Sharing Design Knowledge in a Commercial Context
A Design Research Society National Symposium

Purpose
The symposium presents an opportunity to reflect on the application of research into design in the various contexts with which researchers engage. Transfer of knowledge, both between disciplines and into commercial applications will also be discussed as well as the nature of stimulus found through such collaborations.

Audience
The symposium is open to researchers, practitioners and research students from all design related fields

Date
Monday September 10th 2007

Programme
11.00 Design Research Society AGM (DRS members only)

1.00 Lunch

1.45 Introduction and welcome
Professor Chris Rust

2.00 Sharing Design Knowledge in a Commercial Context Issues and Reflections for the day- Professors Bob Jerrard and
Jack Ingram

2.20 Working in Collaboration – a Research Council Perspective on Research Priorities
Dr Alicia Greated: Associate Director of Research at the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Previously previously
Associate Programme Manager and then Engineering Programme Manager (Research) at EPSRC.

3.00 Tea

3.20 Virtual Flagships and Sociable Media
Richard Coyne, Professor of Architectural Computing, School of Arts, Culture and Environment, University of Edinburgh. This talk draws on findings from a current EPSRC-AHRC Design for the 21st Century project called “Branded meeting places: Ubiquitous
technologies and the design of places for meaningful human encounter”.

4.00 Plenary
Professors Bob Jerrard and Jack Ingram

4.45 Close
The Event is co-sponsored by and held at:
The Research Centre for Design and the Creative Industries, Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, University of Central
England Gosta Green Birmingham B4 7DX

Booking
For further information or to obtain a booking form, please
contact: Yanyan Wang or Yvette Burn Research Office, Birmingham
Institute of Art and Design, University of Central England,
Birmingham, B4 7DX Tel. and Fax 0121 331 7824
yvette.burn@uce.ac.uk

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