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ISPR 2011
International Society for Presence Research Annual Conference – ISPR 2011
Edinburgh, Scotland
October 26 – 28, 2011
Submission deadline was June 5, 2011
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Introduction
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.
Thanks to sicsa for sponsoring 4 doctoral students at ISPR 2011
Topics
Issues of prominent interest include (but are not limited to):
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.
We expect to have all accepted papers included in the ACM Digital Library.
Conference Format and Programme
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.
The provisional programme is available here.
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 (you can have a look here). 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.
Travelling to Edinburgh:
BY AIR – Edinburgh offers direct and connecting flights from many UK, European and International airlines.
The flight from London takes around an hour and there are over 40 flights from London airports every day. Regular services arrive in Edinburgh from other major UK cities and there are frequent scheduled flights from 40 European airports, including Amsterdam, Paris, Munich, Frankfurt and Zurich. Continental Airlines offers a daily direct service from New York’s Newark airport, while Delta Airlines offer a daily direct flight between Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Edinburgh. Further transatlantic flights arrive at Glasgow International Airport, one hour’s drive away.
Edinburgh International Airport is 8 miles (12km) west of the city centre.
The Airlink 100 operates a frequent bus service (every 10 minutes at peak times) between Edinburgh Airport and the city centre, with designated stops en route. Journey time is about 30 minutes and tickets cost £3.50 single and £6.00 return. See http://www.flybybus.com/.
BY RAIL – Edinburgh is easy to reach by train; in fact, the East Coast line is the fastest intercity railway in the UK, with a journey time of just under 5 hours between Edinburgh (Waverley) and London (King’s Cross).
ScotRail operate an overnight service, the Caledonian Sleeper, between London (Euston) and Edinburgh 7 nights a week.
Edinburgh train station has rail links to other major cities too. York, Newcastle, Inverness and Aberdeen are all about 2 hours away by train, and Glasgow is just 50 minutes away on the First ScotRail shuttle service which leaves Waverley train station every 15 minutes.
BY CAR - You can get here from Birmingham in about 5.5 hours, from Manchester and York in about 4 hours, and the city is just 2.5 hours from Newcastle. Parking will be very limited or impossible at city centre hotels, however.
Getting around Edinburgh:
Edinburgh is easy to explore on foot. Delegates will find the city not only visually stunning but also very accessible. For longer journeys around the city, there are plentiful buses and taxis always available.
NEW: Your first night in Edinburgh (.pdf) from the local conference organizers!
Accommodations
A free online hotel booking facility with specially discounted rates for conference delegates is available here, and of course there are many other hotels in Edinburgh.
Registration
Registration is now open via this page. If you have any problems please send an e-mail message to ispr@ispr.info.
Fees include lunch and refreshments for 3 days, an opening evening reception, a conference dinner with wine at a restaurant in Edinburgh’s old town on the evening of day 2, conference proceedings and more. Fees are in British Pounds - you can use this converter to check other currencies.
Until OCTOBER 8, 2011
From October 9, 2011
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. 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@ispr.info) for sponsorship terms and opportunities.
All submissions will be made through the EasyChair conference online submission system here and will undergo a double-blind peer-review process by at least two selected reviewers.
Important Dates
June 5, 2011 – Submissions due
August 8, 2011 – Early registration opens
August 15, 2011 – Notification of acceptance decisions
September 26, 2011 – Finished, camera-ready papers due
September 30, 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 (this page): http://ispr.info/presence-conferences/ispr2011/
Conference questions: ispr@ispr.info