{"id":80,"date":"2026-08-19T12:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T12:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packagingdihub.uom.lk\/?p=80"},"modified":"2026-08-19T19:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:25:04","slug":"university-of-moratuwa-announces-2026-integrated-design-research-conference-creative-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packagingdihub.uom.lk\/?p=80","title":{"rendered":"University of Moratuwa Announces 2026 Integrated Design Research Conference: &#8220;Creative Wave&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MORATUWA, SRI LANKA<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 The Department of Integrated Design at the University of Moratuwa has officially announced its upcoming Integrated Design Research (IDR) International Conference for 2026. Scheduled to take place from&nbsp;<strong>October 22nd to 24th, 2026<\/strong>, the conference invites scholars, practitioners, and industry professionals to explore the evolving landscape of design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As detailed in the &#8220;Integrated-Design-Research-Conference.png&#8221; announcement, this year\u2019s compelling theme is&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Creative Wave: Imagination, Adaptation, and Change.&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;The conference aims to foster critical inquiry and collaboration across a variety of sub-themes, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Society &amp; Culture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vernacular Knowledge &amp; Practice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Economy &amp; Industries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design Pedagogy &amp; Thinking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design Across Technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Circularity &amp; Sustainability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IDR platform, guided by Head of Department Ms. Ruwandika Senanayake alongside Event Chairpersons Dr. Sumanthri Samarawickrama and Ms. Chathurangi De Silva, seeks to elevate design beyond a purely creative act. It positions design as a rigorous field of knowledge and innovation capable of driving societal contribution and advancing design discourse throughout Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Researchers, educators, and postgraduate students are encouraged to contribute to this growing body of knowledge. The official&nbsp;<strong>Call for Submissions<\/strong>&nbsp;is currently open for full papers, short papers, and executive summaries of projects, with a strict deadline of&nbsp;<strong>August 5th, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information on submission guidelines and peer-review processes, prospective participants are directed to visit the IDR conference page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MORATUWA, SRI LANKA&nbsp;\u2014 The Department of Integrated Design at the University of Moratuwa has officially announced its upcoming Integrated Design Research (IDR) International Conference for 2026. Scheduled to take place from&nbsp;October 22nd to 24th, 2026, the conference invites scholars, practitioners, and industry professionals to explore the evolving landscape of design. As detailed in the &#8220;Integrated-Design-Research-Conference.png&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packagingdihub.uom.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/packagingdihub.uom.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/packagingdihub.uom.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packagingdihub.uom.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packagingdihub.uom.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/packagingdihub.uom.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81,"href":"https:\/\/packagingdihub.uom.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions\/81"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packagingdihub.uom.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packagingdihub.uom.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packagingdihub.uom.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packagingdihub.uom.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}