Conference Programme

the 2023 E&PDE conferece programme can be accessed on this link

The keynote speakers profiles: Clara Guasch Sastre & John Thackara.

Papers have been published on the Design Society website.

Visual Papers have been published on the Design Society Website.


The 25th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education will be hosted at:

Elisava, Barcelona School of Design and Engineering, on the 7th and 8th September 2023; with pre-conference workshops and events on the 6th September 2023.

The E&PDE 2023 theme is Responsible innovation for global co-habitation.

The conference is organised in partnership with the Design Education Special Interest Group (DESIG) of the Design Society and the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED). 

The E&PDE 2023 conference will bring together representatives from education and industry who have an interest in sharing new perspectives on design education. It will provide a forum for educators, practitioners and students from engineering and product design fields to discuss current and future educational issues. Professionals and students from other disciplines are also invited to contribute and participate. 

We will continue the Visual Papers track inviting papers with high visual content and less text.