CFP: IWIPS Growing Global Design Communities - London 2010

9th International Workshop of Internationalisation of Products and
Systems
www.iwips2010.org
London, England, 7 - 10 July 2010
to be held in Thames Valley University.

IWIPS 2010 committee is seeking submissions on the topics of
localization and globalization, with an emphasis on this year's theme:
Growing Global Design Communities. The objective of the 2010 theme is to
focus on the impact of international design teams on the design,
evaluation, and development of products and systems.  IWIPS invites
several types of submissions, including papers, case studies,
research-in-progress and tutorials.  All submissions are due 15 February
2010, unless indicated otherwise. Accepted submissions (except
tutorials) will be published in the IWIPS 2010 proceedings.

Suggested Topics for Submissions
As the world's economy recovers from the downturn, the need increases
for effective, efficient, and socially responsible strategies for
supporting global design communities. Strategies that address both
business and human issues are of great importance. Topics of interest
for IWIPS 2010 include, but are not limited to the following:

      
      Cross-cultural issues in IT design
      
    User centric strategies for economic and community development
IT     projects
     
    Revised models for global IT off-shoring, outsourcing and
distributed     resources
      
    Sociotechnical design and evaluation frameworks
     
    Methods for software localization / globalization
      
    Designing for trust
     
    Dealing with intercultural issues in participatory design
     
    The impact of Social Networks and other CMC tools across
cultural     boundaries
     
    Interactions between culture and user-centred design
     
    Managing geographically dispersed  multicultural design
communities
     
    Localising usability evaluation and requirements gathering
techniques

Submission Types

Papers - Papers are formal reports of completed research, organized on a
modified APA model. The length of the paper should be no more than 10
pages in the proceedings format.

Case Studies - Case studies are structured descriptions of the lessons
learned in applied design, evaluation, or development of products or
systems within industry. The length of case studies should be between 4
to 8 pages in the proceedings format.

Research-in-Progress - Research-in-Progress briefs should provide a
description of the background, procedures and methodology, anticipated
results, and preliminary findings (if any) of ongoing research or
applied product design, evaluation or development. The length of the
Research-in-Progress brief should be 6 to 10 pages in the proceedings
format. (Graduate students are encouraged to submit a brief based on
their theses or dissertations.)

Tutorials - A tutorial is a comprehensive delivery, in an interactive
and applied style of a core set of internationalisation or localisation
skills methodologies or procedures. Tutorials should be interactive and
applied in the nature of their delivery. Initial proposals should be 3
to 5 pages in length and do not have to be submitted in the proceedings
format. The final submission will be between 15 to 30 pages, in the
proceedings format, due on 15th of April 2010.


Important Dates

Papers, case studies, and research-in-progress briefs
Submission deadline 15 February 2010
Notification to authors 15 March 2010
Camera ready copies of papers 5 April 2010

Tutorials
Initial proposal 15 January 2010
Final submissions 15 April 2010

More info on http://www.iwips2010.org/calls.html