Conference Call for Papers Perceptual Memory and Perceptual Imagination Dates: 6th – 9th September 2011 Location: University of Glasgow Organisers: Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience (University of Glasgow): Fiona Macpherson EXRE Centre of Research for Mind and Normativity (University of Fribourg): Fabian Dorsch Submission deadline: 15 May, 2011 (for further details, please see below)…

IEEE CBMS 2011, Bristol England http://www.cbms2011.org/ Deadline: April 20th 2011 Special Track: “Supporting Collaboration in Healthcare” The 24th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS 2011) will be held at the University of the West of England, Bristol, from June 27th to 30th 2011. The conference will provide an international forum for discussing the latest developments in the field of computational medicine, biomedical informatics and related fields. There will be regular and special track sessions with technical contributions reviewed and selected by an international programme committee, as well as keynote talks and tutorials given by leading experts in their…

Call for Papers: Ethnographic Fiction & Speculative Design Workshop http://www.designculturelab.org/ethnographic-fiction-speculative-design-workshop-cfp/ Ethnographic Fiction and Speculative Design is a full-day workshop at the 5th International Conference on Communities & Technologies–C&T 2011, in Brisbane, Australia, 29 June-2 July, 2011. Position papers are due 1 April, 2011. Please email submissions to [email protected]. Introduction While pervasive technology development and implementation proceed apace, the potential social and cultural implications – including the ways in which end user communities can be active participants in these processes – remain underexplored. The inherent invisibility of the technological infrastructure required to support these emerging networks makes it difficult to identify…

“I Know Where I’m Going” Remote Access to World Heritage Sites from St Kilda to Uluru 23-24 November 2011- Edinburgh (UK) CALL FOR PAPERS At a time of economic crisis and environmental threat, countries everywhere are addressing the dual challenge of protecting and preserving their natural and cultural heritage while maximizing its economic value. This two-day international conference will focus on the potential of new technologies to create high-quality, remote-access, visitor experiences for World Heritage Sites and other sites of cultural, historical and natural significance where remote access is desirable or necessary. The conference has three main aims: To showcase…

This is a general message that the Learning in Higher Education (LIHE) site is open for submission of abstracts for the book tentatively titled – TRANSFORMING UNIVERSITY TEACHING INTO LEARNING VIA SIMULATIONS AND GAMES – to be published in conjunction with the International Academic Association for the Enhancement of Learning in Higher Education (LIHE) The call for contributions is at http://lihe.wordpress.com/future-events/lihe11-australia/symposium-call/ You are invited to submit your abstracts for the conference process and publication. The schedule leading to the publication date is set out below and details on what to include in your proposal are on the web site.…

IACAP 2011 International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) First International Conference of IACAP: Celebrating 25 years of Computing and Philosophy (CAP) conferences Aarhus University (Denmark) – July 4-6, 2011 Conference Theme, “The Computational Turn: Past, Presents, Futures?” In the West, philosophical attention to computation and computational devices is at least as old as Leibniz. But since the early 1940s, electronic computers have evolved from a few machines filling several rooms to widely diffused – indeed, ubiquitous – devices, ranging from networked desktops, laptops, smartphones and “the internet of things.” Along the way, initial philosophical attention – in particular, to…