Call for Abstracts Prospective authors are invited to submit one page abstract, of no more than 500 words, before 15 June 2016. The abstracts should be submitted to the restricted area of MTD2017 webpage in electronic form.
The abstracts will be subjected to a review process by at least two members of the conference scientific committee. The preliminary acceptance of abstracts will be notified to the corresponding authors by 15 September 2016.
The proceedings will be published by Balkema (Taylor & Francis Group), including a book of extended two-page abstracts and a CD-ROM containing the full eight-page papers. These documents are due on 15 December, 2016 and will be reviewed by the organizing committee. Acceptance will be notified before 15 February 2017.
Proceedings will be sent for indexation by both Thomson Reuters (Conference Proceedings Citation Index – ISI Proceedings) and Elsevier (Scopus and EI).
Author instructions to prepare the extended abstracts and the full papers and the copyright transfer will be available soon in: http://www.balkema.nl
Conference Themes
- Meaningful technologies
- Meaningful design experiences
- The use of new materials
- The meaning of materials in design
- Computer and experimental methods
- Sustainability contribution by technology
- The borderline between design and technology
- Acceptability of technology by various target groups
- Teaching meaningful technology in design courses
- The role of materials and materials processing in product design
- The history of the relationship between designer and engineers