Call for Papers, Posters, Demos & Workshops
Academic MindTrek Conference 2017
September 20-21
Tampere, Finland
Full details: http://www.mindtrek.org/2017/academic/
IMPORTANT DATES
- Call for Papers submission deadline May 21st
- Acceptance/Rejection notification: July 14th
- Copyright forms: August 14th
- Conference registration/Camera-ready papers: August 21st
Academic Mindtrek is…
- A meeting place where researchers, experts and thinkers can present results from their latest work in the conference thematic areas.
- Special academic sessions (e.g. demonstrations, workshops and multidisciplinary sessions) held parallel to the Mindtrek conference.
- A real chance for media enthusiasts to think outside the box.
- Keynote speakers announced later.
We are pleased to invite you to the 21st International Academic Mindtrek conference, 20th to 21st September 2017. Academic Mindtrek is a meeting place where researchers, experts and thinkers present results from their latest work regarding the development of novel technology, media and digital culture for the society of tomorrow.
Academic Mindtrek is part of the renowned Mindtrek business conference. Mindtrek brings together people not only from various fields and domains but also from different sectors: from companies, startups, academia and various governmental institutions. This makes Mindtrek the perfect opportunity for advancing research results towards practical utilization by the industry, as well as getting out-of-the-box research ideas based on the interaction with practitioners.
Mindtrek events are accessible for the Academic Mindtrek attendees, and vice versa.
The academic conference features the following major themes:
- Human-computer interaction (HCI)
- Interaction design and user experience
- Developer experience
- Games and gamification
- Virtual, augmented and mixed reality
- Collaboration, literacies and multimedia technologies in education
- Crowdsourcing and citizen participation
- Open data and data science
- New forms of journalism and media
- Theatre, performance and media
- Enhancing work in socio-technological environments
We are especially enthusiastic about applied research and papers related to practical work.
CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
Academic Mindtrek is organized in cooperation with ACM SIGMM, and ACM SIGCHI. The conference proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library, which includes full papers, posters, workshop proposals and demonstration proposals. All papers should follow the style guidelines of the conference (more information under submission guidelines). In the Finnish classification of publication forums, Academic Mindtrek proceedings are classified as Jufo 1.
There will also be a reward for the best paper(s) of the academic conference. Read more on Call: Academic MindTrek Conference 2017…