DIS 2010 invites researchers and practitioners engaged in designing interactive systems to join five days of conference in Aarhus, August 16-20, 2010.

The conference will be a forum for debating and shaping the future of interactive systems design research and practice.

We solicit submissions in the categories of full paper, short paper, workshop, doctoral consortium and demonstration with theoretical, methodological and experimental perspectives on:

Approaches to interaction: Aesthetic interaction - Experience design - Engaging interaction - Kinaesthetic interaction - Usability.

Interaction technology: Mobile devises - Sensors - Huge and tiny displays - Actuators - Smart materials.

Interaction design for: The home - Urban life and rural areas - Schools - Museums - Digital art - Games and Play - News - Community building - The workplace.

The design process: Tools and techniques - Materials and representations - Innovation - Reflection on design processes - Management and business aspects.

The DIS conference addresses design as an integrated activity spanning technical, social, cognitive, organizational, and cultural aspects. The conference brings together professionals and researchers from industry as well as academia involved in the design of interactive systems addressing design from a multiplicity of areas including:

Arts - Aesthetics - Architecture - Business - Computer science - Cultural studies - Design Thinking - Engineering - Ethnography - Interaction design - Product design - Psychology - Sociology.