Call for Abstracts and Participation Ethics and Technology Workshop for Graduate Students April 26th 2021 https://forms.gle/XGYVRGpczFXejb4p7 We are the Graduate Research Group on Ethics and Technology. We are hoping to set up a network supporting graduate research in ethics and technology, beginning with the ‘Ethics and Technology Workshop’ on April 26th. We are welcoming any work-in-progress proposals for the group to discuss together for either this workshop or later events to come. This group is intended to be a relatively informal, meeting place for early stage researchers where we can share our research and make some connections with others who…

Call for Submissions CHItaly 2021 Interactive Experiences track 11-13 July Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) and online (www) [see note below] CHItaly 2021: https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it Interactive Experiences track: https://chitaly2021.inf.unibz.it/interactive_experiences.html Submission deadline: 19th March 2021 NOTE: We are hoping to safely welcome some of you to Bolzano (Italy) in July but, in case it is not possible, online participation will also be available. INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES CHItaly 2021 Interactive Experiences track is a venue for exploring, representing, and challenging the frontiers of HCI through co-located and distributed interactive experiences. The track welcomes prototypes and installations that demonstrate and question how digital technologies mediate personal, collaborative, and…

Call for Papers FTC 2021 – Future Technologies Conference 2021 28-29 October 2021 Vancouver, Canada and/or online [see note below] https://saiconference.com/FTC2021/CallforPapers Submissions due: 15 March 2021 NOTE: In view of the COVID-19 uncertainty, we want to reassure everyone that if travel is not feasible, you will be able to participate online/virtually. The Future Technologies Conference presents the best of current systems research and practice, emphasizing innovation and quantified experience. FTC has emerged as the foremost world-wide gathering of academic researchers, Ph.D. and graduate students, top research think tanks and industry technology developers. Join us for FTC 2021, the world’s pre-eminent…

Call for Papers Targeting Environmental Challenges Using Interactive Visual Technology A special issue of Sustainability Journal https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/environmental_challenges Final deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2021 (manuscripts are reviewed when they are submitted) Environmental concerns have now become global challenges faced by the entire world. Human-centered technologies, tools, and services are, therefore, urgently needed to assist people in dealing with these challenges. Interactive visual technologies can play an important role in helping users to become better aware of environmental issues and challenges, and understand their causes, as well as their socio-economic impacts. As a consequence, users can then take environmentally-conscious and…

CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue of the online journal Gamvironments: Revisiting Teaching and Games: mapping out ecosystems of learning edited by Björn Berg Marklund, Jordan Brady Loewen and Maria Saridaki Deadline for 300-word abstracts 1. April 2021 Games educate us, challenge us, and generate novelty in how we relate to ourselves and each other. They help us learn that failure can be fun and encourage us to explore. Yet, it is worth asking ourselves: when we think about the potential of gameplay for teaching, how can we better consider the ecosystem of unique relationships between players, creators, and those who…