Call for Papers BEYOND HUMAN: THE AESTHETICS OF NATURE AND TECHNOLOGY The Sixth British Society of Aesthetics Postgraduate Conference University of Kent, UK 28-29 February 2020 https://british-aesthetics.org/cfp-beyond-human-the-aesthetics-of-nature-and-technology/ Deadline for submission of abstracts: 1 November 2019 We are delighted to invite postgraduate students and early-career researchers to submit paper proposals for the 6th Annual British Society of Aesthetics Postgraduate Conference, organised by the Aesthetics Research Centre at the University of Kent on 28-29 February 2020. The aim of this conference is to bring together aesthetic discussions of two core drivers of change in our world: nature and technology. Our relationship with…

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS iLRN 2020: 6th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network June 21–25, 2020 San Luis Obispo, California, USA Technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Education Society, with proceedings to be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore® Conference theme: “Vision 20/20: Hindsight, Insight, and Foresight in XR and Immersive Learning” Conference website: http://immersivelrn.org/ilrn2020 Full CFP available at: http://bit.ly/2ki4gzb (PDF), http://bit.ly/2lUcpdG (HTML) Main submission deadline: January 6, 2020 The Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) is a burgeoning global network of researchers and practitioners collaborating to develop the scientific, technical, and applied potential of immersive learning. Its annual…

Call for Participants One day symposium: The Present and Future of History and Games Institute of Advanced Study, University of Warwick, UK 28th February 2020 Submission deadline: 17th November 2019 An interdisciplinary symposium that invites academics, teachers and practitioners at all levels to explore the intersection of history and games, and to discuss methods for future research, teaching, and practice. While major video game franchises like Battlefield, Assassin’s Creed, and Red Dead Redemption are often in the spotlight, digital and non-digital games have for decades been exploring, interrogating, reinterpreting, and representing the past, and offering gameplay experiences underpinned by deliberately…

Call for Abstracts (1000 words) Workshop on Social Robots as Mediators for Enactive Didactics @ ICSR 2019 Madrid, Spain November, 29, 2019 Conference website: http://icsr2019.uc3m.es/ Workshop website: https://enactive-robot-assisted-didactics.jimdosite.com/ Important Dates: Abstract Due – October 25, 2019 Notification of Acceptance – October 30, 2019 We are interested in submissions of original research in the field of “Social Robots as Mediators for Enactive Didactics”, or research from related fields, relevant to the topic of “Experimental and Applied perspectives on robots, embodied and enactive approaches and education”. The submissions, in the form of abstracts (min 800, max 1000 words, references excluded), should present…

Call for Papers, Abstracts, Demos and Posters 1st Workshop on Human Technologies and Interaction Design in Outer Space (SpaceUX’19) in conjunction with OzCHI’19 (http://ozchi2019.visemex.org/wp/) 2nd December – 5th December Perth/Fremantle, WA, AUSTRALIA https://spaceux19.travel.blog/ Workshop Highlights: Workshop proceedings published in a Scopus indexed series Best papers are published as part of a journal special issue with high level publisher Submission deadline (abstracts): 20th October 2019 Outer space is steadily evolving as a site of human-computer interactions. With the ongoing investments of state and private companies in space exploration, these interactions and their design are becoming increasingly crucial for the unfolding of…

MOCO 2019 6th International Conference on Movement and Computing 10-12th October 2019 Tempe, Arizona https://moco19.movementcomputing.org/ Call for Provocations: What aspects of your practice/research are invisible to your collaborators? http://www.moco19.provocations.online/ Submission deadline: September 30, 2019 We invite succinct provocations addressing the above question from diverse perspectives. We want to hear from artists and scientists, philosophers and robots, professionals and students, and everyone in between and beyond. The goal of the provocations is to incite dialogue about the ways in which tension within collaborative and cross-disciplinary work can be at once challenging and generative. We aim to draw out and mobilize critical…

Call for Papers I3E 2020 – The 19th IFIP Conference on e-Business, e-Services and e-Society “Responsible design, implementation and use of information and communications technology” 6 – 8 April 2020 Skukuza, Kruger National Park, South Africa http://i3e2020.org Submission deadline: 30 October 2019 The age of digital transformation opens up exciting new avenues for design. Yet, with the ubiquitous connectedness of a digitally transformed world, come unintended, unpredictable and often adverse consequences for individuals, societies and organisations – in developed and developing contexts.  Security, privacy, trustworthiness, exploitation and well-being are some of the pressing concerns resulting from new digital realities. There…

Call for Submissions Association of Critical Heritage Studies (ACHS) 5th Biennial Conference: Futures August 26-30, 2020 University College London, UK https://achs2020london.com/ Deadline for submissions: 15th October 2019 The Fifth Biennial Conference of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies (ACHS) will be held at University College London in the Summer of 2020. The conference’s theme – Futures – aims to engage seriously and critically with the often stated aims of heritage to address the concerns of future generations, whilst also asking participants to think expansively and creatively about the future of critical heritage studies as an emergent field of focus across…

Call for Papers Fiction, Narrative and Art Beyond Literature Barcelona Workshop 12 Universitat de Barcelona 29–30 April 2020 https://easychair.org/cfp/bw12 Submission deadline: 31 December 2019 The Barcelona Workshop has been the signature event of the LOGOS Research Group in Analytic Philosophy for over 20 years. It is a small-format conference, with no parallel sessions, that aims to provide ample space for discussion and informal interaction among participants. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Susan Feagin (Temple) Andrew Kania (Trinity) Kathleen Stock (Sussex) THE THEME Literature has so far played a central role in the philosophical debates concerning fiction, narrative and the cognitive relevance of art.…

Call for Abstracts Self-coaching tools for conducting responsible research and innovation (RRI) with social robots Workshop at the International Conference of Social Robotics (ICSR 2019) Madrid, Spain November 26th-29th, 2019 https://sites.google.com/view/sc-rri Submission deadline: October 13th, 2019 We would like to invite you to submit your abstract proposal at the workshop on “self-coaching tools for conducting responsible research and innovation (RRI) with social robots” that we organize as part of the International Conference of Social Robotics in Madrid, Spain (ICSR 2019). OVERVIEW Responsible innovation Innovating is about creating and transforming the future of society. However, to ensure a desirable future for…

CALL FOR PAPERS The Hungarian Philosophical Review. The Journal of the Philosophical Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The Hungarian Philosophical Review, the leading peer-reviewed philosophy journal of Hungary, regularly publishes English-language thematic issues that are open access. The upcoming such issue will be published in winter 2019/2020. The Journal welcomes submissions on the following topic: Artificial Intelligence Volume 63, Issue 4 (2019) (open access issue) Guest editors: Zsuzsanna Balogh, Judit Szalai, Zsofia Zvolenszky (Institute of Philosophy, Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest) Deadline for submission: October 1, 2019 Description: Systems employing artificial intelligence–AI systems–play an increasingly important role in many…

Call for Participation Urban Play Design Camp 3-4 October 2019 Amsterdam, the Netherlands Join us at the Urban Play Design Camp (3-4 October, 9.30-17.30, at Garage Notweg, Notweg 38, 1068 LL Amsterdam), a 2-days practical workshop to discover the techniques for creating games for cities. Students, practitioners, community organizers, activists, artists, researchers are all welcome. The Urban Play Design Camp provides participants with a hands-on practical introduction to the process of inventing, prototyping and testing playful activities in public spaces. Why working on games and cities? While smartphones promise to connect us with far-away people, we risk losing contact with…