Dear Colleagues:
EPIC invites submissions to our 12th annual meeting - the premier international gathering on ethnography in industry. Our theme pathmaking emphasizes the power of ethnography in academia and business to create transformative innovation, growth and strategic success for companies, industries and communities. The conference will highlight the essential role that a deep understanding of human societies and their cultures plays to guide organizations through the difficult, real-world complexities and challenges businesses face today.
The program committee invites submissions of proposals for Papers, Case Studies, Tutorials and PechaKucha that draw on theoretical advances in social science research (or other ethnography-informed disciplines), coupled with applied best practices from professional fields, to strike new directions for creating knowledge, insights, techniques or applications in areas such as:
- Innovation
- Corporate strategy & organizational change
- New product/service development
- User experience
- Marketing, advertising, communication
- Design
IMPORTANT DATES
Proposal submission deadline – February 19, 2016
Acceptance notification – April 23, 2016
Full draft submission – June 4, 2016
Final submission (for publication) – August 15, 2016
Complete submission guidelines for each format are on the conference website: https://www.epicpeople.org/2016/call-for-participation/
Please join us in Minneapolis!