2010 Design Research Society (DRS) International Conference to be held July 7th to 9th 2010, in Montreal (Quebec), Canada.

THEME

To be held under the theme, Design & Complexity, the Conference will be a springboard for sharing ideas and concepts about issues in design research. The theme is intended as a focus for stimulating discussion and exchange among researchers exploring design problems of a complex nature as well as novel approaches for dealing with them. Contributions are sought on a wide range of topics, whether relating directly to the theme or to other contemporary issues of interest to the design research community

This is a general design research conference, and it is expected that a wide variety of work in progress or with final results will be reported. Irrespective of range and stage of research, the organisers expect the highest standards of scholarship in setting the work in context, explicating the methods of inquiry, and reporting results which may be of help to other researchers or practitioners.

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
In addition to other streams, DRS 2010 will provide dedicated sessions adressing topics of particular pertinence to specific special interest groups (SIGs). Contributors are invited to submit proposals on themes that relate to the three active DRS SIGs:

- Special Interest Group on Experiential Knowledge
- Special Interest Group on Design for Health and Well Being
- Special Interest Group on Design Pedagogy

Contributions are invited on papers that deal with different facets of contemporary approaches to design research, education or practice. All proposals will be independently peer-reviewed by at least two members of the DRS 2010 review committee.

PROPOSALS

Proposals of no more than 800 words must initially be submitted for review. They may be in English or in French, should describe the context of the research, questions addressed, hypotheses, how the research has been developed including research methods, findings or conclusions, and be supported by a sufficient number of bibliographic references. Clear indication must be provided whether the proposal is for completed research or work in progress. Images are not requested at this time.

Proposals should be submitted electronically, directly on the conference website

PAPER SUBMISSIONS

Following peer evaluation, authors of accepted proposals will receive an invitation to submit a full paper, accompanied by reviewers' remarks and suggestions. Full papers, in either English or French and between 3000 and 5000 words long, should be in the form of original contributions that present completed research (specifically the objectives, issues, hypotheses, conceptual framework and methodology), describe work in progress demonstrating the relevance or the innovative nature of the object of study or develop a theoretical reflection about an issue relevant to design research, education or practice.

Authors of accepted papers will be invited to present their work at the 2010 Design Research Society (DRS) International Conference. They will be allowed 20 minutes for presentation and a further 10 minutes to respond to questions. The conference will be held in English with simultaneous translation of French presentations.

The conference proceedings will be published digitally.

CONFERENCE TIMETABLE

Deadline for proposals: Monday, October 12th, 2009
Notification of acceptance of proposals: Monday, November 16th,2009
Deadline for full papers: Monday, January 18th, 2010
Notification of acceptance of full papers is expected to becompleted by March 22nd, 2010
Submission of final, formatted copy: May 15th, 2010
Conference: Wednesday July 7- Friday July 9, 2010.

For more information, please visit the conference website at
or write to drs2010@umontreal.ca