CFP: IWIPS Growing Global Design Communities - London 2010

> 9th International Workshop of Internationalisation of Products and
> Systems
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> www.iwips2010.org
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> London, England, 7 - 10 July 2010
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> to be held in Thames Valley University.
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> IWIPS 2010 committee are seeking submissions on the topics of
> localization and globalization, with an emphasis on this year's theme:
> Growing Global Design Communities. The objective of the 2010 theme
> is to
> focus on the impact of international design teams on the design,
> evaluation, and development of products and systems. IWIPS invites
> several types of submissions, including papers, case studies,
> research-in-progress and tutorials. All submissions are due 15
> February
> 2010, unless indicated otherwise. Accepted submissions (expect
> tutorials) will be published in the IWIPS 2010 proceedings.
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> Suggested Topics for Submissions
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> As the world's economy recovers from the downturn, the need increases
> for effective, efficient, and socially responsible strategies for
> supporting global design communities. Strategies that address both
> business and human issues are of great importance. Topic s of interest
> for IWIPS 2010 include, but are not limited to the following:
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> User centric strategies for economic and community development IT
> projects
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> Cross-cultural issues in IT design
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> Revised models for global IT off-shoring, outsourcing and distributed
> resources
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> Methods for software localization / globalization
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> Designing for trust
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> The impact of Social Networks and other CMC tools across cultural
> boundaries
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> Interactions between culture and user-centred design and much more...
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> Submission Types
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> Papers - Papers are formal reports of completed research, organized
> on a
> modified APA model. The length of the paper should be no more than 10
> pages in the proceedings format.
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> Case Studies - Case studies are structured descriptions of the lessons
> learned in applied design, evaluation, or development of products or
> systems within industry. The length of case studies should be
> between 4
> to 8 pages in the proceedings format.
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> Research-in-Progress - Research-in-Progress briefs should provide a
> description of the background, procedures and methodology, anticipated
> results, and preliminary findings (if any) of ongoing research or
> applied product design, evaluation or development. The length of the
> Research-in-Progress brief should be 6 to 10 pages in the proceedings
> format. (Graduate students are encouraged to submit a brief based on
> their theses or dissertations.)
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> Tutorials - A tutorial is a comprehensive delivery, in an interactive
> and applied style of a core set of internationalisation or
> localisation
> skills methodologies or procedures. Tutorials should be interactive
> and
> applied in the nature of their delivery. Initial proposals should be 3
> to 5 pages in length and do not have to be submitted in the
> proceedings
> format. The final submission will be between 15 to 30 pages, in the
> proceedings format, due on 15th of April 2010.
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> Important Dates 2010
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> Papers, case studies, and research-in-progress briefs
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> Submission deadline 15 February 2010
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> Notification to authors 15 March 2010
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> Camera ready copies of papers 15 April 2010
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> Tutorials
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> Initial proposal 15 January 2010
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> Final submissions 15 April 2010
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> More info on http://www.iwips2010.org/calls.html