Dear AoIRists, On behalf of the Conference Co-Organizers, I'm very happy to announce our two keynote speakers for CaTaC'16 (June 15-17, 2016 - please note corrected date): *Ann Light*, Professor of Design and Creative Technology, School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex. *Peter-Paul Verbeek*, Philosophy Department & DesignLab, Twente University, the Netherlands. Additional information: CaTaC’16: Culture, Technology, Communication: Common world, different futures? An IFIP supported event (International Federation for Information Processing), Working Group 13.8: Interaction Design and International Development. <http://ifip-tc13.org/working-groups/working-group-13-8/> *Publication*: in addition to Open Access Conference Proceedings, selected papers will be considered for a volume in the IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology series, published by Springer. *Venue*: University of West London *Dates*: June *15-17*, 2016 CaTaC'16 will be open for papers exploring the intersections between culture, technology, and communication, applying different theoretical and methodological perspectives, genres, and styles. In addition, CaTaC'16 will have three themes: ** At the Intersections of Culture, Technology, and Communication: Is Another Design Possible? * ** Culture, Technology, and Communication in Design for Development * Culture, Technology, and Communication in Practice? *Both short (3-5 pages) and long (10-15 pages) original papers are sought for presentation. Panel proposals addressing a specific theme or topic are also encouraged: please include names of committed participants and (provisional) presentation titles. Please see our website, <http://philo.at/ocs2/index.php/london16/> for additional details . *Important Dates: *Paper submission for peer-review: February 15, 2016 Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2016 Final papers and panel descriptions due for Conference Proceedings: May 1, 2016 The Conference Proceedings will be published on the conference website with an ISBN number. Authors retain copyright to their papers and are welcome to attach a Creative Commons license indication on their work. *Early bird registration fees (February 1 – April 15, 2016): *Standard: 125 GBP Author or reviewer: 115 GBP Author and reviewer: 105 GBP Student: 80 GBP (Full registration fees – after April 15: add 25 GBP) *Conference Co-organizers: ** José Abdelnour-Nocera, Local host(School of Computing and Technology, University of West London) * Charles Ess, CaTaC Co-chair (Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo) * Maja van der Velden, CaTaC Co-chair (Department of Informatics, University of Oslo) Programme Committee * Herbert Hrachovec, (Philosophy Department, University of Vienna) * Michele M. Strano, Program Chair (Communication Studies, Bridgewater College) We look forward to welcoming you to London next June! - charles -- Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo Director, Centre for Research in Media Innovations (CeRMI) Editor, The Journal of Media Innovations <https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/TJMI/> Postboks 1093 Blindern 0317 Oslo, Norway c.m.ess@media.uio.no