Educators, graduate students and industry practitioners are encouraged to submit abstracts of their recent work.  Proposals will be considered for presentation, publication, or both. The Eastman IDSA Education Council encourages abstracts / proposals on subject areas related to the field of industrial design practice, research, teaching or other emerging design issues. Ideas for panel debates or workshop sessions are also encouraged.
 
Abstract Submission Protocol:
•Make the body of the abstract blind without any reference to your name, company or school 
•Write both abstract and subsequent article in the third person 
•Where possible, provide references 
•Keep the abstracts as brief as possible—one page maximum—with no artwork. (Exception: proposals for poster sessions should show examples of the proposed visual presentation - Web standard .jpg format (no larger than 72 dpi and 1 MB per photo) 
•Abstracts must be submitted via e-mail to educationpaper@idsa.org
 
Abstracts will be accepted in the following categories:
•presentation only 
•publication only 
•presentation and publication
Please specify on your abstract which category you would like to enter.
 
Note: Presentation at the conference, and/or publication in the Proceedings, is not guaranteed by approval of the abstract. The jury will make the final evaluation for acceptance into any category on review of the finished piece. Although most of the articles accepted in the "presentation and publication" category will be accepted for both venues, the jury reserves the right to recommend that a paper submitted in that category be presented but not published, or published and not presented, at their discretion.
 
Review Criteria for Papers, White Papers and Abstracts
Papers accepted at the IDSA International Conference include scholarly works from academia and industry. The IDSA Education Council sponsored by Eastman, along with support from the IDSA special interest areas, reviews the submissions and promotes high standards of excellence among submissions. As an aid to those submitting their work for review, the Council offers the following guidelines used to guide the jury process:
 
We seek abstracts, proposals or papers that are:
 
Significant:
The abstract, proposal or paper has intellectual merit and impact, and is thought provoking and provocative. The conclusions are important, clearly stated, consistent with the observations, and the implications for design education and the profession are apparent.
 
Forward-moving:
The abstract, proposal or paper shows observations, techniques and vision that are fresh and forward-thinking, challenge existing norms and advance the profession.
 
Relevant:
The subject is relevant to industrial design education and practice, both nationally and internationally.
 
Clear:
The proposal or objective is well-defined.
Findings and data are clearly stated, logically reported and build to a sound and relevant conclusion.
Methodology and references are cited; research protocol is defensible.
 
Well-written:
The abstract, proposal or paper is succinct, well-written, interesting and easy to understand.
 
Important Deadlines and Information:
Abstract deadline is 19 March, 2010. 
Abstracts must be submitted via e-mail to educationpaper@idsa.org
Pending approval of abstract, final paper will be due 21 May, 2010.