Dear Colleagues, Registration for the International Workshop on "Open-Ended Design: Future Challenges for Designers and Developers", hosted at the Tweak Festival In Limerick, is now open. Place are limited and will be assigned on a first come first served basis. Regards Lui REGISTRATION OPEN: http://www.tweak.ie/open-ended.html International Workshop: "Open-Ended Design: Future Challenges for Designers and Developers" Tweak Festival, University of Limerick (Ireland), September 23rd 2009 Invited Speakers: Massimo Banzi (Arduino, Italy), Rob Van Kranenburg (Council, the Netherlands), Tobie Kerridge (Goldsmiths College, UK), John McCarthy (UCC, Ireland) Workshop Theme This workshop is aimed at exploring issues surrounding new forms of technology design and development that reflect the increasing role that end-users have in dealing with novel technologies. Web 2.0, social networks, and open source hardware and software platforms have led to a major shift in the conceptualization of “users”, from passive recipients of previously packaged content and/or functionality, to active participants that are able to re-configure, personalize and adapt the technology. Increasingly designers of current interactive technologies are faced with the challenge of catering for a two-way interaction, in which the user wants to alter and adapt the technological object to make it useful to them. The designer and developer’s role becomes one of facilitating and enabling adaptive experiences rather than directing the user towards a specific experience of use. Additionally computers are also evolving in their form and function they are becoming objects we live with, not just tools for work, therefore the need to explore people’s broader relationships with technology and what these relationships say about our technology and our humanity becomes more apparent. The conception of design being an ongoing, social process is not new and there have been many studies of open source communities in this respect. However, there is a current debate relating to several aspects related to such new patterns of usage and re-appropriation of technology. Some of the open questions are: Can we deliberately design for appropriation? What does it really mean to modify and develop technologies for such behavior in practical terms? How is the role of the designer or developer changing? Which new hardware and software platforms are being developed with an eye towards user participation? The proposed workshop will explore challenges related to the conceptual framework for the design of interactive systems, the changing role of the designer/developer, the emergence of new technical platforms for open-ended user participation. The discussion at the workshop and its dissemination will contribute to the ongoing debate on these topics in the Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction and Software Development communities. Preliminary programme: Presentations and discussions in the morning, followed by hands-on sessions facilitated by the speakers in the afternoon SPEAKERS Massimo Banzi <http://www.tweak.ie/massimo.html> (Tinker.it <http://tinker.it/> , Arduino <http://www.arduino.cc/> , Italy) Rob Van Kranenburg <http://www.tweak.ie/rob.html> (Council <http://theambientcouncil.wordpress.com/> , Netherlands) Tobie Kerridge <http://www.tweak.ie/tobie.html> (Material Beliefs <http://www.materialbeliefs.com/> , Goldsmiths <http://www.tobiekerridge.co.uk/> , UK) John McCarthy <http://www.tweak.ie/john.html> (UCC <http://www.ucc.ie/en/apsych/research/groups/PAT/> , Ireland) WHEN Date: Wednesday 23rd Sep 2009 Doors open: 9.30 am Starts: 10am - 4.30pm WHERE Kilmurry Hall, University of Limerick Castletroy, Limerick, Ireland REGISTER Tickets are €50 and available on a first come first served basis. Booking opens 3rd Sep 2009 - 12:00 pm Full info: http://www.tweak.ie/open-ended.html -------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Luigina Ciolfi Interaction Design Centre Course Director, Digital Media Design Dept. of Computer Science and Information Systems ER1 005, University of Limerick, Ireland Tel. +353 61 213530 Fax. +353 61 213484 Skype: luigina.ciolfi Web: www.idc.ul.ie -------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send an empty email to mailto:[log in to unmask] For further details of CHI lists see http://sigchi.org/listserv ---------------------------------------------------------------