Education & Research Conference
This conference is an open invitation to design academics all over the world to converse and collaborate. The conference aims to function as a source of inspiration to start dialogue between different agents of design who speak the language of design with their own “dialects”. With this aim, the conference motivates educators and researchers to send abstract proposals presenting collaborative and interdisciplinary work. As design does not involve only designers, the scope of collaboration is not limited to design disciplines only. The conference aims to unveil or experiment on different ways of interaction that also involves “individuals” and “institutions” in discussing inter-disciplinarity, cooperation, collaboration, interaction, integration, etc.

The Conference will explore the conference theme “Design Dialects” under the following titles:

Dialects of Design Education
Dialects of Design Research
Dialects of Design Practitioners and Practice

2013 IDA Congress Education & Research Conference will happen on 15 November 2013 in Istanbul Congress Center. The programme of the Education & Research Conference will be as follows:


Keynote Speakers
Professor Kalevi Ekman holds the chair of Machine Design at the Department of Engineering Design and Production at Aalto University. He is also recognised as the founder of the Aalto Design Factory, an experimental platform aiming to support interdisciplinary and international co-creation between parties interested in any aspects of design and development. He has received numerous awards and honours for his educational achievements. His educational focus is on integrated product development and collaborative development of consumer and investment goods, including especially engineering and industrial design viewpoints.

Professor Dennis Doordan is a design educator, critic, museum consultant and co- editor of Design Issues a journal devoted to the history, theory, and criticism of design and recognized as one of the leading academic journals devoted to design. His most recent publication is “Developing Theories for Sustainable Design”, a chapter in the new Handbook of Design for Sustainability edited by Stuart Walker and Jacque Giard (Bloomsbury: 2013). He has spoken about design education and interdisciplinary research at international conferences in Melbourne Australia, London, England, Perth, Australia, Helsinki, Finland, and Columbus, Ohio. Trained originally as an historian Dennis Doordan has published books and articles on a wide variety of topics dealing with twentieth century architecture and design including political themes in design, the impact of new materials and the evolution of exhibition design techniques. He has served as an exhibition consultant and contributed catalog essays for architecture and design exhibitions organized by The Art Museum in New York City, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Toledo Art Museum, and the Wolfsonian Foundation in Miami Beach, Florida.

For further questions and details you can contact with Ms. Miray Boğa, Conference Secreteriat mboga@itu.edu.tr

Submission Deadlines
Deadline for call for abstracts (both papers and posters)		: 18th January 2013
Deadline for full paper/poster submission		: 1st June 2013
Provision of participation/presentation details		: 19 August - 21 October 2013
The deadline for full paper/poster submissions is extended to the 1st of June 2013.
Important Dates
Call for abstracts		: December 2012
Deadline for call for abstracts (both papers and posters)		: 18th January 2013
Notification of abstract acceptance		: 25th February 2013
Deadline for full paper/poster submission		: 1st June 2013
Provision of participation/presentation details		: 19 August - 21 October 2013
Education Conference Event		: 15th November 2013
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Organising Committee
Prof. Özlem Er		ITU, Department of Industrial Product Design  - Chair
Assoc. Prof. Şebnem Timur Öğüt		ITU, Department of Industrial Product Design
Assoc. Prof. Hümanur Bağlı		ITU, Department of Industrial Product Design
Prof. Tevfik Fikret Uçar		Anadolu University, Department of Graphic Design
Assoc. Prof. Banu Manav		Istanbul Kultur University, Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design
Res. Asst. Miray Boğa		ITU, Department of Industrial Product Design - Secretary
Res. Asst. Koray Gelmez		ITU, Department of Industrial Product Design - Secretary