[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…

Call for Papers: Revisiting Agenda-Setting Theory in the Age of AIA special issue of the journal Communication and Changehttps://link.springer.com/journal/44382/updates/27740956 Deadline for submission of abstracts and author information: June 30, 2025 (full papers by October 1, 2025) This special issue of the Springer open-access journal Communication and Change is edited by Lei Guo, Professor of Communication at Fudan University and Associate Editor of Communication and Change, alongside Chris Vargo (guest editor), Associate Professor of Advertising, Public Relations, and Media Design at the University of Colorado Boulder and Editor-in-Chief of The Agenda Setting Journal. David Weaver, Distinguished and Roy W.…

Call for Abstracts: Doing Family with Digital PlatformsSpecial issue of MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Researchhttps://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur/announcement/view/1255 Deadline for submissions: May 14, 2025 Families are increasingly connected through digital platforms and are currently living in what has been referred to as ‘the platform society’ (Erstad et al., 2024; van Dijck et al., 2018). In the platform society, state and commercial platforms influence the organization of our lives. These new forces create new possibilities and challenges for families that must learn to use and navigate platforms as part of their family life; a life that is “increasingly structured according to platform…

Call For Papers / Appel De Communications: Canadian Jacques Maritain Association / L’association canadienne Jacques MaritainAnnual Spring SymposiumTheme: The Challenges of Technology for HumanityIn conjunction with the Canadian Philosophical Association and Congress for the Humanities and Social SciencesJune 1-4, 2025George Brown CollegeToronto, Ontario, Canadahttps://www.maritain.info/spring-meeting-cfp Deadline for submission of abstracts: April 30, 2025 We live in a time that is experiencing rapid technological change. The advances in Artificial Technology, robotics, medicine, telecommunications, and space travel, to name only a few examples, are directly impacting human life in ways inconceivable only a decade ago. Our societies are being impacted by these new…

Call for Papers: 2nd International Colloquium on Positive Psychology, Wellbeing and SpiritualityJune 16-18, 2025Turku, Finlandhttps://linnas.fi/kurssit/icppws/ Deadline for submissions of 300-word abstracts: April 1, 2025 Following on from the success of the inaugural international and interdisciplinary colloquium in Bhubaneswar, India in January 2023, the international PWS research group (Positive Psychology, Wellbeing and Spirituality) will be holding a second academic gathering in TBA, Finland in June 2025. This blind peer reviewed conference will focus on developing greater in-depth understanding of PWS, the interconnectivity between the PWS disciplines and the praxis that engenders high quality PWS organizational outcomes. Across all disciplines and workplace…

Call for Contributions: Creative AI Exploration and Imagination: Innovative Methods for Alternative Digital FuturesSeptember 25-26, 2025Leipzig University, Germanyhttps://tinyurl.com/5n8e7ptn Deadline for submissions: March 31, 2025 Are you exploring the intersections of citizen engagement, futures methods and artificial intelligence? Do you experiment with arts-based and/or participatory futures methods to reimagine digital futures? We invite you to share your work at our upcoming show-and-tell workshop. IDEA AND BACKGROUND Artificial intelligence (AI) and other types of digital technologies are deeply intertwined with the everyday lives of citizens, yet their underlying conditions and consequences often remain invisible or difficult to grasp. Many people experience the…

Call for Submissions: National Communication Association (NCA) 111th Annual ConventionCommunication and the Future DivisionNovember 20-23, 2025Denver, Colorado, USAhttps://www.natcom.org/111-annual-convention/https://www.natcom.org/call-for-submissions/ Deadline for submissions: March 31, 2025 The Communication and the Future (CATF) Division is dedicated to exploring communication research as it intersects with future-oriented thinking. The Communication and the Future Division accepts a variety of topics and methods: Be it critical, interpretive, qualitative, or quantitative, the division seeks to synthesize examinations of new communication issues in conjunction with established theories in the field. *Our field remains committed to inter/multidisciplinary projects that may bridge interests from a number of divisions or interest groups.…