SDNC '10 workshop outcome
On Saturday, the 23rd of January, a volunteer group of Service Design Network members from all over Europe met in Cologne working a day on the conceptual design for SDN Conference 2010. Based on the experiences of the past conferences and the input from several vivid and engaged discussions in service design blogs the location, the format and contents were the focus of the meeting.
Thanks to: Arne van Oosterom, Asier Perez, Bas Raijmakers, Brojana Lambreva, Elena Pacenti, Felix Somerville-Scharf, Marc Stickdorn, Satu Miettinen!
Here is the outcome:
Location
The first and most desired outcome of the SDN ’10 workshop: The location for the three days will be BERLIN!
Various cities in the UK and Germany were discussed, such as London, Cornwall, Munich and Cologne. Different criteria –accessibility, local partner, local fund, city’s attractiveness, timing for the local development, expenses and expected participation- formed the decision’s body and in the end Berlin cut the best figure to host the Service Design Network Conference 2010 .
To improve the Service Design Network Conference from year to year we sought for your opinions of the last year’s conference. In conversations, blogs, questionnaires and internet votes we looked for the participants’ impressions. Find a summary here.
Community's suggestions for SDNC '10
A lot of suggestions for improving the Service Design Network Conference popped up within the community, which we tried to collect here.
The workshop’s discussion pointed out the need to focus on different interest groups. Therefore the conference shall contain three main categories: clients and media; professionals, academics and students; and of course the SDN members. Find more info here.
Next steps
Within the next weeks we will work on generating a first sketch for the conference’s schedule. The goal will be to design the process of collaboration for the Service Design Network Conference 2010. To do so we need your help! Next week we will publish more elaborated content for the conference's structure and open the channels to a lively discussion. Please let us know your thoughts and ideas for a successful conference 2010!
