Call for Proposals: International Service Innovation Design Conference 2018

ISIDC is Asia's first conference in service innovation design. The biennial conference series was initiated by a group of multidisciplinary scholars from Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, led by Professor Kazuo Sugiyama. The group formed a planning council in 2006 to gather leading experts, professionals, and stakeholders in service innovation design. 

The conference will focus on Indigenous design thinking for strategic service innovation. Topics of discussions under this theme include, but are not limited to:

1. Indigenous design thinking
2. Agricultural Service Design
3. Social innovation
4. Smart Living technology and application
5. Policy design, application, and evaluation
6. Public space and community empowerment
7. Smart design of place to live, work, and spend time in
8. Agricultural automation and the Internet of Things
9. The new generation of the Internet of Minds
10. Agricultural mix/influence on innovation
11. Agricultural sustainability and innovation
12. Agricultural and creative industries
13. Talent cultivation for Smart Living industry
14. Technological humanity
15. Successes and failures in innovation
16. Service Design Education 
17. The life design for people of all generations
18. Public design, policy, and welfare
19. Information and mobile lifestyle
20. Technology for life design and well-being
21. Cross-generational communication design
22. Agricultural innovation and life design
23. The essence of life design and living
24. Philosophy of ideal life design
25. Healthy city design
26. Innovation of content, platform, and co-creation
27. Successes and failures in life design

Types of presentations

The presentations in 2018 ISIDC will follow these publication tracks: 
-Academic Research: manuscripts focusing on theoretical development and empirical research in cultural and creative industries
- Industry Insight: case studies portraying the industry know-how and current practice in cultural and creative industries
- Global Perspective: local decisions, policies, actions that can provide enlightenment to the global development of cultural and creative industries

Abstract Submission Method

2018 ISIDC invites academics, industry practitioners, and government representatives to submit an abstract of 250 words of their presentations. 
- Academic Research: the abstract should include the background, objective(s), method, main findings, and research implications of the study.
- Industry Insight: the abstract should include a brief background, the importance, main findings, discussions, and practical implications of the case.
- Global Perspective: the abstract should include the background, descriptions on local decisions/policies/actions, and the impact and contribution to service innovation design.

Review Process

All submissions will be evaluated by a reviewing committee (peer-review). If your abstract is accepted by the review committee and you complete the conference registration procedure by the specified deadline, your submission will be scheduled in an 
appropriate session for oral presentation at the conference. All abstracts will be covered in the 2018 ISIDC proceedings.