DEFSA: 7th International Conference 2015

DEFSA, the Design Education Forum of South Africa will host their 7th International Conference in September of 2015. The theme of this conference will be:
Ethics and accountability in Design: Do they matter?

The conference will be held on 2 and 3 September 2015 with workshops culminating on the 4 September.

MGI will be hosting this annual event at their main campus in Midrand and more information can be found on the website:

http://www.defsa.org.za/

We are looking for papers and presentations from all over the world that will tackle this meaningful and thought-provoking topic and we ask that you adhere to the deadline for the submission of abstracts: 15 April 2015

The following theme and sub-themes will be covered in the presentations over the two day conference in September:

Ethics and accountability in Design: Do they matter?

Sub- themes
The individual: Ethics and accountability in design
The institution: Ethics and accountability in design
The industry: Ethics and accountability in design

Premise:
Design communities in 2015 are called on to respond to the Millennial imperative "to do the right thing, to know the truth of a situation, to have a job that means more than a pay cheque and to live a life that matters" (Chester, cited in Mind the Gap, Codrington and Grant-Marshall 2004:63). We, as stakeholders and leaders in the design community take responsibility to lead with integrity and commit ourselves to the co-creation of a shared design ethos.
Aiming our intentions, efforts and influence toward 'that which ought to be', DEFSA 2015 seeks to honour and grow an emerging principle-driven, civic minded and human-centred design culture that takes issues of the sustainability, credibility, corporate social responsibility, professional accountability and personal integrity to heart. The typical worldview rhetoric of what should be done is redirected towards individuated responses and actions that foster meaningful change.

Hosted by Midrand Graduate Institute and Vaal University of Technology

Date: 02 September 2015 to 04 September 2015
Time: 09:00 - 15:30
Venue: Midrand Graduate Institute, Midrand, Johannesburg

More info:

http://www.mgi.ac.za/contact-us/contact/