9th Engineering & Product Design Education International Conference
Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

13 & 14 September 2007

Abstracts have now been received from 230 authors from 28 countries.

A forum for the exchange of ideas and an ideal setting for building collaborative relationships, the conference attracts educators from engineering, product development and industrial design, along with industry and government representatives and newly emerging researchers.

Among the questions to be explored are:

What are the possibilities for design education?
What and whose concerns are shaping design education at present?
How are educators shaping future designers?
How does design shape the future?
What are the potential futures for design research?

Conference streams will include design and the local community, design curriculum development, professional doctorates, cross-disciplinary projects, professional development in design, developing links with industry and many more. (Please see www.cfdr.co.uk/epde07 for a full listing).

Organised by: The School of Design at Northumbria University, in participation with the Design Education Special Interest Group (DESIG) of the Design Society and the Institution of Engineering Designers.

Posted: 22/09/06
Updated: 02/02/07