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Home > Conferences > DMI 2012 International Research Conference ORGANIZED BY DMI The Design Management Institute HOSTED BY MASSART Massachusetts College of Art & Design SUPPORTED BY A GRANT FROM National Endowment for the Arts                             CO-CHAIRS ERIK BOHEMIA Reader in Three Dimensional Design Studies, School of Design, Northumbria University JEANNE LIEDTKA Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia - Darden Business School ALISON RIEPLE Professor of Strategic Management, Westminster Business School     The Design Management Institute is pleased to announce that it is soliciting submissions for an academic conference to be held August 8-9, 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts.   Our goal is to create an inclusive conversation among academics from a variety of disciplines including business (organizational behavior, strategy, marketing, and operations) and design management (design strategy, product design, brand identity, communications, interactive design, user experience, architecture, and environmental design) to examine the ways in which design thinking can inform innovation currently and in the future. We aim to lay the groundwork to build a scholarly community and advance the state of the art in design management research, theory, and practice, and produce a significant contribution to the field through the paper presentations, conference proceedings and producing a special issue of the Design Management Journal.   Businesses are changing; manufacturers are becoming service providers and services are focusing increasingly on experiences. Organizations, in both the profit and the social sector, are seeking competitive advantage through innovation in their offerings, structure, processes, and business models. We believe that now is the time to convene a gathering of academics to take a critical look at how we can bring a scholarly lens to the ways that design may help to both shape and implement innovation in these emerging developments.   We invite submissions on the following seven themes:     DESIGN-LED INNOVATION IN PRODUCTS AND SERVICES   DESIGN-LED INNOVATION IN ORGANIZATIONS AND THE WORKPLACE   DESIGN-LED INNOVATION IN BUSINESS MODELS   BRIDGING RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DESIGN   INNOVATIONS IN DESIGN MANAGEMENT EDUCATION   DEVELOPING DESIGN THINKING SKILLS   INNOVATIONS IN DESIGN RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES, MANAGEMENT PROCESSES, AND OUTCOMES     The academic committee will select the best of these papers for publication in a special issue of the Design Management Journal to be published in 2013.   Submissions, in the form of an extended abstract, are due by May 8, 2012 and must meet the following guidelines:   1500 WORD (MAXIMUM) ABSTRACT CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING:   WORKING TITLE SUMMARY OF PAPER DESCRIPTION OF METHODOLOGY USED (IF APPROPRIATE) CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIELD IMPLICATIONS FOR THEORY AND PRACTICE   Authors of accepted submissions will be notified by June 8, 2012.     The submission period ended May 8th. The submission should contain a working title and a summary (maximum 1500 words) of the primary topics/themes of your paper, and the track from the seven listed above for which you wish your paper to be considered. To preserve anonymity, author names should not be identified in the body of the paper or extended summary. Authors should be referred to in the text or notes in the third person only.   Acceptance for presentation in the conference will be confirmed by June 8, 2012. The final version of the full paper should be emailed to conference secretary John Tobin by July 13, 2012 for inclusion in the Proceedings. Papers must not have been previously published. All accepted papers will be included in the Proceedings (CD format) and online on the DMI website.     A number of scholarships for the DMI International Research Conference will be available for students and educators thanks to the generous support of the US National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Scholarships will provide complimentary admission to the event, and are available for both US and international applicants. Scholarships do not cover travel and lodging costs. Scholarship recipients will be eligible for low-cost housing at MassArt, the price will be US$40/day for a two bedroom suite. Recipients will be provided details upon confirmation of the scholarship.   To apply for a scholarship, please submit your current C.V., a two-to-three paragraph summary of your current studies and research goals, and a two-to-three paragraph summary describing why you are requesting the scholarship and how you would benefit from your participation in the conference. DMI will conduct two rounds of scholarship awards. Applications for the first round of awards will be due April 18, 2012. Applications for the second round of awards will be due June 1, 2012. Please submit all scholarship applications using the online form.       CO-CHAIRS ERIK BOHEMIA Reader in Three Dimensional Design Studies, School of Design, Northumbria University About Eric Bohemia JEANNE LIEDTKA Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia - Darden Business School About Jeanne Liedtka ALISON RIEPLE Professor of Strategic Management, Westminster Business School About Alison Rieple       ADVISORY/REVIEW BOARD BRIGITTE BORJA DE MOZOTA Director of Research, Paris College of Art / Ecole Parsons à Paris; Professor, Université Paris Ouest KYUNG-WON CHUNG Professor, Department of Industrial Design, KAIST ANA PAULA PERFETTO DEMARCHI University Teacher (Adjunct Professor), Department of Design, State University of Londrina – UEL, Brasil ESTHER DUDLEY Faculty of Arts, Plymouth University GEOFFRY FRIED Professor of Design, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University VICTOR FROSTIG Head of Academic Program, Masters of Integrated Design, Holon Institute of Technology (HIT) JULIE H. HERTENSTEIN Associate Professor, DMI Senior Research Fellow, College of Business Administration, Northeastern University NIGEL MUNRO-SMITH Lecturer in Management, School of Management, RMIT University JOCHEN SCHWEITZER Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business, University of Technology, Sydney REINO VEENSTRA Msc, Applied Ergonomics, Delft University ALINE WOLFF Associate Professor, Management Communication, Stern School of Business, NYU DR. NUŠA FAIN City University London DR. LEON CRUICKSHANK Associate Director Imagination and PhD Coordinator, Lancaster University TYRONE S. PITSIS Chair Practice Theme Committee of the Academy of Management Deputy Director: Strategy, Organisation and Society Director of Full-Time MBA Programme, Newcastle University Business School       ORGANIZATIONAL/SUPPORT COMMITTEE RACHEL D. COOPER Director, Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts, Lancaster University SUZANNE EL-MOURSI Creative Director, Interactive & User Experience Design, Sapient KEVIN LEE Sr. Design Manager, eBay, Inc. DANIELLE PERRETTY Marketing Director, Essential MARJORIE PLATT Professor and Group Coordinator, DMI Senior Research Fellow, College of Business Administration, Northeastern University CAROLINE SOUTHARD Owner, The Creative Connection SHERRY STIBBARD Sr. Manager, Brand Design & Packaging, H.J. Heinz Company LYNN SZYMANSKI Lynn Szymanski Art and Design; Project coordinator, Public Consulting Group JOHN TOBIN VP Business Operations, DMI     Schedule Registration   Conference Identity by Sarah Essex, BA (Hons) Graphic Communication with Typography, Plymouth University      Email this page to a colleague