InfoD: Information Design Conference 2007

       * Information Design Conference 2007 *


DATES: 29-30 March 2007.

PLACE: Greenwich, London.

WEB:   http://www.informationdesignassociation.org/


CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
The Information Design Association in the UK is pleased to
announce an international conference on information design and
communication design, to be held in elegant surroundings: the
historic Thames-side campus of the University of Greenwich in
London, formerly the Royal Naval College, a site designed by Sir
Christopher Wren.

Aims and focus

IDC 2007 will be the latest in a series of occasional
Information Design Conferences spanning several decades. These
have fruitfully brought together designers, users and owners of
information, researchers, and teachers.

People who've been to these previous events know what valuable
opportunities they provide for networking and learning (and we
know how to have a good time, too!)

Our overall aim this year is to construct an eclectic event,
particularly strong on interdisciplinary learning and practice.
The purpose, as ever, is to share ideas about how to make
information easier to understand, in such diverse fields as:

-  government and administration
-  healthcare and health promotion
-  technical instruction and user guides
-  reference and learning materials
-  transport information and wayfinding/showing
-  forms and transaction interfaces
-  financial and billing informatio
-  Web and interface design


Call for papers & presentations

The organisers of IDC 2007 are eager to hear from anyone who
would like to make a presentation (or 'poster' display) to the
Conference. Any related theme or aspect of Information Design is
appropriate for submissions.

The Programme Committee will look with particular favour on
submissions based on:

-  case studies from design practitioners which offer
     generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and
-  research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on
     by designers in practice.

But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with
any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the
field of Information Design.  We are not focusing on any
particular sectoral theme, such as education or health this
time...  though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem
to have emergent value.

If you think you might like to take part at IDC 2007, or have
questions for us, we are very glad to hear from you informally.
Just write to Conrad Taylor, the conference secretary, with the
words "IDC 2007" contained in your Subject line:
<[email protected]>


How to apply to make a presentation

If you would like to make a presentation:
Please send us an abstract of your proposed paper.
This should be between 500 and 600 words. Please supply this
abstract by email as a Word file attachment, and send it to
Professor Sue Walker: <[email protected]>

In writing the abstract, consider the elements you will be
incorporating in the final paper, bearing in mind presentation
length will be 30 minutes with 10 mins questions/discussion.

Submission deadline: 1 December 06.

Notification of acceptance will be in early January 2007.


'Posters' and Displays

The conference will also accept contributions in the form of
displays or 'posters' =8B which could also include multimedia
presentations or artefacts. These will be on display throughout
the conference. Contributors will be able to explain and/or
discuss work presented in this format with other delegates
at the conference at scheduled conference =8Cposter sessions=B9.
This method of presentation is appropriate for those who would
like to discuss work in progress, for example, or interim project
ideas, or results of tests or research not yet been published,
or client/commercial project presentations or displays that focus
on relevant information design theories/practices. (Commercial
displays of the kind used in business pitches or trade exhibitions
are not appropriate.)

To submit your 'poster' display proposal, please submit a
description up to 500 words, and follow the same process of
submission as explained above for presentations.

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