The planning of the conference has now started properly, and we are in the midst of structuring the planning process; a reference group is being set up with representatives from the Nordic countries, various venues are being considered and the call for papers is being structured (early tip: the deadline will most likely be in late May or early June).
But what is foremost on our minds is to set a date for the conference.
Having discussed various aspects, we see mid or late November, or possibly the first week of December as the most feasible options. Why? Earlier in the autumn is just too close to last year’s conference, and the first half of the autumn is already filled with other conferences (the SDN conference as well as NordiCHI). Later than early December is too close to Christmas and early spring collides with the end and start of new semesters for Swedish students.
Given the time-frame, when would you like the conference to be held? Are there any national holidays or other events which might collide with the Nordic SDC (we are aware of Thanksgiving in the US during the suggested timeframe)? And would you prefer a two or three-day conference? Please comment below or on twitter using the hashtag #NordicSDC!
Jan 28, 2010
Introduction
Hello!
This blog is administered by a part of the local organising committe for this year's nordic service design conference. The conference was organised in Oslo, Norway, in november last year and was a really nice event. (some nice reports for those of you who missed it, from: Joyce S R Yee, last year's organisers, Qin Han, Fergus Bisset) This year, the conference will be in Linköping, Sweden, at around the same time.
On this blog you will see posts from 3 people. Stefan Holmlid, who is an assistant professor and head of the interaction and service design research group (IxS) at Linköping university. He is also supervising the PhD projects of the two other writers, Fabian Segelström and Johan Blomkvist.
The purpose of this blog is to involve potential conference visitors in the creation of a good format for the conference. To do that, questions and reports from the planning process will be posted. Hopefully, we will have some good discussions about different topics, and find some good solutions and make the conference better.
There will also be a "regular" conference homepage where all the usual information about submission deadlines, keynotes and things like that will be available. This blog is intended more for discussions and exchange of ideas.
Hopefully you will find it meaningful.
This blog is administered by a part of the local organising committe for this year's nordic service design conference. The conference was organised in Oslo, Norway, in november last year and was a really nice event. (some nice reports for those of you who missed it, from: Joyce S R Yee, last year's organisers, Qin Han, Fergus Bisset) This year, the conference will be in Linköping, Sweden, at around the same time.
On this blog you will see posts from 3 people. Stefan Holmlid, who is an assistant professor and head of the interaction and service design research group (IxS) at Linköping university. He is also supervising the PhD projects of the two other writers, Fabian Segelström and Johan Blomkvist.
The purpose of this blog is to involve potential conference visitors in the creation of a good format for the conference. To do that, questions and reports from the planning process will be posted. Hopefully, we will have some good discussions about different topics, and find some good solutions and make the conference better.
There will also be a "regular" conference homepage where all the usual information about submission deadlines, keynotes and things like that will be available. This blog is intended more for discussions and exchange of ideas.
Hopefully you will find it meaningful.
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