The aim of the symposium is to review the current state of knowledge and present the scope of scientific research and innovation in the field of engineering design, product developing and management.

We kindly invite You to join the 7th International Symposium "KOD 2012" which will take place on 24th and 26th May 2012 in Hotel Marina in Balatonfüred, Hungary. The basic goals of this symposium are:

• to assemble famous investigators and practitioners from faculties, scientific institutes and different enterprises or other organizations,
• to enable presentation of new knowledge and exchange of practical experience in mechanical and graphical engineering, industrial design and shaping, product development and management,
• to propose theoretically developed and practically tested solutions for improving the quality of products in mechanical engineering in order to achieve the highest possible position on the international market..