[Note: For other HICSS tracks and minitracks related to presence see https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-and-minitracks/ –Matthew] Call for Papers Communication, Digital Conversation, and Media Technologies minitrack https://CommunicationHicss.wordpress.com/ HICSS – Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences January 7-10, 2025 Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Kohala Coast of the Big Island of Hawaii, USA http://hicss.hawaii.edu/ Submission deadline: June 15, 2024 Dear colleagues, We invite you to submit your research to the HICSS Communication, Digital Conversation, and Media Technologies minitrack. This minitrack focuses on the study of communication taking place on digital and social media. Communication is the making of meaning and culture among people, with…

Call for Abstracts The Limits of Fiction November 21-22, 2024 Paris, France https://sites.google.com/view/limitsoffiction2024 Submission deadline: April 15, 2024 Two-day workshop on the 21st and 22nd of November at College de France (Paris) on the limits of fiction, organized by François Recanati and Merel Semeijn. We invite submissions of abstracts for presentations in philosophy, semantics and/or other fields that are related to the workshop theme. WORKSHOP THEME This workshop brings together researchers that explore the limits of the concept of ‘fiction’, or the limits of fiction itself. Topics of interest include: What are limit cases of fiction? What phenomena can we…

Call for Abstracts Digital Technologies and Identity Tilburg School of Humanities & Digital Sciences, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, and online July 4-5, 2024 https://philevents.org/event/show/120862 Submission deadline: April 30, 2024 Artificial intelligence, algorithms, and other digital technologies impact and transform our identities in various ways. Algorithms perform a wide range of tasks for us, changing the nature of work and our identities as workers. They decide who gets a mortgage, who earns parole, and who is invited to a job interview, constraining our life choices. Algorithms on social media influence how we vote, what groups we align with, and how we…

Call for Papers PERCEPTION IN GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS Workshop II May 10-11, 2024 Regenbogenfabrik, Lausitzer Str. 21a Berlin, Germany https://www.gamephilosophy.org/2024/03/cfp-perception-in-games-and-virtual-worlds-ii-10-11-may-2024/ https://sites.google.com/view/perceptioningames/ Submission deadline for abstracts: April 11, 2024 Both traditional games and games that take place in virtual environments rely on play states designed around their perceptual features. This is apparent by the fact that they prominently rely on phenomenal spatial structures, but also by a variety of perceptual roles that enter into elements like storytelling, sound, kinesthetic feedback and immersive design. How should we understand the character of perception in games and virtual environments? While normal perception registers…

Call for Abstracts 3rd Workshop on Epistemology & AI University of Luxembourg June 13-14, 2024 https://philevents.org/event/show/119742 Submission deadline: April 15, 2024 Invited Speakers: Gloria Andrada (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) Claire Benn (Cambridge University) Aliya R. Dewey (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) Jumbly Grindrod (University of Reading) Manolo Martínez (Universitat de Barcelona) Organisers: Aleks Knoks (University of Luxembourg) Thomas Raleigh (University of Luxembourg) DESCRIPTION The purpose of this workshop is to explore how recent advances in AI technology intersect with epistemological topics and debates. Some possible topics include, but are by no means limited to, the following: (i) How (if at all) is…

[NOTE: See the NCA website for more presence-related calls. –Matthew] CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS: Proposals for Experiential Learning in Communication Division at National Communication Association (NCA) 2024 Conference November 21-24, 2024 New Orleans, LA, USA https://www.natcom.org/call-submissions Submission deadline: March 27, 2024 Experiential Learning in Communication welcomes your submissions for our sessions in New Orleans, Louisiana. 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.…

CALL FOR PAPERS LLMs and the Patterns of Human Language Use (Hybrid Workshop) Berlin (Weizenbaum Institute / TU Berlin) & online August 29-30, 2024 https://www.denkwerkstatt.berlin/NEXT-EVENT Submission deadline: April 15, 2024 Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT and other generative AI systems are the subject of widespread discussions. They are often used to produce output that ‘makes sense’ in the context of a prompt, such as completing or modifying a text, answering questions, or generating an image or video from a description. However, little is yet known about the possibilities and implications of human-sounding machines entering human communication. The seemingly…

Call for Papers Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2024 November 14-15, 2024 London, United Kingdom https://saiconference.com/FTC2024/CallforPapers Submission deadline (round 1): March 15, 2024 The Future Technologies Conference presents the best of current systems research and practice, emphasizing innovation and quantified experience. FTC has emerged as a renowned world-wide gathering of academic researchers, Ph.D. and graduate students, top research think tanks and industry technology developers. Join us for FTC 2024, the world’s pre-eminent forum for reporting research breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Data Science, Computing, Ambient Intelligence and related fields. Click here for conference topics. Previous conferences successfully brought together technology…

CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS: Papers, Abstracts, and Panel Proposals in New Media 2024 Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association Annual Conference October 4-6, 2024 DePaul University-Loop Campus Chicago, IL https://www.mpcaaca.org/2024-mpca-aca-annual-conference Deadline for submission proposals: May 15, 2024 Registration deadline: September 15, 2024 The Midwest Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association is a regional branch of the Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association. MPCA/ACA usually holds its annual conference in a large Midwestern city in the United States. Anyone is welcome to join and submit proposals for consideration at the MPCA/ACA conference. View our Subject Areas page for more…

CALL FOR PAPERS 15th International Conference on The Image SPECIAL FOCUS: Images and Imaginaries of Artificial Intelligence October 24-25, 2024 Interamerican Open University, Buenos Aires, Argentina + Online https://ontheimage.com/2024-conference/call-for-papers Format: A mix of live, pre-recorded, and in person (at scale that’s allowed) presentations and social interaction spaces. Submission deadlines: Early Proposal Deadline: March 24, 2024 Regular Proposal Deadline: July 24, 2024 Late Proposal Deadline: September 24, 2024 Founded in 2010, The Image Research Network is brought together around a shared interest in the nature and function of image making and images. We seek to build an epistemic community where we…

Call for Papers Special Session on: “Extended Reality as a Gateway to the Metaverse: Practices, Theories, Technologies and Applications” 2024 IEEE International Conference on Metrology for eXtended Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Neural Engineering (IEEE MetroXRAINE 2024) October 21-23, 2024 St Albans, London, UK Session: https://metroxraine.org/special-session-6 Conference: https://metroxraine.org/ Submission deadline for abstracts (1-2 pages): March 15, 2024 Final paper submission deadline: April 30, 2024 SPECIAL SESSION DESCRIPTION The fast development of Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR) solutions over the last few years are transforming how people interact, work, and communicate. The eXtended Reality (XR) term encloses…

Call for Abstracts 14th International Conference on Game-Based Learning (iGBL2024) June 26-27, 2024 Online https://www.igbl-conference.com/cfp/ Submission deadline: March 4, 2024 (extended) The International Conference on Game-Based Learning (iGBL), formerly the Irish Conference on Game-Based Learning, now in its 14th year, will be hosted online on the 26th and 27th of June 2024. Contributions are welcomed from a wide range of topics and may be research or practitioner-based. Researchers from all countries and backgrounds are invited to submit. THEMES FOR THE CONFERENCE The symposium will include (but is not restricted to) the following topics: PEDAGOGY, EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES: Pedagogical/learning theories…