Call for Abstracts The State of the Avatar: A DiGRA 2022 Workshop July 7, 2022 (the day before the main DiGRA conference) Kraków, Poland Workshop: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bo0UP20wuF_7jV-wYTWrh15lBH2zusjV/view DiGRA 2022: http://www.digra2022.org/ Submission deadline: March 31st, 2022 “Avatar theory,” or the study of avatars and related phenomena (player figures, playable characters, player-controlled components, etc.) is continuously expanded as scholars dive deeper into the configurations of interaction with and within digital games and the worlds they project. The topic has been approached from a variety of perspectives, ranging from theoretical investigations rooted in phenomenology (Klevjer, 2007; Vella, 2015; Kania, 2017) and game design (Jørgensen,…

Call for Abstracts ICDVRAT 2022: 14th International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality & Associated Technologies September 6 to 8, 2022 Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal https://icdvrat2022.ulusofona.pt/ Submission deadline: March 31, 2022 In 2022, ICDVRAT will be held in the beautiful island of São Miguel, Portugal, between 6 & 8 September. CONFERENCE TOPICS In addition to ICDVRAT’s usual topics listed below this edition will have an additional focus on AI applications of immersive technologies. Virtual, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality environments Physical rehabilitation Cognitive rehabilitation Clinical assessment Clinical intervention AI | Machine learning Affective computing Synthetic Agents Input devices Remote/Telecare Game Based…

Call for Abstracts Representing Pasts – Visioning Futures A conference at the intersection of History, Art, Design, Architecture and Film December 1-3, 2022 Virtual https://amps-research.com/conference/visioning/ Submission deadline for abstracts: 01 July 2022 (Round 1), 20 October 2022 (Round 2) One century ago the City Symphony was at the cutting edge of visual representation. It was the site of some of the most challenging concepts and ideas the art world had ever seen. Its ruptures in spatiotemporal representation were seen as natural extensions of the avant-garde: cubist painting in the mode of Braque, the architectural visions of Vladimir Tatlin, the spatio-sculptural…

Call for Abstracts and Symposium Proposals IACAP 2022 – The International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) 2022 Conference July 22-24 2022 Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, USA [and online] https://www.iacap.org/iacap-2022-cfa/ Following the highly successful online-only INSEIT/IACAP-2021 at the University of Hamburg, organized by Judith Simon and the many dedicated scholars in her research group, IACAP is delighted to announce a return to Silicon Valley with the 2022 meeting being hosted by Santa Clara University’s School of Engineering, with support from SCU Philosophy faculty and the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Pending any necessities of the pandemic, IACAP is…

Call for Papers Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2022 20-21 October 2022 Vancouver, Canada and online [see NOTE below] https://saiconference.com/FTC2022/CallforPapers Submissions due: 15 March 2022 NOTE: We are aware that the situation regarding COVID-19 is a cause for apprehension. There will be an option for virtual participation (with reduced registration fee), for anyone who cannot or chooses not to travel. 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.…