Call for Papers: ICIDS 202518th International Conference on Interactive Digital StorytellingTheme: KALEIDOSCOPIC MACHINESDecember 1-5, 2025Maltahttps://icids2025.ardin.online/ Submission deadline: June 8, 2025 This year’s ICIDS (International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling) will return to Europe. The hosting country is the Mediterranean island of Malta, with a rich history featuring most of the European powers and reaching back to some of the earliest civilizations, with Neolithic remains dating back to 4000 BC. This history is characterized by decisive battles which shaped world history and by foreign rule due to the country’s strategic position between Africa, Europe and the Middle East.…

Call for Papers: ‘Beautiful Screens’A CREAM, University of Westminster ConferenceJune 19-20, 2025University of Westminster, Marylebone Campus, Londonhttps://cstonline.net/cfp-beautiful-screens-conference-june-19-20-2025-university-of-westminster-uk-deadline-april-28-2025/ Deadline for submitting abstracts of papers: April 28, 2025 Organisers:Dr. Christopher Hogg – C.Hogg@westminster.ac.uk (University of Westminster)Dr. Kate McNicholas Smith – K.McNicholassmith@westminster.ac.uk (University of Westminster)Dr. Douglas McNaughton – D.Mcnaughton@brighton.ac.uk (University of Brighton) OVERVIEW Screen media are inextricably linked to notions of beauty, and never more so than in a contemporary age of technological expansions and transformations, and heavily mediated identities and social interactions. In everything from ‘Instagram face’, to the rapidly evolving aesthetics of screen storytelling and television design, to YouTube makeup tutorials,…

Call for Papers: Interactive AI for Preventive Health: Personalization, Gamification, and Ethics (IAI4PH) 2025Co-located with EICS 2025, The 17th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing SystemsJune 24, 2025Trier, Germanyhttps://sites.google.com/view/aiforpreventivehealth/home EICS 2025:June 23-27, 2025https://eics.acm.org/2025/ Deadline for submissions: May 3, 2025Submission system: Easychair Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing preventive healthcare by enabling proactive, personalized, and engaging health management. Through interactive AI systems—leveraging wearables, ambient sensing, and adaptive interfaces—individuals can receive real-time insights that encourage healthier behaviors and reduce healthcare burdens. However, ensuring engagement, trust, and ethical integrity remains crucial. This workshop at EICS 2025 aims to advance knowledge in designing interactive…

Call for Papers: Beyond Play: The Transformative Power of Digital Gaming in a Deeply Mediatized SocietySpecial issue of the Diamond Open Access journal Gamevironmentshttps://journals.suub.uni-bremen.de/index.php/gamevironments/openquests Guest editors: Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, Karsten D. Wolf and Christian Schwarzenegger Deadline for submissions of abstracts and bios: May 31, 2025 (full text submissions due December 15, 2025 Digital games and gaming are carriers, accelerators and subjects of change in media, culture and society. In this capacity they serve as an interlink between media industries, digital technologies, social practices, cultural norms and values, making them ideal cases to analyze contemporary transformation processes in the context of (deep)…

Call for Papers: Video Games: Industry, Entrepreneurship, Creativity and InnovationFor the journal Tripodoshttps://tripodos.com/index.php/Facultat_Comunicacio_Blanquerna/focusscope Deadline for submissions: June 15, 2025 Since its establishment in 2001, Game Studies have laid a solid foundation for understanding video games as a medium of communication and expression, as well as for identifying the key actors and processes involved in their creation, consumption, and reception. At the same time, the industry’s maturation and technological advancements, along with the emergence of an increasingly diverse gaming community, present new challenges and the need for research and innovation in more specific areas of the field. Within this framework, both…

Call for Papers: ESAS 2025: The 20th IEEE International Workshop on e-Health Systems & Web TechnologiesIn conjunction with the 49th IEEE International Conference on Computers, Software, and Applications (COMPSAC 2025)July 8-11, 2025Toronto, Canadahttp://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=186362&copyownerid=174052https://ieeecompsac.computer.org/2025/esas/ COMPSAC 2025 Theme: “Harnessing the Power of Intelligent Systems: Shaping the Future” Workshop Organizers:Prof. Dr. Atilla Elci, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Faculty of Engineering, TURKEY,Email: atilla.elci (at) gmail.com Prof. Dr. Duygu Celik Ertugrul, Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Engineering, Mersin-10, TURKEY,Email: duygucelik (at) msn.com, duygu.celik (at) emu.edu.tr Important Dates:Workshop papers due: April 15, 2025Workshop paper notifications: May 01, 2025Camera-ready copy June 1, 2025Conference Dates July 8-11, 2025 We…

[See also the Call for the 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Networked Immersive Audio (IEEE IWNIA 2025) and calls for other upcoming conferences on Music Technology. –Matthew] Call for Submissions: 2nd IEEE International Workshop on the Musical Metaverse (IEEE IWMM 2025)October 30, 2025L’Aquila, Italyhttps://internetofsounds2025.ieee-is2.org/workshops/2nd-ieee-international-workshop-musical-metaverse Deadline for submissions: July 1, 2025 IEEE IWMM 2025 is a satellite event of the IEEE 6th International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds (IEEE IS2 2025) in L’Aquila, Italy, which will take place in the Centro Congressi “Luigi Zordan”. The metaverse relates to a vision where each of us interacts through an avatar in a virtual, digital…

Call for Papers: CONVERSATIONS 2024 – 9th International Workshop on Chatbot Research and Human-Centred AITH Lübeck – University of Applied Sciences, Germany [and online]November 12-13, 2025https://2025.conversations.ws/ Submission deadline: (firm): September 3, 2025 You are cordially invited to submit papers for the 9th edition of CONVERSATIONS, a two-day research symposium dedicated to the latest advancements in chatbots and human-centred AI. This year’s CONVERSATIONS will be held in the historic city of Lübeck, Germany, November 12-13, 2025 – during the Lübeck Week of AI. CONVERSATIONS 2025 aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from around the world to share their insights and…

Call for Abstracts: ‘’Migration and Technologies of Un/Bordering’’ WorkshopJune 6, 2025Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Surrey, England [and online]https://www.ias.surrey.ac.uk/event/migration-and-technologies-of-bordering/ Important Dates:Deadline for submission of abstracts: March 21, 2025 (extended)Notification of Outcome: March 28, 2025Deadline to submit poster image (successful candidates only): April 19, 2025 Confirmed Keynote Speakers include: Dr Evgenia Iliadou (Independent Researcher) We are delighted to announce this Call for Abstracts, for the hybrid and free, 1 day conference on ‘’Migration and technologies of Un/Bordering’’ on Friday 6th June 2025, at the University of Surrey. Migrants are often presented as a ‘problem’ to be fixed through restrictive and technologically advanced border…

Call for Papers: Brands in the Age of the HyperdigitalJournal of Digital Media and Interactionhttps://proa.ua.pt/index.php/jdmi/call_2025_3 Deadline for submissions: September 10, 2025 The Journal of Digital Media and Interaction invites submissions for a special issue exploring “Brands in the Age of the Hyperdigital.” As digital technologies evolve at unprecedented speed and scale, brands face both revolutionary opportunities and existential challenges. This special issue aims to examine how the hyperdigital landscape — characterised by immersive technologies, artificial intelligence, data abundance, and increasingly blurred boundaries between physical and digital realms — is transforming brand creation, management, perception, and interaction. We welcome literature reviews,…

[NOTE: See the NCA website for more presence-related calls. –Matthew] Calls for Submissions: Experiential Learning in Communication DivisionNational Communication Association (NCA) 2025 ConferenceNovember 20-23, 2025Denver, Colorado, USAhttps://www.natcom.org/call-submissions Submission deadline: March 31, 2025 The Experiential Learning in Communication Division of NCA welcomes your submissions for our 2025 sessions in Denver, Colorado. Experiential learning involves creating and facilitating direct, practical learning experiences for students and asking them to reflect on the learning process. This division focuses on the practice of experiential learning with the goal of understanding the process and impacts of the communication process in our world. Forms of experiential learning…

Call for Proposals: “Digital Intimacies”Bloomsbury Academic Book Serieshttp://commlist.org/archive/all/2025-all/msg00474.html Series Editors:Kath Albury, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia/Jamie Hakim, King’s College, London, UK/John Mercer, Birmingham City University, UK/Cosimo Marco Scarcelli, University of Padova, Italy/ We are delighted to announce a new book series for Bloomsbury Academic on Digital Intimacies. Please consider submitting a proposal. Over the past 30 years cultures of intimacy have been transformed by the internet and its related technologies. This series will provide a platform for cutting-edge digital intimacies scholarship from both established and emerging academics. The series editors welcome proposals on all aspects of digital intimacies research, including…