Call for Abstracts Silly Questions about Fiction WorkshopNovember 18-19, 2024Tilburg UniversityTilburg, Netherlands Submission deadline: September 30, 2024 When a book ends with the words “… and nobody lived to tell the tale”, how can a reader be reading about this tale? When a sound-boom operator clearly walks into the frame of a movie, how should a viewer reconcile this with this person being supposedly absent from the fictional world? When a glitch occurs in a videogame which unintentionally makes the human inhabitants of the gameworld fly like birds, is a player supposed to imagine them as flying people?…

Call for Abstracts MEDIAS – Surface, Space and In-BetweenPart of the Conference Society. Space. Screens2024 Mediated Cities SeriesDecember 11-13, 2024Onlinehttps://amps-research.com/yonsei/ Submission deadline for abstracts: October 20, 2024 As part of the 2024 Mediated Cities Series, Yonesi University, with Arizona State University and the Cesar University School, hosts an international virtual conference on art, media and design. This particular call is for the strand:  MEDIAS – Surface, Space and In-Between — Medias, technologies and digital phenomena of every kind are ubiquitous today. They have, and are, changing how we work, learn, design, create, interact and relax. They are also affecting how…

Call For Papers AAMAS 2025 – The 24th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent SystemsMay 19-23, 2025Detroit, Michigan, USAhttps://aamas2025.org Deadline for abstract submission: October 9, 2024Deadline for paper submission: October 16, 2024 We invite you to submit your best work in agents and multiagent systems to AAMAS-2025, the 24th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, to be held in Detroit in May 2025. All submissions will be rigorously peer-reviewed and evaluated on the basis of the overall quality of their technical contribution, taking into account criteria such as originality, significance, soundness, reproducibility, clarity, relevance to the conference,…

Dear colleagues, We invite authors to contribute to our Special Issue, following the success of our INTERACT 2023 workshop (see link below). This issue aims to further scientific discussions on designing technologies for neurodivergent individuals. We seek comprehensive contributions including research papers, literature reviews, meta-analyses, case studies, provocations, and pictorials. This emerging field is crucial, with new technologies offering significant opportunities to enhance the quality of life for neurodivergent individuals. We encourage you to submit your work and help advance this important research area. Best wishes,David d Gollasch — Call for Papers Designing Technology for Neurodivergent Self-Determination: Challenges and OpportunitiesA…

Call for Papers “Storytelling in Times of Technological Changes and Challenges”November 5, 2024Prague City University[Source: http://commlist.org/archive/all/2024-all/msg01223.html] Submission deadline for abstracts: September 16, 2024 This call seeks papers to be presented at a conference that will focus on the (media) storytelling and its changes and challenges that are connected with technical developments of the last decade. We seek contributions that will discuss storytelling from the perspective of production, dissemination, reception of, or interaction with technologically mediated stories – in the context of traditional media (film, television, radio) as well as new technologies (computer games, social media, algorithms, or AI).…

Call for Abstracts ARTIFICIAL GAMEThird International Video Game Studies Conference (SVI 2024)Organized by The University of Novi Sad, Academy of Arts, The Institute of Ethnography SASA, and Serbian Games AssociationDecember 17-18, 2024Novi Sad, Serbiahttps://sviconference.org Submission deadline: September 30, 2024 The third edition of the SVI video game conference is inspired by the rapid development of artificial intelligence, and aims to bring together industrial practice and academic theories. Both scholars and developers are welcomed. Addressing issues such as the place of artificial intelligence in gaming and its impact on game-making, the potential for abuse and other ethical issues, rethinking player interaction,…