What is Doors of Perception? Doors is a conference, website, knowledge network, and cultural accelerator. We bring together innovators, entrepreneurs, educators, and designers who want to imagine alternative futures - sustainable ones - and take design steps to realize them. Who will attend Doors of Perception 9? Doors of Perception is for people interested in the use of emerging technologies to achieve sustainable and socially-responsible growth in emerging economies. This bi-annual design event brings together entrepreneurs, innovators, designers. I'm not a designer. Why should I come to a design event? If you ever need "to devise a course of action aimed at changing an exisiting situation into a preferred one" you're designing (A definition of design by Herb Simon, given to us by Malcom McCullough). Why do people come? These are new times. People participate in Doors who need to imagine sustainable and engaging futures - and take design steps to realize them. Our shared objective is to enrich our understanding and use of the design process. Why should my company send people to Doors? In order to do things differently, organisations need to see things differently. Doors is a lens which helps companies look at the world in new ways. We explore next-generation service and product concepts, and develop exploitable insights, tools, and knowledge. What should I tell my boss? The industrial revolution was launched in part by knowledge about textile production brought from India to Europe. The same can happen with knowledge about daily-life services brought from India, today; Doors 9 is about next-generation service and product concepts; India is a world-class incubator of new business models. The “Public Call Office” concept enabled hundreds of millions of people to gain telephone access, within a few years. What’s coming next? India’s software companies are determined to move up the value chain, globally. They need help to do that. Who is going to help them? Grassroots innovators in India combine bible-age lifestyles with cutting edge technology. How did they do that? The quality of networking done at Doors is legendary. You'll meet industry experts and working designers willing to help you with all aspects of design. Tell your boss about the multiplier effect: Offer to make a presentation of your experience at Doors to your colleagues when you get home. Doors seems rather on the edge of what I need to do my job We hope so. Why go all the way to India for business-as-usual? Money is tight. Cost is an issue right now. Some delegates to Doors split the costs with their employer. You you pay travel, she pays the registration, for example. Does your company offer tuition reimbursement? Participation in Doors might qualify as continuing education. If you are self-employed, you should deduct the costs of your participation from your taxes. Do you offer scholarships? No. What will I take away after the conference? A better understanding of the design process. Scenarios for services that meet emerging needs in new ways. New connections and capabilities among innovative people and organizations There are hundreds of events out there. Why should I choose Doors? We bring together different disciplines and communities that would not otherwise meet. These connections lead to all manner of new relationships and projects. How do I get to speak at Doors? With difficulty. Doors of Perception is not an academic conference - therefore we usually do not call for papers. Rather, we spend a lot of time researching our theme, looking for projects, and inviting people to participate in a completely undemocratic way. Can I send in my name as a speaker? By all means. If you put a name forward, it is added to our speakers long list, where it will be considered - but you will only hear from us if you are shortlisted as a speaker. Messages with the words "my client" or "our latest products" in them will be trashed automatically by a bot. Will you publish the proceedings? Yes. On this website. How do I keep in touch? Subscribe to our mailing list .