The Food Design Research Studio, the Special Interest Group on Global Health, and the Special Interest Group on Pluriversal Design of the Design Research Society (DRS) warmly invite you to join our upcoming online seminar, where we will be discussing perspectives and motivations related to the theme track of DRS Conference 2026, which will take place at Edinburgh:
The Transformative Nature of Food - Adaptation, Connectivity and Identity
Featuring presentations by Theme Track Chairs:
Prof. PhD Dolly Daou (Cindrebay University)
Prof. PhD Melanie Sarantou (Kyushu University)
This event will include an insightful presentation about the theme track, followed by an open discussion with the community. We encourage you to join, share your ideas, perspectives, and doubts.
The session also will be chaired by the co-chairs:
Prof. PhD Cláudia de Souza Libânio – Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre
Prof. PhD(c) Juan Montalván Lume – Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Date: September or October 2nd, 2025
Time zones:
- 5:00am — Vancouver (Canada), Arizona (USA), Tijuana (Mexico) (GMT-7)
- 7:00am — Colombia, Ecuador, Peru (GMT-5)
- 8:00am — Chile (GMT-4)
- 9:00am — Argentina, Brasília (Brazil), Uruguay (GMT-3)
- 1:00pm — United Kingdom (GMT+1)
- 2:00pm — Germany, Spain, Italy, France (GMT+2)
- 5:30pm — India (GMT+5:30)
- 9:00pm — Japan (GMT+9)
- 10:00pm — Australia (GMT+10)
This event is free and open to all!
The event will be held on Zoom.