Call for Papers Consensual Play Guest-edited issue of The Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-gaming-virtual-worlds Deadline for submissions: April 30, 2024 The Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds invites submissions for a guest edited special issue exploring consent in games. The issues surrounding consent are far-reaching, and what constitutes consent continues to be a live subject of debate in wide-ranging arenas (including healthcare choices, data access, gun ownership rights, and sexual assault). As discussions around consent and entitlement swirl around the public sphere, game scholars and designers have a critical opportunity to explore this crucial cultural conversation through the…

Call for Abstracts 27th Annual CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy, and Social Networking Conference (CYPSY27) Social, Clinical, and Affective Neurosciences meet Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies to Extend Reality Sponsored by Arizona State University and Interactive Media Institute September 24-26, 2024 Tempe, Arizona, USA Conference: https://www.cypsy27.com Enquiries: cypsy27@asu.edu Deadline for submission of abstracts: April 15, 2024 Guidelines and link for submissions: https://na.eventscloud.com/website/62120/abstracts/ On behalf of this year’s Conference Co-Chairs, Professors Thomas D. Parsons and Brenda K. Wiederhold, it is our pleasure to invite you to join us at the 27th Annual International CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy & Social Networking Conference (CYPSY27), in September 2024. The…

Call for Chapters: Future of Digital Technology and AI in Social Sectors IGI Global https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/7350 Editors: Duygu Çelik Ertuğrul, Eastern Mediterranean U., TRNC, Turkey Atilla Elci, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Turkey Proposal submission deadline: March 31, 2024 INTRODUCTION This publication will focus on the wide-ranging and interdisciplinary effects of emerging technologies on various social sectors. The aim is to explore how these technologies are influencing and changing the realms of social sciences, education, law & policy, tourism, health, environment, communication, business & management, and security. Submissions are invited to examine the implications and outcomes of these advancements, as well as the…

Call for Proposals The Art of Storytelling: Archetypes in Focus Sponsored by London Arts-Based Research Centre May 27-28, 2024 Edinburgh, United Kingdom and Online https://labrc.co.uk/2024/02/11/storytelling/ Deadline for submission of abstracts: April 14, 2024 This conference aims to gather both creatives and scholars to discuss the diverse types, functions, and significance of storytelling. “The power of stories lies in their ability to access the deep layers of the psyche, providing a mirror to our inner world.” – Marie-Louise Von Franz As aptly stated by Jimmy Neil Smith, “We are all storytellers. We all live in a network of stories. There isn’t…

[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…