Eleven of the Design Society's Special Interest Groups are preparing workshops, to be held during ICED11. Workshops cover two conference sessions, i.e. a whole morning or afternoon. Follow the links in the titles, below, to read further details about the aims with these workshops and the programme outlines.

Tuesday, 16th August 2011, 08:30-11:50

    Ecodesign SIG Workshop

    Ecodesign Implementation

    Chairs: Niki Bey and Tim McAloone (DTU Management)

    Mechatronics SIG Workshop

    Engineering Design in Mechatronics

    Chair: Stefan Moehringer (Simon Moehringer Anlagenbau, Wiesentheid, Germany)

    Risk Management SIG Workshop

    Kick-off Meeting of the SIG on “Risk Management Processes and Methods in Design”

    Chairs: Josef Oehmen and Warren Seering (MIT)

Tuesday, 16th August 2011, 14:15-17:45

    MMEP SIG Workshop

    Modelling & Management of Engineering Processes

    Chairs: P. John Clarkson (Cambridge University), Sandor Vajna (University of Magdeburg)

    Design Theory SIG Workshop

    Design Theory

    Chairs: Armand Hatchuel (Mines ParisTech) and Yoram Reich (Tel Aviv University)

Wednesday, 17th August 2011, 08:30-11:50

    Human Behaviour SIG Workshop

    Design Communication

    Chairs: Maaike Kleinsmann (TU-Delft), Anja Maier (DTU) and Petra Badke-Schaub (TU-Delft)

    Computational Design Synthesis SIG Workshop

    The Computational Design Synthesis Challenge

    Chairs: Kristina Shea (TU-München) and Matt Campbell (University of Texas)

    Emotions and Expectations

Thursday, 18th August 2011, 08:30-11:50

    Design Creativity SIG Workshop

    Creativity in Design

    Chairs: Toshiharu Taura (Kobe University) and Yukari Nagai (JAIST)

    Managing Structural Complexity SIG Workshop

    Creation of a Benchmark Pool

    Chairs: Udo Lindemann and Maik Maurer (TU-München)

    Design Education SIG Workshop

    Current Issues in Design Education

    Chair: William Ion (University of Strathclyde)