Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey

Designers, researchers and educators specifically studying the role of design in industries of food and drink are invited to constitute an international platform where value-added and sustainable products and services of Mediterranean food culture will be discussed.

You are invited to submit articles including but not limited to the themes and topics mentioned below.

Themes:

Consumer / Producer
Local / Global
Raw / Processed
Service / Product
Slow / Fast

Topics

Design Management
Experience Design
Food Design
Packaging Design
Product Design
Service Design                              
Spatial Design
Visual Communication Design

Key dates

November 15, 2011 - New deadline for submission of extended abstracts
December 1, 2011 - Notification for acceptance of extended abstracts
January 1, 2012 - Deadline for submission of proposals for exhibitions and workshops
February 1, 2012 - Notification for acceptance of exhibitions and workshops
March 1, 2012 - Deadline for submission of full papers
March 30, 2012 - Deadline for early registration
April 26-28, 2012 - Symposium 

Symposium Languagaes: Turkish and English

Venue

Izmir University of Economics Balcova Campus facilities will be used for the symposium.

PARTNERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS (more to be announced)

ASD - Packaging Manufacturers Association of Turkey
DESIS Turkey - Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability
Dipartimento INDACO, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
ETMK Izmir – Industrial Designers Society of Turkey, Izmir Branch
Istanbul Technical University, Department of Industrial Product Design
Mersin University, Department of Food Engineering

Secretariat:

Ayse Gunay
Izmir University of Economics, Faculty of Fine Arts
and Design, Department of
Industrial Design, Sakarya
Caddesi No:156, Balcova 35330, Izmir, Turkey

Tel: + 90 232 4117204 / 4117107
Fax: + 90 232 4117177

E-mail: agrindustrial@ieu.edu.tr