School of Management at the University of Quebec in Montreal (ESG

School of Management at the University of Quebec in Montreal (ESG/UQAM) - October 20th-22th 2015
for others to use. It is the antithesis of a closed
innovation process which relies on internal R&D
and deep vertical integration.
Since
its
program
inception,
has
the
hosted
an
MCPC
equal
conference
share
of
practitioners and academics/researchers. This
makes it truly unique in the world of business
conferences. It really strives to connect MCPC
thought leaders, technology developers, and
The MCPC Conference
researchers with managers and entrepreneurs
who apply these strategies on a day-to-day
The
2015
World
Conference
on
Mass
basis.
Customization, Personalization, and Co-Creation
will engage academics, business leaders and
consultants
in
presentations,
a
combination
discussion
panels,
of
and
plenary
paper
presentations devoted to sharing and discussing
the
latest
research
in
the
field.
MCPC
conferences have a strong focus on real life
Conference Venue – Montréal, Canada
The 2015-conference will be held in Canada and
be hosted by the School of Management at the
University of Quebec in Montreal (ESG/UQAM)
Conference web site: www.mcpc2015.com
applications and managing complexity.
Mass customization, personalization, and cocreation (MCPC) strategies aim to benefit from
the fact that people are different. Their objective
is to turn customer heterogeneities into business
opportunities, hence
trend
of
long-tail
addressing
business
the
models.
current
Mass
customization is a means to provide goods and
services that best serve individual customers’
personal needs with near mass production
Montréal’s
renowned
duality
of
Old
World
efficiency.
charm infused with North American energy lies
at its very heart; it is the plurality of cultures
MCPC leads to open innovation which suggests
that really makes this metropolis tick. A city
that businesses should make better use of
with a lust for life and all of its pleasures. All
external ideas and technologies in their own
the major city attractions are concentrated
field, and allow unused internal ideas to flow out
within easy distance from the University.
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2015 World Conference on Mass Customization, Personalization, and Co-Creation
www.mcpc2015.com
Conference and Proceedings
Conference
and Proceedings
Proceedings with full papers will be published
through Springer
and
will be
for all
Proceedings
with full
papers
will available
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Participants
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copies of extended
Program Outline
Program Outline
abstracts, short
papers and
keynote
abstracts,
Participants
will receive
copies
of extended
20th October (Tuesday at 19:00)
20th October (Tuesday at 19:00)
•
Welcome session
•
Welcome session
which willshort
be published
in a booklet.
papers
abstracts,
papers and
keynote Short
abstracts,
and will
extended
abstracts
be submitted
to the
which
be published
in acan
booklet.
Short papers
conference
address:
and
extendedmail
abstracts
caninfo@mcpc2015.ca.
be submitted to the
21th October (Wednesday) - Conference day 1
21th October
(Wednesday)
•
Opening
session - Conference day 1
• • Opening
Keynotesession
session
• • Keynote
session
General
parallel sessions and industry
•
General
parallel
sessions & industry track
track
• • Dialogue
session
Dialogue
session
• • Conference
dinner
Conference
dinner
conference mail address: info@mcpc2015.ca.
th October (Thursday) - Conference day 2
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th October (Thursday) - Conference day 2
• • General
parallel
sessions
and
industry
General
parallel
sessions
and
industry
track
track
• • Keynote
session
Keynote
session
• • Future
planning
session
Future planning
session
• • Closing
session
Closing
session
• • Farewell
Farewell
Special Sessions Call
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Special
Sessions Call
Research progress is found by joining forces,
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be when
accomplished
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happens
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The conference topics are:
The conference topics are:
corporation,
and through
corporation
is found and
when
which
is attained
corporation,
2015 April 15 : Special session proposal
2015 April 15 : Special session proposal
2015 Mai 8 : Submission of short abstracts
2015 Mai 8 Submission of full paper
2015 June 12 : Submission of full and short paper
2015 August 7 Review notification
2015 August 7 : Review/ acceptance notification
2015 August 14 : Submission of revised paper
2015 August 14 : Submission of revised final paper
2015 August 21 : Early bird registration
2015 August 21 : End of early bird registration
2015 October 19 : End of registration
2015 October 19 : End of pre-registration
2015 October 20 22 : Conference
2015 October 20 22 : Conference
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which supports networking in particular, of course
We urge all to come forward with ideas for
other special sessions ideas are most welcome.
special session aimed at networking in particular,
Especially, we call for sessions with substantial
yet all other special sessions ideas are most
demonstrations of significant successful business
welcomed. We especially look forward to
practices and insights.
sessions
emphasizing
significant
successful
www.mcpc2015.com
www.mcpc2015.com
business practices and insights.
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Papers Call & Conference Topics
Conference topics include but are not limited to:
Managing Complexity of Mass Customization Reflections
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3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing for MCPC
• Technology and Additive Manufacturing
• Materials
• Design for Additive Manufacturing
• The Maker Economy
• Business Model Innovation
• Open Data and Open design
Business Models for MC
State of the literature
Review of the practice
Performance factors of MC
MCPC Strategy & Capabilities
Marketing & Consumer Behaviour in MCPC
MC of services and experiences
Future trends and developments
MCPC Applications
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Co-Creation and Open Innovation
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Open Innovation Strategy & Capabilities
Open Innovation Methods & Tools
User Innovation & Customer Co-Creation
Open Business Models
Co-creation and Co-management
Innovation, Shared leadership & management
Crowdsourcing and Value Creation
Emotions and Leadership
Exopreneurship and Open Innovation
Fashion, Apparel & Footwear
Architecture & Construction
Industrial Design & Art
Aerospace and automotive
Service industry
Engineer to Order usage
Practitioners cases and experiences
Choice Navigation
• Configuration Systems & Toolkits for Co-Design
• Service and experience configuration
• Assortment matching
• Trial and error learning & navigation process
• Embedded configuration
• New product configuration technologies
• Configuration business processes
• Multi stage configuration
• Estimation and calculation of product cost
Product Modelling
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The previous conferences
Methods for product family modelling
Integrated product and production modelling
Product modelling, configurator development
Modelling of complex technical systems
Applications for product model information
Service and product modelling
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Solution Space Development
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Product Design, Modularity, Product Platforms
Design processes / organization for MCPC
Product architectures supporting MCPC
Modularisation and product platforms
Product portfolios, variety and architecture
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2001: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,
Hong Kong
2003: University of Technology Munich, Germany
(mcpc2003.com)
2005: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,
Hong Kong (mcpc2005.com)
2007: M.I.T., Cambridge, MA (mass‐
customization.de/mcpc07)
2009: Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland (mcpc2009.com)
2011: UC Berkeley, San Francisco, USA
(mcpc2011.com)
2014: Aalborg University, Denmark
(www.mcpc2014.aau.dk)
Manufacturing Systems for MCPC
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Robust process design
Operations management for MCPC
Supply Chain Management for MCPC
Flexible automation
Process Modularity
Adaptive human capital
Open Manufacturing & Open Hardware
Model based manufacturing
Sustainability and MCPC
Organizing Committee 2015
Jocelyn Bellemare
Serge Carrier
Michèle Beaudoin
Frank Piller
Kjeld Nielsen
info@mcpc2015.com
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