Design education for future wellbeing

The 14th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE2012) is hosted by the Department of Design Sciences, Product Development, Artesis University College Antwerp. The conference is a unique opportunity for educators, practitioners, researchers and student in design-related areas to meet and exchange experiences in design education and future wellbeing. The conference will be held at the Product Development building, Artesis University College, Antwerp. The university college is located in the heart of Antwerp and within walking distance of all major landmarks and attractions:the fashion and diamond district, Rubens’ house, the cathedral, MAS museum and port. Jointly organised by the Institution of Engineering Designers, the Design Education Special Interest Group of the Design Society and Artesis University College Antwerp and supported by the City of Antwerp, this educational conference for engineering and product design is an ideal networking, research and innovation forum which will help you reach your professional goals.

 

Conference Organising Committee

Chris Baelus, Artesis University College Antwerp
Lyndon Buck, Institution of Engineering designers
Guido de Grande, Artesis University College Antwerp
Geert Frateur, Artesis University College Antwerp
Judith Grace, Institution of Engineering Designers
Bill Ion, Design Education Special Interest Group (DESIG) of the Design Society
Chris McMahon, Design Society
Stijn Verwulgen, Artesis University College Antwerp

 

International Scientific Review Board

Mr.	Sebastian	Adolphy	Technische Universität Berlin
Dr.	Alireza	Ajdari	University of Tehran
Mr.	Chris	Baelus	Artesis University College
Dr.	Bjørn	Baggerud	NTNU
Mr.	Peter William	Barker	Coventry University
Mr.	Anders	Berglund	Royal Institute of Technology, KTH
Ms.	Hilde Osteraas	Berntsen	Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU
Dr.	Erik	Bohemia	Northumbria University
Prof.	Casper	Boks	Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Dr.	Lyndon	Buck	Buckinghamshire New University
Ms.	Kathryn	Burns	Birmingham City University
Dr.	Hernan	Casakin	Ariel University Center of Samaria
Prof.	Peter	Childs	Imperial College London
Dr.	Jan	Coker	Upfront3
Mr.	Richard John	Coker	University of South Australia
Dr.	Derek	Covill	University of Brighton
Prof.	Steve	Culley	University of Bath
Ms.	Ian	de Vere	Swinburne University of Technology
Dr.	Hua	Dong	Brunel University, UK  and Tongji University, China
Mr.	Chris	Dowlen	London South Bank University
Prof.	Kevin	Edwards	Aston University
Prof.	Arthur	Eger	University of Twente
Mr.	Kaare	Eriksen	Aalborg University
Mr.	Michael	Evatt	IED
Dr.	Bob	Eves	Bournemouth University
Dr.	Nusa	Fain	City University London
Prof.	Peter	Ford	De Montfort University
Mr.	Geert	Frateur	Artesis University College Antwerp
Dr.	Nigel Patrick	Garland	Bournemouth University
Prof.	Detlef	Gerhard	Vienna University of Technology
Prof.	Michele	Germani	Università Politecnica delle Marche
Prof.	Carolina	Gill	Ohio State University
Dr.	Deshinder Singh	Gill	University of Brighton
Dr.	Mey	Goh	Loughborough University
Dr.	Hilary	Grierson	University of Strathclyde
Dr.	Martin	Grimheden	KTH
Prof.	Peter	Hogarth	DESIG
Dr.	Tania Maxine	Humphries-Smith	Bournemouth University
Mr.	Clive	Hunt	Bournemouth University
Prof.	William	Ion	University of Strathclyde
Ms.	Doris	James	Icesi University
Prof.	Mehmet	Karamanoglu	Middlesex University
Dr.	Toni-Matti	Karjalainen	Aalto University
Dr.	Tim	Katz	University of Brighton
Dr.	Yassaman	Khodadadeh	University of Tehran
Prof.	Ahmed	Kovacevic	City University London
Mr.	Lau	Langeveld	Delft University of Technology
Mr.	Colin	Ledsome	IED
Dr.	Blaine	Lilly	Ohio State University
Prof.	Udo	Lindemann	TU Munich
Mr.	Julian	Lindley	University of Hertfordshire
Dr.	Joaquim	Lloveras	Technical University of Catalonia (UPC)
Dr.	Anja	Maier	DTU
Prof.	Alison	McKay	University of Leeds
Prof.	Dennis	McKeag	University of Ulster
Prof.	Chris	McMahon	University of Bath
Mr.	Mark	Milne	University of Brighton
Dr.	Carlos Alberto	Montana Hoyos	University of Canberra
Mr.	RIchard	Morris	University of Brighton
Dr.	Aede Hatib	Musta’amal	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Dr.	Kevin	Otto	Robust Systems and Strategy
Dr.	Tom	Page	Loughborough Design School
Dr.	Brian	Parkinson	IED
Prof.	Neven	Pavkovic	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
Dr.	Luis	Pons Puiggros	University Hospital of Vall de Hebron, Health Institute of Catalonia
Mr.	Alun John	Price	Edith Cowan University
Prof.	Keith Robert	Pullen	City University
Dr.	Mariano	Ramirez	University of New South Wales
Dr.	Lucia	Rampino	Politecnico di Milano
Ms.	Mamata N.	Rao	National Institute of Design
Prof.	Dosun	Shin	Arizona State University
Dr.	Darren John	Southee	Loughborough University
Dr.	Nicholas	Spencer	Northumbria University
Dr.	Megan	Strickfaden	University of Alberta
Dr.	Ian Anthony	Stroud	EPFL
Ms.	Svetlana	Usenyuk	Aalto Univeristy
Prof.	Stijn	Verwulgen	Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen
Prof.	Michael	Vielhaber	Saarland University
Prof.	Christian	Weber	TU Ilmenau
Mr.	Craig	Whittet	Glasgow School of Art
Dr.	Andrew J.	Wodehouse	University of Strathclyde
Prof.	Bruce MacLeod	Wood	Glasgow Caledonian University
Prof.	Wim	Zeiler	TU Eindhoven

 

Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about the E&PDE12 conference, please contact;

For all queries relating to papers, programme and registration;

Judith Grace
Education & Training
Institution of Engineering Designers
Courtleigh
Westbury Leigh
Wilts BA13 3TA, UK

Tel: +44 (0)1373 822801

Fax; +44(0)1373 858085

Email: [email protected]

 

For queries relating to local organisation e.g. travel and accommodation;

Registration

Online register for E&PDE11 is now open through the Conference Management System (CMS). The link below will take you to the CMS. After having logged in (or created a new registration) select conference registration from the menu items and then follow the instructions.

Conference Fees

£350	Two-day conference fee including book of abstracts, electronic copy of full papers, lunches, conference supper and reception, excluding accommodation
£320	Two-day conference fee including book of abstracts, electronic copy of full papers, lunches, conference supper and reception, excluding accommodation for booking and payment prior to 25 May 2012
£320	Two-day conference fee including book of abstracts, electronic copy of full papers, lunches, conference supper and reception, excluding accommodation for Members of IED and Design Society
£50	Copy of Full Paper Publication ‘Design Education for Future Wellbeing’
£54	Cost of conference Dinner for Guests

 

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Deadlines

• Submission of Abstracts (max 500 words) – 3 December 2011
  • Abstracts should be submitted via our conference management system.
  • Details of the submission process may be found here.
• Notification of Successful Abstracts – 16 December 2011
• Submission of Full Papers – 2 March 2012
• Notification of Accepted Papers – 16 April 2012
• Deadline for submission of final paper and paper summary for publication – 25 May 2012.
• Deadline for Author Earlybird Registration – 25 May 2012
• Conference – 6 and 7 September 2012

 

Paper Submission

General Instructions

All paper handling is done with a conference management system (CMS). The submission system will accept paper uploads at the following deadlines:

• 2nd March 2012 – First full submission of paper.
  • Prepare your full paper using the full paper template which will be available in the downloads section and submit in Word format via the Conference Management System (CMS). Please leave out names and affiliations of the authors as well as the contact details in this version.
• 25th May 2012 – Submission of final paper and paper summary for publication.
  • The final paper and paper summary templates will be found in the downloads section. Remember to add the author names and affiliation to the final paper. The paper summary should be no more than one page long and will be published in printed format.
  • Both the final paper and the paper summary must be uploaded separately to the CMS.
  • You must also complete and submit a copyright release form so that your paper can be included for presentation at EPDE11 and publication in the conference proceedings.  The form will be available in the download section and must be signed and submitted to the Programme Committee before May 25.  Submission can be done by post, or via fax or by email of a scanned version.

 

How to get to Artesis and Antwerp

The conference will be held in the product Development building, Artesis University College Antwerp.

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Conference Aim

The E&PDE conference will bring together representatives from education and industry who have an interest in sharing new perspectives on design education. The conference will provide a forum for educators, practitioners and students from product development, engineering and industrial design, together with industry to discuss current educational issues and the nature of design education now and in the future. This year’s conference theme is Design Education for Future Wellbeing and aims to;

• Provide a networking platform for a wide variety of participants.
• Explore how design education can set the scene for future wellbeing of people within society, economy, industry and the global village the world has become.
• Discuss how engineering and product design education can lead to innovative products for an innovative world.
• Explore how the focus on future wellbeing can contribute to the development of creativity and success.
• Encourage innovators to provide feedback to educators with ideas and practical opportunities in order to facilitate an innovation platform future (ad)ventures.

These aims will be addressed through the following conference topics;

• Design education in practice
• Design methodology in education
• Best practice in design education
• Design education and industry
• Creativity in design education
• New design education paradigms
• International collaboration
• Global product development
• Linking Bachelor, Master and PhD level education
• Scientific methods for course evaluation
• Professional perspectives for design students
• Research networks of design educators
• Idea to market in design education
• Technology transfer through design

In keeping with the inclusive ethos of the E&PDE conference and to broaden the opportunities to link design and business by creativity and innovation other stream proposals are welcomed. We invite you to send your proposals for other relevant topics to [email protected].