Prodect

Design Thinking + Ideation + Concept Development + Prototyping + Team Work + Fun = PRODECT 2019!!

In PRODECT 2019 we have the honor to have Assoc. Prof. Georgios Priniotakis, University of West Attica, as an invited speaker.

Georgios Priniotakis is an Associate Professor in University of West Attica, School of Engineering, Dept. of Industrial Design and Engineering, Greece. His background is in Technical Textiles with focus on Intelligent Textiles and Sustainable Technology Solutions. For several years was National Representative of Greece to boards and committees in the activities of the European Research Area of embedded systems. He has published numerous scientific papers and he has participated in many International conferences over the last 25 years. He's a reviewer in various Scientific Journals and participated in a number of Research and Education Projects. Member of various Scientific conference committees and Chairman of the Organizing Committee of bi-annual conference AITAE.

The Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering (University of the Aegean) organizes, for a third year, a Summer School on “Industrial Product Design and Concept Development – PRODECT 2019” at its facilities in Syros Island, Greece, 1 – 8/7/2019.

PRODECT’19 is an International Summer School that focuses on methodologies and techniques that concern the Concept Development and the Preliminary Design of an industrial product. The school includes a series of courses divided into theoretical lectures and workshops, where the trainees are familiarized with brainstorming techniques and modern computer-based design technologies. A product design project will run from the first day of the school and will put the participants into the designer’s sit, aiming at the development of a new product that will meet modern needs. The school is for professionals and students of any academic level that wish to enrich or update their knowledge in the area of product preliminary and concept design. All sessions will be carried out in English. All undergraduate students that will successfully fulfill course requirements will receive 2 ECTS.

The invited speakers of summer school are coming from academia and industrial sector with a vast international experience in product design (Politecnico di Milano, University of Michigan, University of West Attica).

For further information and applications please follow this link: https://summer-schools.aegean.gr/PRODECT2019

Deadline for applications: 1/6/2019
Deadline for discounted fees: 5/6/2019
Deadline for scholarship application: 15/5/2019