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SUMMARY:Access the Full and Exploratory Papers
DESCRIPTION:Dear all\, ACM has published Volumes I and II of the PDC2026 Proceedings. Volume I has all the Full Papers\, while Volume II has the Exploratory Papers and Doctoral Colloquium Submissions. Please find them Open Access here: \n\nVolume I: https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3796624\nVolume II: https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3789492\n\nPlease note that Volume III (Situated Actions\, PDC Places\, and Workshops) is still being processed\, we will share it with the community as soon as it is released.
URL:https://www.pdc2026.polimi.it/event/access-the-full-and-exploratory-papers/
LOCATION:MI
CATEGORIES:Full & Exploratory Papers
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SUMMARY:Doctoral Colloquium Day 02
DESCRIPTION:This activity is closed and not open to the general conference participants. It takes place in two sessions: Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. \nDoctoral Colloquium Day 01 Schedule: \nOf course. Here is the second day in the same format\, with no minutes and no names: \nDoctoral Colloquium Schedule \n\n9:30 – Working in groups\n\nParticipants will work in six groups.\nPresentations will focus on what participants are currently working on and where they need feedback.\n\n\nGroup Division:\n\nWS 3 Room: Community Resilience\, Cooperatives & Social Innovation\nWS 4 Room: Design Pedagogy\, Media and Speculative Futuring\nB2.1.3 Room: More-than-Human and Ecological Design\nB2.1.8 Room: Policy\, Governance and Democratic Innovation\nB2.1.10 Room: Social Justice\, Decoloniality and Peacebuilding\nB2.1.15 Room: Transition\, Change and Systems\n\n\n11:00 – Coffee break\n11:30- Plenary discussion\n12:00–13:00 | Take-away lunch
URL:https://www.pdc2026.polimi.it/event/doctoral-colloquium-2/
LOCATION:Bovisa Durando Campus\, Politecnico di Milano\, Via Giovanni Durando\, 10\, Milan\, Milan\, 20158\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Doctoral Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260616T163000
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SUMMARY:Conference Opening Registration
DESCRIPTION:Open from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm at Triennale.
URL:https://www.pdc2026.polimi.it/event/registration-4/
LOCATION:Triennale di Milano\, Viale Emilio Alemagna\, 6\, Milan\, Milan\, 20121\, Italy
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260616T170000
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SUMMARY:Conference Opening and Keynote by Thania Paffenholz
DESCRIPTION:The conference opening and keynote speech by Thania Paffenholz will take place at Teatro Triennale\, in Triennale di Milano. \nSince 1923\, Triennale Milano has been one of world’s leading cultural institutions\, conveying the complexities of the contemporary world in a host of artistic forms: design\, architecture\, and the visual\, scenic\, and performing arts. Its aim is to find broader\, more innovative ways of thinking\, bringing the experiences of different cultures and languages together in a single place and time. \nKeynote: Designing the Future of Peace?\nLessons\, Challenges\, and Possibilities from Peacebuilding Research and Practice\nBy Thania Paffenholz\nPhD\, Senior Fellow Graduate Institute International and Development Studies and Founder Inclusive Peace. \nThania Paffenholz is an award-winning and widely published peace researcher\, international peace process adviser and mediator\, thought leader\, and public speaker. Her pioneering and critical work on peace processes — particularly on the role of civil society\, women\, participatory approaches\, and sustainable outcomes — has had a transformative influence on peace research\, mediation\, and peacebuilding policy and practice worldwide. \nIn her practical work\, she has contributed to more than 25 peace and political transition processes across the globe\, engaging with conflict parties\, mediators\, governments\, international organisations\, armed groups\, and civil society actors.  \nShe has helped shape international and national policy frameworks\, resolutions\, and strategic reviews\, and continues to serve as a key adviser to governments and international institutions.  \nOver the past two decades\, she has held leadership positions in leading think-and-do tanks. She has worked with research institutes and universities internationally\, served as a peacebuilding adviser to the European Union in the Horn of Africa\, and held positions with the United Nations in various field missions.  \nThania holds a PhD in Mediation and Peace Studies\, has published extensively\, serves on international boards and panels\, and teaches at universities and training institutions worldwide. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. She holds Tanzanian\, Swiss\, and German citizenship.  \n 
URL:https://www.pdc2026.polimi.it/event/conference-opening-and-opening-aperitivo/
LOCATION:Triennale di Milano\, Viale Emilio Alemagna\, 6\, Milan\, Milan\, 20121\, Italy
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SUMMARY:Opening Aperitivo
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Opening Aperitivo at Milan’s historic Bar Bianco in Sempione Park\, just a short and beautiful walk from Triennale di Milano\, where the conference Opening Ceremony will be held.
URL:https://www.pdc2026.polimi.it/event/opening-aperitivo/
LOCATION:Bar Bianco\, Viale Enrico Ibsen\, 4\, Milan\, 20121\, Italy
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