandolfo@uts.edu.au