01 / CULTURE
Culture & context
Understanding the people, values and cultural perspectives that shape how products are experienced around the world.
International Workshop on Internationalisation of Products and Systems
Culture.
Design.
Trust.
A global conversation about how people, cultures and technology meet — and how trust takes shape in online environments.
A meeting place for global perspectives
Ideas without borders
One world.
Many ways to connect.
Set on Canada's Pacific coast, Vancouver offers a natural meeting point for people travelling from Asia, Europe and North America. IWIPS 2004 brings practitioners, academics and others together to exchange ideas and explore the challenges of creating products and systems for a connected world.
From globalisation and localisation to the finer details of internationalisation, the conference is a place to share experience, question assumptions and discover new perspectives.
The 2004 focus
Designing for a world of difference.
Three connected themes shape this year's conversations, sessions and shared discoveries.
02 / DESIGN
Global design
Exploring the relationship between design, globalisation, localisation and internationalisation.
03 / TRUST
Trust online
Investigating how confidence, credibility and trust are developed in digital and online environments.
The place · The people · The exchange
Meet at
the edge
of the Pacific.
the edge
of the Pacific.
Vancouver · Canada · 2004
More than a conference
Ideas shared.
Connections made.
IWIPS 2004 continues the conference's established mix of presentations, breakout sessions and social events — creating space for international networking, practical discussion and the exchange of knowledge.
Whether you come from industry, academia or a related field, the programme is designed to bring different viewpoints into the same conversation.
8 — 10 JULY 2004 / VANCOUVER, BCIWIPS 2004 · Vancouver
Be part of the global conversation.
Explore the ideas shaping international products and systems, connect with an international community, and take part in the exchange of perspectives across cultures.
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