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the success of the thefirst
PLATE Conference, which took place at NTU in 2015, we
are pleased to inform you that PLATE is not only
continuing, but also expanding internationally.
The second PLATE conference will be hosted by the
Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at Delft
University of Technology in the
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about the 2017 conference >>
Call
for papers
PLATE
2017 will embrace a multidisciplinary perspective
including design, geography, history, anthropology
and culture, technology, business, economics,
marketing, consumer behaviour, law, and public
policy. Specifically, Delft welcomes submissions
of abstracts (up to 1,000 words) for proposed
papers on the following and related themes:
- design for product
longevity
- the role of product
lifetimes in resource efficiency
- product lifetimes
optimisation
- cultural
perspectives on the throwaway society
- circular economy
and product lifetimes
- business
opportunities, economic implications and
marketing strategies
- consumer influences
on product lifetimes, including repair and
reuse
- policy, regulation
and legislation
- open themes.
Read
more about the call for papers >>
Important
dates
- December
2016: Conference registration opens
- Friday 13
January 2017: Submission of abstracts for
proposed papers
- End of February
2017: Acceptance of proposals will be
announced
- Friday 9 June
2017: Final papers and posters
due
Conference
schedule
- Wednesday 8
November: Day 1 – opening reception
- Thursday 9
November: Day 2 – banquet dinner
- Friday 10
November: Day 3 – farewell drinks
The
PLATE committee encourages scholars and
practitioners – at every level from graduate
student to seasoned scholar – to begin planning
your contribution to PLATE 2017. Please feel free
to inform and invite other people who might be
interested in submitting an extended abstract. We
also welcome workshop proposals, and a call for
these will be announced early in 2017.
In the meantime, if you have any
queries and informal expressions of interest,
please email plat...@tudelft.nl
to contact the PLATE 2017 conference team.
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