The International Design Structure Matrix (DSM) Conference is the annual forum for practitioners, academics and researchers, and software developers of DSM-related tools, to exchange experiences, development results, trends, and develop new ideas to complexity management in all kinds of industries from different perspectives.
The DSM Conference has evolved from a series of workshops at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Engineering Design Center at the University of Cambridge, it has turned into a full conference, having made a tour around the world. At all times, it was one of the meeting places for the DSM Community that has continuously grown to about 70 active members, most of whom have been constant participants.
The past DSM Workshops and Conferences:
| 1999 | Cambridge, MA, USA | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| 2000 | Cambridge, MA, USA | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| 2001 | Cambridge, MA, USA | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| 2002 | Cambridge, MA, USA | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| 2003 | Cambridge, UK | Cambridge University |
| 2004 | Cambridge, UK | Cambridge University |
| 2005 | Seattle, WA, USA | The Boeing Company |
| 2006 | Seattle, WA, USA | The Boeing Company |
| 2007 | Munich, Germany | Technische Universität München (TUM) / BMW Group / Jönköping International Business School (JIBS) |
| 2008 | Stockholm, Sweden | Jönköping International Business School (JIBS) / Technische Universität München (TUM) / Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) |
| 2009 | Greenville, SC, USA | Clemson University / Technische Universität München |
| 2010 | Cambridge, UK | University of Cambrigde / Technische Universität München |
| 2011 | Cambridge, MA, USA | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| 2012 | Kyoto, Japan | iSiD IT Solution Innovator |
| 2013 | Melbourne, Australia | Rapid Invention Pty Ltd |
| 2014 | Paris, France | Ecole Centrale Paris |
| 2015 | Texas, USA | Texas Christian University |
| 2016 | São Paulo, Brazil | University of São Paulo |
| 2017 | Espoo, Finnland | Aalto University |
| 2018 | Trieste, Italy | University of Trieste |
| 2019 | Monterey, USA | TheP5DC |
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