Call for Contributions: Creative AI Exploration and Imagination: Innovative Methods for Alternative Digital FuturesSeptember 25-26, 2025Leipzig University, Germanyhttps://tinyurl.com/5n8e7ptn Deadline for submissions: March 31, 2025 Are you exploring the intersections of citizen engagement, futures methods and artificial intelligence? Do you experiment with arts-based and/or participatory futures methods to reimagine digital futures? We invite you to share your work at our upcoming show-and-tell workshop. IDEA AND BACKGROUND Artificial intelligence (AI) and other types of digital technologies are deeply intertwined with the everyday lives of citizens, yet their underlying conditions and consequences often remain invisible or difficult to grasp. Many people experience the…

Call for Submissions: National Communication Association (NCA) 111th Annual ConventionCommunication and the Future DivisionNovember 20-23, 2025Denver, Colorado, USAhttps://www.natcom.org/111-annual-convention/https://www.natcom.org/call-for-submissions/ Deadline for submissions: March 31, 2025 The Communication and the Future (CATF) Division is dedicated to exploring communication research as it intersects with future-oriented thinking. The Communication and the Future Division accepts a variety of topics and methods: Be it critical, interpretive, qualitative, or quantitative, the division seeks to synthesize examinations of new communication issues in conjunction with established theories in the field. *Our field remains committed to inter/multidisciplinary projects that may bridge interests from a number of divisions or interest groups.…

Call for Papers: RO-MAN 202534th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive CommunicationTheme: “Shaping our hybrid future with robots together”Eindhoven, The Netherlands [and online; see below]August 25-29, 20254https://www.ro-man2024.org Deadline for submission of regular and special session papers: March 20, 2025 (extended; see https://www.ro-man2025.org for more information) We are very pleased to invite you to submit your latest research results, developments, and ideas to the 34th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, which will be held at the Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, from August 25th to 29th, 2025. The theme of the IEEE RO-MAN…