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Early bird for C&T 2011 Brisbane extended until 31 May 2011
by Marcus Foth 16 May '11

16 May '11

5th International Conference on Communities & Technologies – C&T 2011 29 June – 2 July 2011, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Due to several requests and to allow for the peer review of workshop papers to be completed, the early bird registration for C&T 2011 has been extended until 31 May 2011. http://ct2011.urbaninformatics.net/register/ C&T will be held at the Queensland State Government's flagship Digital Culture Centre: The Edge. Full registration rates admit delegates to attend two workshops (one each on the 29th and 30th June), the full conference program on 1st and 2nd July, the welcome reception on Thursday night, and the conference dinner on Friday night. Check out this year's program: Keynotes by Geraldine Fitzpatrick and Eric Gordon http://ct2011.urbaninformatics.net/program/keynotes/ Panel – Social Media for Increased Resilience and Safety: Technology to Help Communities Cope with Disasters http://ct2011.urbaninformatics.net/program/panel/ 9 Workshops and 1 Doctoral Consortium http://ct2011.urbaninformatics.net/program/workshops/ Paper presentations http://ct2011.urbaninformatics.net/program/papers/ Welcome reception and conference dinner http://ct2011.urbaninformatics.net/program/social/ Communities & Technologies 2011 received endorsements from ACM, EUSSET, ACS and AIIA. If you would like to sponsor and support C&T, please contact us. http://ct2011.urbaninformatics.net/sponsors/ hashtag #comtech2011 facebook http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125376820833369 lanyrd http://lanyrd.com/2011/ct2011/ We look forward to welcoming you to an exciting conference in Brisbane, Australia’s new world city. Marcus Foth Conference Chair, C&T 2011 -- Associate Professor Marcus Foth Director, Urban Informatics Research Lab Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) 130 Victoria Park Road, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88238 - Office K506, Kelvin Grove m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.urbaninformatics.net/

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Call for Papers (extended) - ICCE 2011 sub-conference on Game and ToyEnhanced Learning and Society (GTEL&S)
by Maiga Chang 16 May '11

16 May '11

[Submission deadline has been extended to May 27, 2011] [Selected papers will be invited to submit their extended work to special issue in the International Journal of Arts and Technology (IJART)] [Apologies if you receive multiple times, please circulate this to your colleagues and graduate students who might be interested in this, thank you so much.] ------- Call for Papers for ICCE 2011-C5 Subconference ----------- ICCE Conference on Game and Toy Enhanced Learning and Society (GTEL&S) November 28, 2011 (Monday) to December 2, 2011 (Friday) Chiang Mai, Thailand http://www.nectec.or.th/icce2011/callForPapers/cfp_c5.html Organized by Asia Pacific Society for Computers in Education http://apsce.net Hosted by National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, Thailand http://www.nectec.or.th In response to the emerging research diversity, ICCE2010 will be a meta-conference, a conference of collocated theme-based conferences. This is the Call for Papers for the theme-based conference, C5: ICCE Conference on GTEL&S, standing for 'Game and Toy Enhanced Learning and Soceity'. The spurring interest in deriving pedagogical principles and design from video games and digital toys offers a new angle of designing 'how to learn' in the future. More specifically, GTEL&S puts 'why to learn' (motivation and engagement) as a prominent element in our design. How to relate that element with other elements: 'how well to learn' (learning performance), 'what to learn' (domain knowledge), 'what to learn with' (computer programs or digital toys, virtual characters or robots), 'where to learn' (physical settings or online), and 'who to learn with' (individuals or teams) are the fundamental issues of investigation. Such endeavor will lead to significant extension of the horizon of technology enhanced learning research. Program Co-chairs Ming-Puu CHEN, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan (Executive PC-Chair) Maiga CHANG, Athabasca University, Canada Muhammet DEMIRBILEK, Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey The scope of the GTEL&S will cover but not be limited to: •Foundation and Theory for Design •Evaluation •Case Studies and Exemplars •Artificial Intelligence •Virtual Characters •Virtual Storytelling and Game Narrative •Multiplayer and Social Game Design •Simulation and Animation •Entertainment Robots and Digital Toys for Education •Augmented/Mixed Reality •Interface •Training •Sport •Non-Visual Senses (Smelling, Touching, Hearing) •Mobile Games and its Linking to Online Games •Location-Based Games and Ubiquitous Technology •Identity, Roles, and Role-Playing •Optimal Experience and Flow •Engagement and Emotion •Collaboration, Competition and Communities •Social and Cultural Aspect •Wii-Like Learning Technology Submission Categories Full Papers: 8 pages Short Papers: 5 pages Posters: 3 pages Note: an abstract is not sufficient to adequately evaluate a Full Paper, Short Paper or Poster Author Guidelines: http://www.nectec.or.th/icce2011/callForPapers/authorGuidelines.html Important dates Submission Deadline: May 27, 2011 (extended) Notification: July 29, 2011 For queries, you may contact Dr. Maiga Chang (maiga.chang(a)gmail.com)

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Re: [Air-L] a question about privacy protection and copyright in Internet research
by Niels Brügger 15 May '11

15 May '11

Hi all, Just a short comment about the privacy debate, once again. There definitely exist differences between national traditions on this issue (as I have maintained in previous emails). And these differences may (also) be identified as differences between scholarly disciplines and theories about why we keep things, for instance as datasets or in (web)archives, and how we should use them as researchers afterwards. On the one hand, an approach which mainly is used within disciplines inspired by the social sciences where focus is often on acquiring information about individuals and/or groups of individuals, often 'sensible' information, and here one of the main concerns can be to protect privacy. And, on the other, the approach of archiving institutions who take their point of departure in the idea that we should preserve whatever has been made public, and here the main concern is to attest what was made public, be that on paper, as sound waves, images, or whatever. When people have made things public they have made them public, and the privacy issue is mainly about things that have been made public by someone who should not have made it public, for instance medical information put on the web by accident, private photos, etc.; and if it was illegal then, it's also illegal later and this material must then be protected in the web archive (however, a number of practical issues are related to doing this). But the fundamental rationale for the cultural heritage institutions such as national libraries is that they shall preserve whatever has been made public. In the country where I come from (Denmark) this has been done since the 17th century, based on a legal deposit law, first print, then radio and television, and now the web (similar laws can be found in many other countries). The fundamental distinction, at least as far as I'm concerned, is between scientific data and publications (close to Jeremy's distinction "published documents are not a matter of human subjects"): scientific data are created by researchers for research purposes and may need privacy concerns, whereas publications are - well, public. And if people don't want things to be public don't put it out there. There may, of course, be difficulties in determining whether things are public on the web or not, but, in general, if everyone could get acces to it, it's public. However, the main challenge is probably to inform people that they actually publish things on the web. Best, Niels Brügger ------------------------------------------------------------ LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS February 2011 "Web Archiving — Between Past, Present, and Future", The Handbook of Internet Studies (eds. M. Consalvo, & C. Ess), Wiley-Blackwell 2011, pp. 24-42 Read more on the publishers website: http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1405185880.html April 2010 Web History (ed.), Peter Lang Publishing, New York 2010 Read more on the publishers website: http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?vID=310468&vLang=E&vHR=1&vUR=2&vUUR=1 January 2010 Website Analysis, Papers from The Centre for Internet Research, 12, The Centre for Internet Research, Aarhus 2010, [ get an electronic copy at: http://cfi.au.dk/en/publications/paper/#a12 ] NIELS BRÜGGER, Associate Professor, PhD Director, the Centre for Internet Research Department of Information and Media Studies Aarhus University Helsingforsgade 14 8200 Aarhus N Denmark Phone (switchboard) +45 8942 1111 Phone (direct) +45 8942 9226 Telefax + 45 8942 5950 E-mail nb(a)imv.au.dk Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 Profile at Kommunikationsforum [in Danish]: www.kommunikationsforum.dk/Niels-Brugger The Centre for Internet Research http://cfi.au.dk The history of dr.dk, 1996-2006 http://drdk.dk LARM (Radio Culture and Auditory Resources Research Infrastructure) http://www.larm-archive.org

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Ignite-IR 12.0, Call for Proposals
by Alex Halavais 14 May '11

14 May '11

Call for Proposals: Ignite-IR, Internet Research 12.0, Seattle, Washington, October 10-13, 2011 Given the theme this year, "Performance and Participation," it seemed a particularly good time to introduce a new format of presentation to the Internet Research conference. The "Ignite" presentation is a structured, high-energy, short talk in which you share your passion and creative ideas about internet research. If you are excited about a new perspective, an issue, or a practice taking place on the internet, this is the place to get others excited about it as well. Like pecha-kucha, Ignite is formed around a formalism: you must create a "deck" of 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds. This represents a radical departure from the traditional paper presentation, and is focused on telling an enlightening story, making an argument, and inciting an audience to come to your way of thinking and action. Keep the logos, but add pathos: humor, wit, rhetorical (and physical) stunts are encouraged. It's academic stand-up. If you are one of the several dozen people that were in the backchannel last year complaining about boring PowerPoint presentations, here's where the rubber meets the road. Show us what you can do! The Ignite format of talks started in Seattle, but by now there are thousands of people who have given them. Many of these can be found here: http://igniteshow.com/ You might also take a look at: http://www.speakerconfessions.com/2009/06/how-to-give-a-great-ignite-talk/ Some things to note: * You may propose an Ignite-IR talk even if you already have a paper accepted--it does not count against your presentation cap. * While it can be related to a later research talk, it should not be a "preview"--the Ignite-IR talk should stand on its own. * The deadline for your proposal is midnight, July 31. * If your proposal is accepted, your deck of 20 slides is due no later than September 15. Are you ready to go beyond talking about performance and perform‽ Are you ready to share the passion and excitement of Internet Research‽ Then propose a five-minute Ignite Talk! Go here to fill out a proposal: http://bit.ly/ignite-ir12 Please share widely!

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CFP: MobilityShifts: An International Future of Learning Summit
by matt.lists＠gmail.com 14 May '11

14 May '11

Please distribute widely MobilityShifts: An International Future of Learning Summit Call for Workshops, Demonstrations, Panel Discussions and Short Talks DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS JULY 1, 2011 11:59pm (EST) MobilityShifts When: October 10-16, 2011 Where: The New School, New York City http://mobilityshifts.org MOBILITYSHIFTS IS: provocative conversations, original ideas, engaging performances, workshops and art projects about digital learning. Where, when, how, and even what we are learning is changing. Digital learning is not only taking place online or in the university classroom but is also situated in museums, after school programs, living rooms, public libraries and peer-to-peer universities. The future of learning will not be solely determined by digital culture but by the re-organization of power relationships and institutional protocols. MobilityShifts will bring together leading scholars, artists, web developers, technologists, teachers, librarians, policy makers, critical legal scholars and learning activists to discuss how digital media can play a positive role in this process of transformation. Comprised of a conference, exhibition, workshops, project demos and a theater performance, this summit will add an international layer to the existing debate about digital fluencies for a mobile world and learning outside the bounds of traditional institutions of higher education. Drawing on New York City’s strengths as a global hub for learning, innovation and design, the summit will showcase theories, people and projects making unexpected connections between self-learning, mobile platforms and the Open Web. Learn, discuss, laugh, write mini-manifestos, record videos, conduct interviews and meet future collaborators. APPLICATION GUIDELINES MobilityShifts is now accepting applications in the following formats: 1) Hands-on Workshops and Demonstrations (They will take place October 10-13.) Workshops and Demonstrations should provide an opportunity for hands-on exploration. They will be scheduled for two hours and should invite audience participation. 2) Panel Discussions and Short Talks (October 13-16) Panel Discussions should bring together four panelists to include a mix of individuals working in diverse areas of research, theory and practice. Short Talks of up to ten minutes should focus on presenting work or research on a particular subject relevant to one of the three subthemes of the Summit. MOBILITYSHIFTS SUBTHEMES: DIGITAL FLUENCIES FOR A MOBILE WORLD - New pedagogical approaches for learning with mobile platforms; - Mobile media for the creation of rich social contexts around learning activities; - Revisiting the myth of the digital native; - Histories of media literacy, the book, reading, and writing; - Teaching user rights; - Limitations of the “digital literacies” paradigm; - Remix and responsibility; the ethics of database culture; - Using locative media to expand learning beyond the classroom; - Ubiquitous computing inside the traditional classroom; - Collaborative learning as a fundamental model of pedagogy; - Texts, tweets, and chats as new modes of writing; - Smartphone video capture and the art of witnessing; - Flash-mobbing, spontaneous gathering, and collective learning in a mobile world; - Nostalgia for pre-mobile learning spaces DO IT YOURSELF UNIVERSITIES: LEARNING WITHOUT A SCHOOL? - The future of peer-to-peer learning networks, learning without walls/blended learning, sustainability, methods and social practices; - Insertions, rearrangements and revamping within existing institutional frameworks: the Twenty-first Century University as global learning network; - Failure of self-learning projects, barriers to the success of DIY U; - Technical systems that facilitate relationships between non-monetary or reputation economies and DIY U (Op- Producing, locating and using openly accessible resources for learning such as public digital libraries, building educational digital infrastructures; - Reframing knowledge, the educational turn in art; - Histories of DIY learning; - For-profit and non-profit education: certification for self-learning, mass customization of education, open access as business model; - Models of peer-grading, updated visions of peer review, and peer-produced curriculum; - Student occupations: Struggle as DIY learning INNOVATIVE DIGITAL LEARNING PROJECTS WORLDWIDE - Expand the definition of digital learning informed by projects from outside the United States; - Examples of practitioners in countries outside of North America and Europe serving as digital innovators; - Reshape our curricula and pedagogical practices for a transnational digital fluency; - The Twenty-first Century University as global learning network PROPOSAL FORMAT PROPOSALS FOR WORKSHOPS, DEMONSTRATIONS & PANEL DISCUSSIONS SHOULD INCLUDE: 1) Names of key presenters or panelists 2) Institutional affiliations 3) 150 word biography for Workshop/Panel Chair 4) Identification of conference subtheme to be covered (Digital Fluencies for a Mobile World, DIY U: Learning Without a School?, or Digital Learning Projects Globally) 5) Narrative describing topical orientation, format (e.g., panel discussion, presentation followed by group activity and discussion), as well as how the session addresses the overall conference focus and/or one of the three conference subthemes. Narrative should be 500 words or less. 6) MobilityShifts explores the summit as a site of production. What will be the outcome of your contribution (e.g., mini-manifestos, sprint publications, video interviews and other documents)? 7) Submissions will be accepted in Word document format (.doc or .docx) ONLY. 8) Submit to digitalculture [@] newschool.edu with the chosen subtheme in the subject line PROPOSAL FOR SHORT TALKS SHOULD INCLUDE: 1) Name of key presenter 2) Institutional affiliations 3) 150 word biography for key presenter 4) Identification of conference subtheme to be covered (Digital Fluencies for a Mobile World, DIY U: Learning Without a School?, or Digital Learning Projects Globally) 5) Narrative describing theme, format (e.g., panel discussion, presentation followed by interactivity and discussion), as well as how the session addresses the overall conference focus and/or one of the three conference subthemes. The narrative should be 250 words or less. 6) Submissions will be accepted in Word document format ONLY (.doc or .docx) . 7) Submit to digitalculture [@] newschool.edu with the chosen subtheme in the subject heading. (Ex.: Digital Fluencies for a Mobile World Proposal) 8) Each individual will be limited to participation on no more than two panels at the Summit. Participants will be expected to fund their own travel and accommodation. The registration fee will not be waived. APPLICATION DEADLINE IS JULY 1, 2011, 11:59 PM (EST). AUGUST 15 - PROPOSAL NOTIFICATIONS WILL BE SENT. ------------------------ Chair: Trebor Scholz Co-Chairs: Elizabeth Losh, Edward Keller, David Theo Goldberg, Matthew K. Gold, Sean Dockray Steering Committee: Arien Mack, Katie Salen, McKenzie Wark Sponsors: The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, The New School, Parsons The New School for Design, The New School for General Studies, The New School for Social Research, and the Mozilla Foundation MobilityShifts is part of The New School’s Politics of Digital Culture conference series. The summit builds on two previous events: The Drumbeat Festival in Barcelona (2010) and Digital Media and Learning 2011 in Los Angeles.

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DLs and Smart Cities
by Federico monaco 14 May '11

14 May '11

Dear all, Does any of you have information, ideas, opinions, links about digital libraries development and Smart Cities projects, or how data traffic of smart cities could be managed by digital libraries? Thanks Federico Monaco Ph.D. University of Parma, Italy

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 82, Issue 12
by Gwen Shaffer 13 May '11

13 May '11

okay, one more post. Gwen Shaffer, PhD Post-doctoral fellow Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences University of California, Irvine 267.475.1441 On 5/9/2011 3:00 PM, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: a question about privacy protection and copyright in > Internet research (Michael Zimmer) > 2. Re: a question about privacy protection and copyright in > Internet research (stu(a)texifter.com) > 3. Virtual Immersive and Cyber Technologies ? First Summer > School (Grainne Kirwan) > 4. CFP: iConference 2012 | Culture * Design * Society (Sara Grimes) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 14:29:43 -0500 > From: Michael Zimmer<zimmerm(a)uwm.edu> > To: jeremy hunsinger<jhuns(a)vt.edu> > Cc: aoir list<air-l(a)aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] a question about privacy protection and copyright > in Internet research > Message-ID:<256411AA-3C97-4F69-BEFE-84673C4A3E71(a)uwm.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > There's much to chew on with Jeremy's thoughtful reply below (and this entire thread), but I want bring to light one possible complication: > > "My position is that there is a public and publishing makes things public, and there is a private, and if you don't want it public, you shouldn't publish it. I don't want the private to bleed into the public, nor the public to bleed into the private, but I see the line as very clear and I want it to be made very clear" > > You may see the line as clear -- at the moment -- but the line often moves. Consider how certain profile information I shared on Facebook in 2008 was restricted to only my friends. I created a "private" sphere, borrowing your framework. > > Then, in 2010, Facebook changed the platform, and this information was automatically now made public. I had no choice, little warning, and little ability to react or remove this information. (Perhaps I'm not very aware of such things; perhaps I haven't logged in for months; perhaps I'm just not too bright). > > Now, in 2011, a researcher uses Google and discovers this information from my Facebook profile that is now publicly available. > > Was this information "published"? Is it really meant to be "public"? Did I consent to it being used? Is my ignorance about how Facebook now works justification for harvesting and using the information? > > -michael. > >

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Free digital edition of The Fluxus Reader now available
by Ken Friedman 13 May '11

13 May '11

Dear Colleagues, The Fluxus Reader has been out of print for many years now. In the run-up to the 50th anniversary of Fluxus in 2012, I've been getting requests for copies -- I don't have any, and I don't know anyone who does. It's clearly been a desirable book for some time. Owen Smith told me that he was already seeing used copies at $300 a few years back. Today, I did an Amazon search for used copies, and I found prices running from $449 up to $2,500! (The expensive copy seems to have a drawing in it, but even the "cheap" copies cost too much.) For a while, now I've wanted to make a free digital edition available, but the small typeface has made it difficult to get a clean copy. Rebecca Parker, manager of the Research Bank here at the Swinburne University library has gone to an expert outside service to prepare, digitize, and proof The Fluxus Reader. The digital copy is now available for download at: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/42234 Download times are swift over the net, but the complete book runs 36MB. To make it easy for those who only wish one chapter, Ms. Parker has also prepared a single PDF for each chapter for use as stand-alone texts. To preserve the coherence and continuity of the book, Rebecca set each chapter up with the front matter for the entire book. The book is an open access edition, configured for full search and accessible for copy and paste for scholars or students who wish to quote from the book. All details and pages are identical with the print edition. The PDF files are set to print out on a full-page format for easy reading. In my contract with the publisher, I kept the copyright of the book as editor. In making the digital edition of the Fluxus Reader available, I do so granting full permission for use in any format or medium. Please feel free to share this information, to distribute the URL, or to copy the book. Any library that wishes to add the Fluxus Reader to its digital resources collection is free to do so. Best regards, Ken Professor Ken Friedman, PhD, DSc (hc), FDRS | University Distinguished Professor | Dean, Faculty of Design | Swinburne University of Technology | Melbourne, Australia | kenfriedman(a)groupwise.swin.edu.au | Ph: +61 3 9214 6078 | Faculty www.swinburne.edu.au/design Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life | University of Chicago Press | http://www.press.uchicago.edu/presssite/metadata.epl?isbn=9780226033594

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Call for Papers: Intl Society for Presence Research (ISPR 2011)
by Matthew Lombard 13 May '11

13 May '11

CALL FOR PAPERS - Please distribute widely ISPR 2011 International Society for Presence Research Annual Conference Edinburgh, Scotland October 26-28, 2011 SUBMISSION DEADLINE extended to: JUNE 5, 2011 Academics and practitioners interested in presence (short for telepresence) are invited to participate in the Annual International Conference on Presence, to be held in Edinburgh on October 26- 28, 2011. The presence community comprises researchers in communication, computer science, psychology, entertainment, philosophy, the arts, education and other fields. Presence exists in two overlapping flavours - social presence and spatial presence. Social presence is the sense, the feeling and the experience of being with other people mediated by technologies such as teleconferencing, collaborative virtual environments, social networking, mobile communications and so on. In contrast, spatial presence is the sense, the feeling and the experience of being in another place by way of technologies such as immersive and non-immersive virtual reality, movies, games, mixed reality systems and books. ISPR 2011 follows a series of 12 successful PRESENCE conferences and provides an ideal forum for presentation of presence scholarship and applications that allow attendees to join together in synthesizing and expanding our collective knowledge and visions for the future regarding this compelling topic. ISPR 2011 is co-organized by the International Society for Presence Research and the Centre for Interaction Design at Edinburgh Napier University. Topics Issues of prominent interest include (but are not limited to): o Mobile & ubiquitous presence o Philosophical perspectives on presence o Presence applications o Measures of presence o Presence in entertainment o Presence in games o Presence in medicine and therapy o Presence in the arts and humanities o Presence in mixed reality o Presence technologies o Presence theory o Psychological perspectives on presence o Neuropsychology of presence o Educational aspects of presence o The ethics of presence o Presence in the next 25 years We seek original, high quality papers that make substantial contributions to the field. All accepted papers will be collected in the official conference proceedings (with ISBN) and will also be permanently available for download on the ISPR conference archive on the ISPR web site (http://ispr.info) We expect to have all accepted papers included in the ACM Digital Library. Conference Format ISPR 2011 will have an interactive format in which all participants (attendees, presenters, invited speakers) attend each of the sessions as well as social events, allowing participants to exchange ideas and build knowledge together as the conference progresses. The language of the conference is English. Venue The conference will be hosted by Edinburgh Napier University. The conference events will take place at Craighouse Campus which is a fine example of the Scottish Baronial. Craighouse is only 2 miles (3km) and a short bus ride from Edinburgh´s medieval Old Town and Georgian New Town both of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Accommodations A free online booking facility will be provided via a link on the conference web site; delegates will be able to view information on each of several local hotels with rates from approximately £50 to £150 and book their room, receiving an automatic email confirmation. Registration Registration will open July 1, 2011. Fees include lunch and refreshments for 3 days, an opening evening reception, a conference dinner with wine at a traditional Scottish restaurant in Edinburgh´s old town on the evening of day 2, conference proceedings and more. Fees are in British Pounds - you can use the converter at http://www.xe.com/ucc to check other currencies. Until September 15, 2011 o Standard - 325 £ o Student - 250 £ o Standard + ISPR annual membership - 300 £ o Student + ISPR annual membership - 230 £ >From September 16, 2011 o Standard - 375 £ o Student - 275 £ o Standard + ISPR annual membership - 350 £ o Student + ISPR annual membership - 255 £ Submissions We invite researchers and practitioners to submit work in the following categories: PAPERS: Comprehensive descriptions of research or design work and/or theoretical investigation within the scope of the conference. Papers must relate to existing literature on presence and make an original contribution to it. Papers may be up to 10 pages in length including references in the ISPR 2011 template format available on the conference web site (http://ispr.info) All accepted papers will be included in the Proceedings and will be allocated time for oral presentation. SHORT PAPERS: Short papers may be up to just 4 pages in the ISPR 2011 template format. Accepted papers will be included in the Proceedings and will be allocated time for oral presentation. PANELS: Sets of presentations on a single theme or topic within the scope of the conference. Submitters are encouraged to be creative regarding both the topic or theme and the format for panel proposals (formats that encourage guided discussion are particularly welcome). Panel proposals must identify and provide contact information for all proposed participants and be a maximum of 10 pages in length. Accepted panels will be included in the Proceedings. POSTERS: Visual display presentations. Poster proposals are limited to 4 pages including references in the ISPR 2011 template format. Accepted poster proposals will be published in the conference proceedings. Posters will be displayed on an approximately 70×40 cm board during a dedicated session of the conference and will be allocated a 2 minute oral preview. DEMONSTRATIONS/EXHIBITIONS: Step-by-step audiovisual demonstrations and/or hands-on experiences of non-commercial work within the scope of the conference. Proposals for demonstrations/exhibitions are limited to 4 pages in the ISPR 2011 template format. Accepted demonstration/exhibition proposals will be included in the conference proceedings and will be presented during a dedicated session of the conference. For the exhibitions of commercial products, please contact ISPR (ispr(a)ispr.info) for sponsorship terms and opportunities. All submissions will be made through the EasyChair conference online submission system (at the url below) and will undergo a double-blind peer-review process by at least two selected reviewers. Submission url: https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=ispr2011 Important Dates June 5, 2011 - Submissions due July 1, 2011 - Early registration opens August 15, 2011 - Notification of acceptance decisions September 15, 2011 - Finished, camera-ready papers due September 15, 2011 - Early registration closes October 26 -28, 2011 - Conference Conference Committee Conference Chair: Phil Turner (Edinburgh Napier University) Programme Co-Chairs: David Benyon (Edinburgh Napier University) Susan Turner (Edinburgh Napier University) Matthew Lombard (Temple University) For More Information Conference web site: http://sct.temple.edu/blogs/ispr/presence-conferences/ispr2011/ Conference questions: ispr(a)ispr.info -- Matthew Lombard, Ph.D. Temple University President International Society for Presence Research (ISPR) lombard(a)temple.edu http://matthewlombard.com http://ispr.info

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update: call for papers on Knowledge Management and Social Media
by Robert Mason 13 May '11

13 May '11

A reminder-the deadline for HICSS submissions to the new mini-track KM & social media is June 15; see http://ow.ly/4Krij Also-we have announced a special issue of the Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce on same topic: http://ow.ly/4Toit . Contact me or Dianne Ford (dpford(a)mun.ca<mailto:dpford@mun.ca>) with questions or for feedback on abstracts Bob Robert M. Mason Professor, the Information School University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-2840 Twitter: rmason

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