13th Design Thinking Research Symposia (Mar 2022, Haifa, Israel)

Dates: 22-24 March 2022
Location: Technion, Haifa, Israel
Website: DTRS13
Deadline for submissions: 1 July 2021

DTRS13 POSTPONED to March 22-24, 2022: Second call for papers

The conference, 13th in the Design Thinking Research Symposia (DTRS) series, is being postponed because of COVID19. It will be held at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. The theme of the conference is: Expanding the frontiers of design: A blessing or a curse? In this we point to the recent increasing involvement in design of agents who originate in other fields, notably management. To some this is a great opportunity for growth, to others it is an appropriation of designers' roles by others, thereby in fact decreasing their activities and standing in the field of design. More on this conflict can be found in the conference's website. We will publish digital proceedings (with an ISBN number); selected papers will be published in an edited book (an agreement has been signed with CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor & Francis), and in special issue(s) of journal(s). An international program committee will review the submitted papers (see website).

We have already received dozens of abstracts but due to the postponement of the conference we are announcing a second round of call for papers. There are two submission options: A full paper by July 1, 2021, or: a 1-2 page abstract by May 1, 2021, and a full paper by September 1, 2021. Submit to: dtrs13@technion.ac.il.

For background material and submission instructions please visit the website.

Gabi Goldschmidt and Ezri Tarazi, Chairs, DTRS13