Please distribute freely: ===================================================================== 11th MindTrek Conference MindTrek 2008: Entertainment and Media in the Ubiquitous Era Call for Position Papers, Workshops, Workshop Contributions October 7th to 9th 2008 in Tampere, Finland http://www.mindtrek.org www.mindtrek.org/cfp ===================================================================== We are happy to invite you into MindTrek Conference in October 7–9, 2008. MindTrek is a three day conference to explore current and emerging topics of social media, ubimedia and games. MindTrek includes a workshop day, three main tracks, plenary sessions and invited presentations. MindTrek is a leading Northern new media festival and conference series, arranged already for more than a decade, since 1997. Interdisciplinary and open for innovation, MindTrek is a meeting place where experts and thinkers present results from their latest work regarding the development of Internet, interactive media and information society. MindTrek brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines that are involved in the development of media – from sociology, economy, to technology. The organizing committee invites you to submit original high quality papers addressing the special theme and the topics, for presentation at the conference and inclusion in the proceedings. The submitted papers will be selected for the following streams of the conference: • Social media • Gaming • Ubiquitous and ambient media Feel free to suggest workshops which are co-organized with the MindTrek 2008. Workshop proposals should include organizing committee, one page description of the theme of the workshop, short CV of organizers, duration, proceedings publisher, and schedule. Important Dates: 31st May 2008: submission of position papers (abstract, 1000 words) and workshops 16th June 2008: review statements 29th August 2008: camera ready papers from authors (5 pages) 7th-9th October 2008: conference Conference Themes: 1. Social Media • business models, service models, and policies • questions related to identity, motivation and values • blogs, wikis, and collaboration designs in practice • user-created content and social networks 2. Ubiquitous and ambient media • ubiquitous and ambient services, devices, and environments • business models, service models, and policies • context aware, sensing, and interfaces for ubiquitous computation • ergonomics, human-computer interaction designs, and product prototypes • software, hardware and middleware frameworks • digital television, digital film production, and new media systems • pervasive and ubiquitous games • ambient intelligence applications and services • artistic works related to ubiquitous computation • entertainment and experiences • new human-computer interaction models 3. Games • Theoretical and analytical contributions to the study of games and play • Novel approaches to the design research of games • Discussions of gaming technologies from user- or player-centred perspectives • Studies of social play and role-play • Analyses of online, mobile, casual and cross-media gaming • Research into user-created game content • Studies of pervasive games Position paper submissions will be peer-reviewed as abstracts, and full versions of papers will be published both in conference proceedings and online by an international scholarly organization. Future edited versions of selected papers will be considered for special issues in journals, or as book chapters. Further possibilities for publication are currently under assessment. Conference venue: MindTrek takes place at Hotel Scandic Rosendahl, in Tampere, Finland. The organiser of the conference has booked quota for the conference delegates from this hotel. More information on accommodation and registration will be made available in our website. Please note that the accommodation is not included in the participation fee. There is also other accommodation available in Tampere, ranging from modern first class hotels to smaller traditional hotels and dormitories. If you select one of these options, you should make the reservations by yourself with that specific hotel. For more, see: http://www.mindtrek.org/matkustus/scandic-rosendahl_en Conference Organizing Committee: Artur Lugmayr (Scientific Chair) Frans Mayra, Katri Lietsala, and Heljä Franssila (Conference Co-chairs) Contact: Artur Lugmayr, artur.lugmayr@tut.fi For up to date information and further details please visit: http://www.mindtrek.org Send your contributions and any inquiry about the conference to: http://www.mindtrek.org/cfp Supported by: City of Tampere, Ubiqutious Computing Cluster, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere University, TAMK, PIRAMK, Technology Centre Hermia, Neogames, COSS, Gemilo, B105. Host: MindTrek Association (www.mindtrek.org) -- Best regards, Frans ** Frans Mäyrä * Professor, PhD * Hypermedia Laboratory ** ** University of Tampere * Games Research Lab * Finland ** * www.uta.fi/hyper * http://gamelab.uta.fi * www.digra.org * ** frans.mayra@uta.fi *gsm +358503367650 *tel +358335517933 ** *** www.unet.fi/fransblog **** www.uta.fi/~frans.mayra ***