[Please consider filling out this new telepresence survey and distributing the message below via your personal and professional social networks!  –Matthew ] Request for your help with a research project: Have you ever felt present in or connected to the people or things in a media experience like watching a movie or TV show, reading a book, using Skype, etc.? We’re studying these and other common experiences with technology and would very much appreciate and value your help with a short survey. It’s online, completely anonymous and will take from 5 to 20 minutes. If you’re interested and willing, please…

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: PAPERS and STUDIOS & WORKSHOPS ACM TANGIBLE, EMBEDDED AND EMBODIED INTERACTION (TEI) 2015 January 16-19, 2015 in Palo Alto, California, USA http://tei-conf.org/ UBMISSION DEADLINES Papers:  01 August 2014, 11:59 pm PST Studios & Workshops:  22 August 2014, 11:59 pm PST The work presented at TEI focuses on physical interaction with computing technology and addresses theories, design, user experience, interfaces, interaction, and technical development. The intimate size of this single-track conference provides a unique forum for exchanging ideas and presenting innovative work through talks, demonstrations, posters, art installations and performances, and participating in hands-on studios and workshops. With…

The International Conference on Education Technologies and Computers (ICETC 2014) Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland September 22-24, 2014 http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2014/icetc2014/ The conference aims to enable researchers to build connections between different digital applications. The event will be held over three days, with presentations delivered by researchers from the international community, including presentations from keynote speakers and state-of-the-art lectures. The conference welcomes papers on the following (but not limited to) research topics: Distance and E-Learning in a Global Context E-Learning Platforms, Portals E-Testing and new Test Theories Educating the Educators Groupware Tools Immersive Learning Intelligent Tutoring Systems E-Learning Success Cases E-learning…

OzCHI 2014 Designing Futures: the Future of Design 2-5 December 2014 Sydney, Australia OZCHI is the annual conference for the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group (CHISIG) of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia, a non-profit event. It is Australia’s leading forum for work in all areas of Human-Computer Interaction. OZCHI attracts an international community of practitioners, researchers, academics and students from a wide range of disciplines including user experience designers, information architects, software engineers, human factors experts, information systems analysts, social scientists or managers. We look forward to your involvement at this year’s OZCHI conference. This year’s theme…

Call for Papers Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts International Conference – DRHA 2014 EXTENDED Deadline Proposals (300 word abstract): Monday, 28th April 2014 The University of Greenwich and the Department of Creative Professions and Digital Arts, will host the DRHA2014 [Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts] International conference for the first time in its history, from 31st August 2014 -3rd September 2014. Theme: Communication Futures: Connecting interdisciplinary design practices in arts/culture, academia and the creative industries Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts [DRHA] is an annual conference whose goal is to bring together the creators, users,…

[Note: The submission deadline has just passed, though it may be worth inquiring. –Matthew ] The End of Place as We Know It: Shifting Perspectives on Literature and Place Keynotes: Professor Edward Casey and Professor Timothy Morton University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, September 17-19, 2014 Literatures of place have often been considered conservative and reactionary. We see this expressed in the longing for a pastoral return to a former Golden Age, in the nostalgic desire to rediscover the home of a long lost childhood, or in that of national extremism as expressed through a practice of territorial and racial purity. However,…