Call for Posters Exploring the Mind’s Eye: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Imagination October 25-26, 2019 Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey http://www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr/index.php/2019/05/06/call-for-poster-proposals-exploring-the-minds-eye-conference/ Submission deadline: July 12, 2019 We are pleased to invite submissions to Exploring the Mind’s Eye: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Imagination for poster presentations. The conference will be held at Bilkent University, Ankara on October 25-26, 2019 and it is organized by the Departments of Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience. The deadline for poster submissions is Friday, July 12, 2019 (midnight, GMT). Poster proposals should be between 500-1000 words and they should be submitted as a PDF file at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=img2019 Travel…

Call for Nominations/Self-nominations iLRN’s State of XR and Immersive Learning Expert Panel https://immersivelrn.org/ilrns-state-of-xr-and-immersive-learning-expert-panel-call-for-nominations-self-nominations/ Deadline for expressions of interest: July 1, 2019 iLRN’s State of XR and Immersive Learning project (see https://immersivelrn.org/about-us/state-of-xr-and-immersive-learning/) combines a systematic review and synthesis of the scholarly evidence and knowledge base on extended reality (XR) and immersive learning with a Delphi-inspired environmental scanning and forecasting exercise in the vein of the well-known NMC (now EDUCAUSE) Horizon Report. Planned for release in early 2020, the inaugural State of XR and Immersive Learning Report is being produced by iLRN in collaboration with the IEEE ICICLE XR for Learning and…

Call for Papers PERSONAL AND UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING Theme issue on Everyday Automation Experiences https://www.facebook.com/notes/personal-and-ubiquitous-computing/theme-issue-on-everyday-automation-experiences-cfp/10156023570570458/ Submission deadline: 31 October 2019 AIM AND SCOPE Automation is now part of our lives. Homeowners orchestrate their appliances in their smart homes, drivers negotiate control with their cars, public transport passengers use autonomous buses, shoppers use self-checkout, and factory workers see themselves in the role of monitoring rather than controlling. The emergent role of automation has an impact on the way how people can be supported in perceiving, monitoring and configuring technologies in a variety of situations. The design, creation, and evaluation of (semi-)automated everyday…

Call for Papers: Futures Thinking Inaugural Conference 1-3 October 2019 University of Oxford, Wolfson College Abstract deadline (extended): 1 July 2019 Ubiquitous technologies have resulted in unprecedented access to media for many but have also altered the way humans engage with and consume content, specifically the way in which we read. For example, recommender systems automatically filter content, based on an intelligent machines’ expectations about our preferences; and digital platforms allow us to share, alter, manipulate, and understand content in myriad ways that were not possible with traditional forms of media. Although humans may now read more than ever before,…

Call for Papers Fourteenth International ACM Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction February 9-12, 2020 Sydney, OZ https://tei.acm.org/ IMPORTANT DATES August 3, 2019, 17pm AEST Papers submission deadline October 19, 2019 Notification of acceptance February 9-12, 2020 TEI conference in Sydney, OZ RELATED DATES May 1, 2019 SIGCHI Student Travel Award December 15, 2019 ACM-W Scholarships for Attendance at Research Conferences GENERAL INFO TEI2020 is the 14th annual conference dedicated to presenting the latest results in tangible, embedded, and embodied interaction. The ACM-TEI conference has gained substantial visibility and activity over the past decade. It brings together researchers, practitioners,…

Call for Papers II. Zip-Scene Conference on Analogue and Digital Immersive Spaces Topic: Interactive Narratives – the Future of Storytelling and Immersion in mixed reality mediums and performing arts 10-12 November, 2019 Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, Hungary http://zip-scene.mome.hu/ #kaleidoscopicview Abstract and bio deadline (extended): July 1, 2019 New digital tools provide novel opportunities for interactive digital narratives (IDN) in mixed reality environments, performance art and analogue immersive spaces. But does this mean that we can tell existing stories in a better way in these environments? Or should we change our way of thinking about how we perceive…