RGD welcomes submissions from educators and industry professionals from around the world. Selected presenters will receive a complimentary pass to the Conference.

Deadline for submissions (extended): 11:59 p.m. PST on September 7, 2020

Submit your Abstract here

The Conference has 5 themes:

• Empower [the learners] 
  How do you empower students to become active learners? How do we train and create an ecosystem of resilience? 

• Embrace [the classroom] 
  What does the future classroom look like? What are the methodologies, technology and/or practices we need to embrace to move forward? 
   
• Expand [the experience] 
  How do we decide who and what to include in the experience of design education?
   
• Engage [with external participation] 
  How does design education engage with society, with our student’s lives, with the industry at large?
   
• Equity [within all spaces]
  How can we better integrate inclusion, accessibility, and equal opportunities for all students and participants in education?

We invite proposals that address any of these themes from a variety of perspectives.

The Conference will consist of:

• 2-3 Keynote Presentations (30 to 45 minutes each with 15-20 minutes for Q&A)
• 5 Themed Sessions (60 minutes each with 3 20-minute Traditional Paper Presentations)
• 6-12 Roundtable Sessions (60 minutes of discussion each, some with 1 presentation of 5 to 20 minutes with facilitated discussion)

Abstracts will be reviewed by an Abstract Review Panel. Selected presenters will be notified by October 1 if their proposals are selected for inclusion in the Conference.

Following the Conference, select presenters will be asked to contribute to a PDF publication of the Conference proceedings. See the 2015 publication here.

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