EXTENDED DEADLINE: CFP THE FOURTH AUSTRALASIAN CONFERENCE ON INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT, 2007 3-5 December, 2007 Storey Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia http://www.ie.rmit.edu.au An in-cooperation conference with the Association for Computer Machinery (ACM). SUBMISSION DATES: ****** Extended Submission Deadline ******* Full Papers (max 8 pages): 23 July 2007 Short papers (max 3 pages): 23 July 2007 Full and short papers will be refereed by an international program committee for publication in the conference proceedings. All accepted papers will be archived in the ACM Digital Library. INTRODUCTION The Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment is a cross-disciplinary conference that brings together researchers from artificial intelligence, cognitive science, media studies, drama, HCI, psychology, interactive media, cultural studies, graphics, audio, as well as researchers from other disciplines working on new game specific technologies or providing critical analysis of games and interactive environments. In an epoch marked by convergence, cross-platform media and the rise of social software/ networks, how are the digital industries - most especially gaming - being transformed? What types of new genres and modes of interactivity are evolving? And how are these social technologies informed by cultural context? The 2007 Interactive Entertainment conference considers the difference between convergence as rhetoric and practice, imaginary and reality. The conference will accept innovative submission types that present new scientific ideas, improvements to existing techniques or provide new ways of examining, designing and using computer games. All full paper and short paper submissions will be peer-reviewed by an international program committee. Authors of selected IE2007 papers will be invited to revise and expand their submission for submission to a special issue of the Journal of Game development. These expanded versions would be subject to the journal's existing review process. TOPICS OF INTEREST The papers and presentations should include original and unpublished contributions. Suggested research topics include but are not limited to: * Artificial Intelligence * Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality * Art, Design and New Media * Convergence and cross-platform media * E-learning and the roles of games in pedagogy * Technology, co-presence and place * Pervasive (location aware) mobile technologies * Policy and legislative responses to mobile and locative media * Cultural and Media Studies on Computer Games * Education, Training, and Edutainment Technologies * Graphics/Animation Techniques * Interactive Digital Storytelling * Mobile Media * The rise of social software and networking (technical and social) * Sound and Music FURTHER INFORMATION: Please see the conference web site: http://www.ie.rmit.edu.au Inquiries should be forwarded to: ie2007@ieconference.org Dr Esther Milne Lecturer in Media and Communications Faculty of Life and Social Sciences Swinburne University of Technology John Street, Hawthorn VIC 3122 AUSTRALIA +613 92148195 www.fibreculture.org www.realtimearts.net/ www.ie.rmit.edu.au/ ******************** Swinburne University of Technology CRICOS Provider Code: 00111D NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended only for the use of the addressee. They may contain information that is privileged or protected by copyright. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution, printing, copying or use is strictly prohibited. The University does not warrant that this e-mail and any attachments are secure and there is also a risk that it may be corrupted in transmission. It is your responsibility to check any attachments for viruses or defects before opening them. If you have received this transmission in error, please contact us on +61 3 9214 8000 and delete it immediately from your system. We do not accept liability in connection with computer virus, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised access or unauthorised amendment. Please consider the environment before printing this email.