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18TH INTERNATIONAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

04.09.2010

The 18th International Product Development Management Conference (IPDMC) will be held from June 5-7, 2011 at the Delft University of Technology in the historic town of Delft in The Netherlands. The special theme for our conference will be “Innovate through Design”. This means that we welcome papers on the topics of design thinking and design management along with the more common innovation management and new product development themes for the IPDM Conference.

For the first time in the history of this conference, it will move to a Design School; the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. This faculty is the largest university-based design school in the world with more than 2,000 students enrolled in the bachelor degree or in one of the three masters programs that the faculty offers

The special exhibition highlighting innovative product designs have been developed at the faculty in the hall in which we will take refreshments. Special key notes will be delivered by famous designers and by high profile academics.

The conference is a unique opportunity for researchers of different backgrounds, but with a common interest on management of product development, to up-date and exchange views. The conference will provide ample opportunities for both formal and informal discussions of the work presented, as well as opportunities for discussions about future international and interdisciplinary research co-operation.

Participants are encouraged to present results of their own work (although presenting is not a requirement for attendance and active participation). The focus of the conference is on management issues. Priority is given to research, which has an empirical basis. The theoretical base must be made clear, and references to already-existing research in the field must be made explicit.

The conference includes a Doctoral Workshop which will be held prior to the conference.

Those who are interested in presenting a paper should submit a 500 words abstract by November 15, 2010. The papers will be considered for presentation at concurrent sessions by the Organization Committee, and a response will be given by January 15th, 2011.

The goal of the review process is to select a number of papers that will stimulate discussion and the development of new knowledge, with preference given to empirical research. Some of the papers will inevitably be more fully developed than others; however, it is hoped that each author will gain insights during the conference that will strengthen their research and introduce them to other scholars who share their interests.

Only accepted abstracts can be further developed into full papers for publication in the Proceedings/CD.

In order to be included in the book of abstracts, in the CD, the conference program and the conference web site (only available to registered participants), accepted papers must be received by April 26, 2011 and conditionally accepted papers must be received by April 15, 2011.

Papers must fulfil the following requirements:

1. The theoretical base must be made clear, and references to already-existing research in the field must be made explicit.

2. Priority is given to research which has an empirical basis. This means that conceptual discussions without empirical tests or basis will be accepted only exceptionally.

3. The focus of the conference is on management issues, so we request that papers include managerial implications.

The doctoral workshop is as an integrated part of the IPDMC conferences (since Hamburg in 2008). It will start on Saturday June 4 around noon and will continue on Sunday morning.

To stimulate academic scholarship, discussions of ideas and dialogue among students and researchers from different countries, in the field of Product Development Management research, we would like to invite doctoral students to attend this doctoral workshop.

PhD students in early and middle stages of their PhD research project are particularly encouraged to participate and present their research proposals, preliminary results and their reflections on issues related to theory, methods and analysis. In case the PhD dissertation is not a monograph and is made of a series of articles on a common theme, the candidate can present a part of the work and a two-page summary of the overall dissertation theme.

Sessions will be organized in smaller groups based on the submitted material with one senior researcher in each group, but there will also be plenary sessions on topics of general interest, e.g. on how to get your research into journals and methodology issues.

Research proposals and project material presented will be discussed by senior researchers as well as by younger researchers experienced in the specific field of the research presented.

Doctoral candidates interested in attending and presenting their research proposal and/or their reflections on their work so far (not the results of finished research) should submit a description of their research, on maximum 5 pages focusing on: their research goals, a short presentation of the state of art within the area, and their approach, and main issues or problems they wish to discuss in workshop with other doctoral candidates and senior researchers.

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