IV MDA Conference Ginosa

The conference is free access to the public

 

Sponsored by

ComunediGinosa partner

With the patronage of:

PolitecnicodiMilano partner PolitecnicodiBariArcod partner UniversitdeglistudidiPalermo partner
UniversidadIndoamerica partner UniversidadesLusiada partner UniversidaddeSanpauloa partner UniversidadTecnicaDeAmbato partner
OAPPC partner   ADIPuglia partner

 

 

CONFERENCE TRACKS

1 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The impact of human actions on the environment and ecosystems is evident, with consequences that we can now directly observe. Therefore, this track seeks contributions that focus on sustainable transformations and development, proposing alternative frameworks and approaches to traditional ones.

2 SOCIAL INNOVATION

The increasing complexity of society and its dynamics, combined with the other transformational dynamics at work, is the main focus of this track, which seeks critical contributions whose aim is to study societies and the relationships that exist between different individuals, producing innovative approaches and solutions to old and new social problems.

3 TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS

The ever faster and widespread technological development we are witnessing is strongly contributing to global processess of change and transformation. New technologies are reshaping many aspects of our daily life. Therefore, this track seeks for contributions that investigate the topics of production, technology development and its applications.

4 HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

The field of healthcare and wellness, also in light of recent events, is gaining an increasingly relevance which is visible in the various disciplinary fields that are tackling it. This track seeks for contributions which should tackle the topics of new procedures, aging people, human and planetary health, and other related issues.

5 POLICY & GOVERNANCE

This track seeks for contributions from the field of Policy Design, Political Design, Service Design, Political Sciences, Policy Studies, and other bodies of knowledge which aim at investigating and producing new ways to create and implement policies through different means, including the influence that new technologies may exercise.

6 ALTERNATIVE FUTURES

Imagination is one of the faculties that can mostly contribute to radical changes in our futures, by enabling us to mentally travel through time and shape collectively desirable visions. This track seeks for contributions whose aim is to pluralize and to foster critical reflections regarding alternative futures.

7 MADE IN ...

Drawing on international initiatives such as the New European Bauhaus, which emphasize the relevance of aesthetics as a driver for radical innovation, this track seeks for contributions that provide insight into local and national enterprise best practices, such as those that qualify the Made in Italy brand.

 

 

One of the most fascinating characteristics of design is its lack of clear and defined boundaries, which has led and is leading to deep changes in its approaches, aims, scopes, objects, methodologies, and tools. Likewise, the ecosystems and our societies are going through processes of rapid and systemic modifications and transformations, which contribute to an increase in the level of complexity and interconnectedness of the world we live in.

In this scenario, transdisciplinarity, defined as a unity of knowledge that goes beyond the individual disciplines involved in the processes, should become the foremost approach to tackle and address wicked, complex and systemic problems.
A wicked problem presents various characteristics, firstly highlighted by Rittel and Webber (1973), such as their undefined formulation, their “no stopping rule”, the impossibility to have “true-false” solutions and to test these. Wicked problems are consequential, they do not have a describable set of solutions, and they are unique. Every wicked problem is strongly linked to the others and it can be explained in multiple ways that influence how the wicked problem will be approached and solved. Finally, wicked problems pose different difficulties for those who aim to solve it (Lawrence et al., 2022) and they are often accompanied by significant pressure due to their urgency (Bremer, 2013). Nowadays, there are uncountable wicked problems such as climate change, the growth of digital technologies, sustainable development, and COVID-19 pandemic.
In the light of these arguments, we are looking for contributions that explore the concept of transdisciplinarity to be found in design processes, approaches, methodologies and research, and, shifting the paradigm, that shows how integrating design into different fields of knowledge can contribute to the establishment of a transdisciplinary approach and to address wicked and complex issues.

MDA Conference

The International Conference is a moment of convergence of different people, knowledge and expertise from all over the world. It is a convivial event, also open to a non-expert audience, which aims to create networks and disseminate transdisciplinary knowledge related to design and other areas of strong contemporary interest.
It is now in its fourth edition, after previous events in 2015, 2017 and 2019, which have seen an ever increasing participation of both researchers and audience.
Click here to Submissions and uploading papers.

 

Opportunities:

The opportunities for the Industries are:
  • Knowledge: to take part in an international conference means acquiring new knowledge regarding topics and fields of interest.
  • Benchmarking: by participating in the conference, all the companies will have the possibility to understand the state-of-the-art
    of the fields they are involved in.
  • New visions and ideas: by comparing yourself with other companies it should be possible to be stimulated to produce new visions and ideas

The opportunities for the sponsors are:

  • Visibility and advertising: to be part of an international means to become part of a spread network.
  • Tourism in the low season: the event will bring a significant number of people from all over the world

The opportunities for the Municipality are:

  • Cultural visibility and communication: hosting and providing editorial services for an international event increases the visibility of the location
  • Tourism in the low season: the event will bring a significant number of people from all over the world

Organization and Patronage

The Conference is organized by MDA (Mediterranean Design Association).
Sponsorships will be requested from public/private institutions and research institutions.

Contributions

  1. RESEARCH PAPER
    The full papers should not exceed 5000 words, excluding abstracts and references and they should adhere to the conference paper submission guidelines and template. Authors of accepted papers are required to register and present their work at the conference. All accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings and available for authors at the beginning of the conference.
    EMPIRICAL STUDIES_LITERATURE REVIEWS_THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS_POSITION PAPERS
  2. INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTION
    The full papers should not exceed 2000 words, excluding abstracts and references and they should adhere to the conference paper submission guidelines and template. Authors of accepted papers are required to register and present their work at the conference. All accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings and available for authors at the beginning of the conference.
    POSITION PAPERS_WHITE PAPERS

    The “Challenges” format consists of roundtables that explore a challenge related to the Conference Tracks, and proposed by one or more companies. The proposition should not exceed 500 words, it should highlight the traits of the challenge to be tackled and propose a set of questions related to the challenge itself. The roundtables are going to be moderated by academics. The Proceedings of this session are going to be published after the conference as an annex of the general Conference Proceedings.
    CHALLENGES

  3. DOCTORATE SYMPOSIUM
    PhD candidates will have the possibility to present their PhD research during the Panel session which represents a moment of peer review and dialogues. The contributions should not exceed 1000 words and they should adhere to the conference paper submission guidelines and template. Accepted authors are required to register and present their work at the conference. All accepted contributions will be published in the Conference Proceedings and available for authors at the beginning of the conference.
    PANELS

    PhD candidates will have the possibility to organize workshops as part of their research plan. To present the application, the PhD candidates should submit a short abstract (not exceeding 200 words) in which they have to highlight the structure and the aim of the WS and what they need to fulfill the activities. The Proceedings of the workshop session are going to be published after the conference as an annex of the general Conference Proceedings.
    POSITION PAPERS_WHITE PAPERS

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. 
By submitting a paper to the conference, authors agree to the review process and understand that papers are reviewed using a double blind review system, matching each paper to the best possible area and reviewers.

  • Deadline for paper titles, abstracts, and authors: December 31, 2023
  • Final deadline for full papers: February 29, 2024
  • Acceptance notification: March 15, 2024
  • Final deadline for submitting revised papers and author payments: March 30, 2024
  • Conference: May 9-11, 2024

Fees

  • Single author: €400,00 In case of papers written by more than one author, the fee for the publication of the article (€400,00) will be increased by 50,00 € for each author in addition to the first, (e.g.: three authors: €400,00+€50,00+€50,00)
  • PhD Student: €150,00
  • Corporate Research Center: €800,00

Registration

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Materials

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Logistical and tourist details

IV Conference on Environmental Design of MDA

Conference venue:
Community Library - C.so Vittorio Emanuele II n. 95, 74013 Ginosa (TA)

For any type of information on: accommodation, attractions, museums, transport, restaurants etc:
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  • Headquarters and Info Point ℹ️ Via San Giovanni, 3 Ginosa (Ta)
  • Opening hours: Mon-Sun - 9:00 - 18:00

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The conference is free access to the public

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President

Dott. Federico Picone

Scientific Director

Prof. Mario Bisson

Industry Relations Manager

Dott. Giorgio De Ponti

Organizational Committee

Giulia Alvarez
Andrea Cavaliere
Federico De Luca
Alessandro Ianniello
Crispino Lanza
Benedetta Meretti
Stefania Palmieri
Dario Russo

International Scientific Committee

Prof.ssa Lina Ahmad - College of Arts and Creative enterprises
Zayed University, Abu Dhabi - UAE
Prof. Tiziano Aglieri Rinella - IUAV Venezia, Italy
Prof. Giuseppe Amoruso - Politecnico di Milano,Italy
Prof. Venanzio Arquilla - Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Prof. Antonino Benincasa - Libera Università di Bolzano, Italy
Prof. Alessandro Biamonti - Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Prof. Mario Bisson - Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Prof.sa Cristina Boeri - Politecnico di Mlano, Italy
Prof.sa Monica Bordegoni - Politecico di Milano,Italy
Prof.sa Daniela Calabi - Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Prof.sa Rossana Carullo - Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Prof. Mauro Ceconello - Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Prof. Giovanni Maria Conti - Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Arch. Riccardo Culotta, Italy
Prof.sa Clice De Toledo Sanjar Mazzilli - Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da USP, Brasil
Ing. Giorgio De Ponti - Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Prof.sa Barbara Del Curto - Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Prof. Dincyrek Ozgur - Eastern Mediterranean University , Cyprus
Prof.sa Elisabetta Distefano - Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
Prof. Luca Donner - American University in the Emirates, United Arab Emirates
Prof. Michele Fiorentino - Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Dr. Luca Fois - Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Prof. Claudio Gambardella - Università della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
Prof.sa Franca Garzotto - Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Prof. Luca Guerrini - Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Prof.sa Sandra Hipatia Nuñez Torres - Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ecuador
Dr.sa Lisa Hockemeyer - Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Prof. Alessandro Ianniello - Delft University, Netherlands
Prof. Lorenzo Imbesi - Università la Sapienza - Roma, Italy
Prof. Matteo Ingaramo - Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Prof. Tomasz Jelenski - Cracow University of Technology Poland
Prof. Andres López Vaca - Universidad Internacional SEK, Ecuador
Prof. Giuseppe Lotti - Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
Prof. Carlo Martino - Università la Sapienza Roma, Italy
Prof.sa Diana Navas - PUC - San Paulo, Brasil
Prof. sa Valentina Nisi - University of Madeira, Portugal
Prof. Nuno Jardim Nunes - University of Lisbon, Portugal
Prof. sa Stefania Palmieri - Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Prof.sa Frida Pashako - Epoka University - Tirana, Albania
Prof. Pier Paolo Peruccio - Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Prof.sa Silvia Piardi - Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Prof.sa Savita Raje - Maulana Azad National Institute of technology Bopal, India
Prof. Pinto Reaes - Università LUSIADA lisbona portogallo, Pourtugal
Prof.sa Francesca Rizzo - Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Prof. Garcia Rubio Ruben - Tulane university- New Orleans, USA
Prof. Dario Russo - Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
Prof.sa Francesca Scalisi - Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
Prof. Antonio Scontrino - Bowling Green State University, USA
Prof. Marco Sosa - Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
Prof. Cesare Sposito - Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
Prof. Paolo Tamborrini - Università di Parma, Italy
Prof. Toufic Haidamous - American University in the Emirates, United Arab Emirates
Dr. Diego Vainesman - New York, Usa
Prof. Sonsoles Velais - Tulane University- New Orleans, USA
Prof. Min Wang - China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Cina
Prof. Cui Wei - Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Cina
Prof. Francesco Zurlo - Politecnico di Milano, Italy

 

 

 

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