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PDMA India
IV ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
NPDC 2009
NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: CHALLENGES IN MELTDOWN TIMES

at IIT MADRAS, INDIA
17-19 December 2009

ÂÜÀòÉç¹ÙÍøt PDMA India

PDMA (Product Development and Management Association) is an international non-profit organization of over 3500 members dedicated to improving the effectiveness of individuals and organizations in product development and management. PDMA India shares the goals of the parent organization in actively promoting a wide range of activities, including conferences, workshops and short term courses related to product development and management. NPDC 2009 is the IV PDMA India conference and is being hosted during December 17-19, 2009 by IIT Madras at its campus in Chennai.

ÂÜÀòÉç¹ÙÍøt NPDC 2009

With the emergence of a global economy, design teams confront the challenges of complex and continuously changing customer demands, rapidly improving technology, newer emerging business models, and multi-faceted global competition. Coincidentally, the recent turmoil in global financial markets has caused a widespread decline in worldwide economic activity adversely affecting many product and service sectors. The current dominant sentiment being a decrease in spending, the new imperatives are price sensitivity, cost optimization, energy savings, resource conservation, market retention and diversification through innovative strategies. It is necessary to rise to these challenges by motivating and improving the effectiveness of new product development professionals by introducing them to the state-of-the-art in their work covering the changing role of People, Process and Technology and the best practices in Product Innovation. The scope of this conference inter alia extends over the Engineering, Medical, Pharmaceutical, Software, Advertisements and Insurance domains. Contributions from academia and industry in the form of knowledge and insights concerning the latest advances covering a range of Product Development operations from opportunity identification to implementation and marketing will be presented at this international forum.

Call for papers

Authors are required to send a soft copy of the extended abstract of their original and unpublished contributions by email (npdc09@gmail.com). The extended abstract should be limited to two A4 size pages including text, figures, tables and references. It should be in MS word or PDF format with 25mm margins on all sides, 1.5 line spacing and 12 pt Times New Roman font. Authors should mention their affiliations with addresses, e-mail, telephone and fax numbers. Acceptance of the abstracts will be communicated to the corresponding author (to be indicated in the abstract). Following acceptance, authors should submit the full paper according to the conference format. The final acceptance of the paper for oral presentation, and inclusion in the proceedings or poster presentation, will be based on peer review.

Full Paper Submission

Full length papers must be submitted in the specified format in MS-Word or PDF versions. Detailed instructions will be sent by email to authors whose abstracts have been approved. The full length paper will be reviewed and the acceptance informed to the corresponding author.

Topics for the Conference

• Six Sigma Lean Product Development
• Open Innovation
• Robust Design
• Product Life Cycle Management
• Design for Manufacturing and Cost
• Frugal Design
• Globalizing Product Development
• Virtual Product Development
• People, Teams and Culture
• Co-Development and Alliances
• Product Development Management.
• Design for Sustainability
• Voice of the Customer

Important Dates

Abstract Submission : May 15, 2009
Acceptance of Abstracts : May 31, 2009
Full paper submission : July 31, 2009
Acceptance of Full paper : September 15, 2009
Registration Deadline : November 15, 2009

ÂÜÀòÉç¹ÙÍøt IIT Madras

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras is one of the premier institutions of national importance in higher technical education, basic and applied research. It was established in 1959 by the Government of India in collaboration with the German Government. IIT Madras is a residential institution with nearly 460 faculty members, 5000+ students and 1250 administrative and supporting staff. It is a self-contained campus of about 630 acres located in a beautiful wooded land with flora and fauna. The campus was established in a natural forest that formed a part of the Guindy National Park. IIT campus has about 300 varieties of trees and plants with quite a large number of native wild species. The Institute has sixteen academic departments and a few advanced research centers in various disciplines of engineering, pure sciences, humanities, social sciences and management, with nearly 100 laboratories organized in a unique pattern of functioning. The campus is located in the city of Chennai, previously known as Madras. It is conveniently located at a distance of 12 km from the airport, with domestic and international terminals next to each other, and 15 km from the railway station.

Accomodation

There are a large number of good hotels in and around Chennai ranging from five star to economy class. Limited accommodation is available in campus is the guest house/hostels.

Accompanying Activities

Workshops on Product Innovation

Registration Fees

Delegates from abroad : US$ 500
Student delegates from abroad : US$ 200
Delegates from Industry : Rs 5000
Delegates from Academia : Rs 2000
Student Delegates from India : Rs 1000

Please note that the deadline for registration is November 15, 2009.

Fees may be paid by Demand Draft or Wire Transfer payable to the “NPDC09” account at the State Bank of India (SBI), IIT Madras Branch, Chennai 600 036.

For further information please contact

NPDC09 Conference Secretariat
Machine Design Block
Department of Mechanical Engineering
IIT Madras, Chennai – 600 036, INDIA

Phone: +91 44 22574679 / 22575689 Fax: +91 44 22574652
Email: npdc09@gmail.com Web:

 

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