Call for Abstracts: Governing Artificial Intelligence Mancept Workshops September 11-13, 2023 University of Manchester, UK and Online https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/mancept/mancept-workshops/ Convenor: Markus Furendal (Department of Political Science, Stockholm University) Submission deadline: May 21, 2023 As the development of increasingly capable Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues at a striking speed, questions around the social and ethical impact of AI technology – and how it ought to be shaped politically – are more pressing than ever. For instance, as government agencies and public institutions turn to automated or AI-assisted bureaucratic decision-making, AI begins to wield public authority. As complex generative AI systems begin creating text…

Call for Contributions The 20th EuroXR International Conference – EuroXR 2023 November 28-30, 2023 Rotterdam, Netherlands https://www.euroxr-association.org/conference2023 Submission deadline for scientific papers: April 24, 2023 The EuroXR Association (https://www.euroxr-association.org/) would like to invite researchers and practitioners in the field of XR to contribute to the 20th EuroXR International Conference – EuroXR 2023. This year, the EuroXR Conference will be collocated with Immersive Tech Week (formerly VRDays). It will be held with in-person attendance so that participants will get a more satisfying and enriching experience. We seek original, high-quality contributions in all areas related to virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality,…

[From Adrian Kvokacka (adrian.kvokacka@FF.UNIPO.SK)] Dear All, I am pleased to share two CFPs for the collective monograph entitled ‘New Coordinates for Creative Hybrid Space-Experiences: Environments, communities, identities, and art’ and ‘Experiences in Hybrid Spaces: Creation, Reception, Understanding’. Basic Guidelines: Deadline for submissions: August 31, 2023 Language of submissions: English (British) Length of submissions: Up to 6000 words (references included) Reference style: Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed.) Format: Word (accompanied with an exported pdf file) All submissions should be sent to: cfp@caphe.space The calls are available below and also at the links: Volume I.: https://shorturl.at/erwU4 Volume II.: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Uy1XyzIiIWjqPi905iaULiWEJ9JZ3gwT/view?usp=share_link On behalf…

Call for Papers ACM SUI 2023 The 11th ACM International Symposium on Spatial User Interaction Sydney, Australia October 13-15, 2023 https://sui.acm.org/2023/ Submission deadlines: Papers: June 23, 2023 Posters and demos: August 20, 2023 Workshops and special topic sessions: April 16, 2023 ACM SUI brings together top researchers and practitioners from around the world who focus on spatial interaction for Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, and for ubiquitous, intelligent/smart and real environments. We invite contributions from a wide range of fields including design, social science, arts and creative Industries, and other application domains. This year we introduce a new track…

Call for Participation Conference: The Problems of Philosophy in Virtual Reality May 22 & 23, 2023, from 9:30am to 5:00pm. The Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, Sweden and online Brought to you by: Stockholm University & the Institute for Futures Studies To attend: please register at http://ww.iffs.se/realityplus This event is open to the public. Conference poster. This conference will depart from and engage with the recent and critically acclaimed book Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy by Professor David Chalmers. Chalmers’ book Reality+ takes as its starting point the recent advances in AI and computer hardware which have made…

CALL FOR PAPERS Cozy Games and Coziness in Digital Games For Replay. The Polish Journal of Game Studies https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/Replay/cfp Submission deadline: June 30, 2023 Replay. The Polish Journal of Game Studies invites all scholars to submit articles concerning cozy games and coziness in games. Undoubtedly, the past decade has seen a spurt in both production and academic research on cozy games, i.e., games that reject the game model based on competitiveness, time restrictiveness, and the scarcity of resources, instead promoting gameplay experiences that are casual, enjoyable, and calm. Although in the gaming literature, they have been given many names, depending…

Call for Papers ICTS4eHealth 2023 3rd Edition of IEEE International Conference on ICT Solutions for e-Health In conjunction with the 28th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) Tunis, Tunisia July 9-12, 2023 https://icts4ehealth.icar.cnr.it Submission deadline: April 16, 2023 MISSION: E-Health is one of the major research topics that have been attracting cross-disciplinary research groups. The deployment of new emerging ICT technologies for Health, especially based on Cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT), and Computational Intelligence, is attracting the interest of many researchers. Following the success of five workshop editions and two years as an International IEEE Conference, we are…

[See this event’s web page for more information, including abstracts for each speaker. –Matthew] Call for Participation ‘Humans and Smart Machines as Partners in Thought?’ A hybrid two-day workshop on Large Language Models University of California Riverside and online May 10-11, 2023 https://www.denkwerkstatt.berlin/EVENTS Organized by Anna Strasser & Eric Schwitzgebel Supported by the Philosophy Department, UC Riverside & the International Social Ontology Society (https://isosonline.org) Registration: Attendance is free, but places (online & in-person) are limited. To register, please go to the workshop website and fill in the form. Registration deadline: 1 April 2023, 23:59 PST. DESCRIPTION: Large language models (LLMs)…

Call for Papers Central and Eastern European Game Studies (CEEGS) 2023 Conference Theme: Meaning and Making of Games Macromedia University Leipzig, Germany October 19-21, 2023 http://www.ceegs.eu/ Submission deadline: April 28, 2023 Dear all, It is my great pleasure to share with you our ‘Call for Papers’ for the upcoming CEEGS 2023 conference (and new ‘DiGRA Chapter for Central and Eastern Europe’), taking place at Macromedia University in Leipzig from October 19-21. Theme: Meaning and Making of Games With it, we wish to bring together the game studies and game design & development communities to create a fruitful dialogue. How game…

[See also the IoT 2023 Call for Workshops. –Matthew] CALL FOR PAPERS The 13th International Conference on the Internet of Things (IoT2023) November 7-10, 2023 Nagoya, Japan https://iot-conference.org/iot2023/ Paper submission deadline:  July 31, 2023 The Internet of Things (IoT) is an exciting research area that brings together academia, industry, society, and governmental agencies due to the innovative advances connected devices and systems bring to society. As the IoT becomes more established and evolves, its focus widens from connecting new devices, services, and functionalities to the Internet, to achieving seamless and autonomous interaction among heterogeneous systems and their users. Resulting networks…

CALL FOR PAPERS ECCE 2023 – EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE ERGONOMICS 34th annual conference of the European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics (EACE) September 19-22, 2023 Swansea, United Kingdom https://digitaleconomy.wales/ecce2023/ Deadline for paper submissions: March 31, 2023 ECCE 2023 invites contributions from researchers and practitioners which address the broad spectrum of Cognitive Ergonomics challenges in the analysis, design, and evaluation of virtual and physical interactive systems as part of a rich conference program including keynote talks, paper presentation as well as a doctoral consortium. The 34th ECCE conference will target state-of-the-art as well as emerging topics pertaining to cognitive ergonomics and…

Call for Papers 1st International Workshop on Persuasive AI (PAI 2023) In conjunction with the 18th International Conference on Persuasive Technology April 19, 2023 Eindhoven, The Netherlands Workshop: https://sites.google.com/view/persuasiveai/pai2023 Persuasive 2023 conference: https://persuasivetech.org Submission deadline (extended): March 31, 2023 We would like to invite you to submit to the 1st International Workshop on Persuasive AI (PAI 2023). PAI 2023 is a one-day hybrid workshop which will take place on the 19th of April 2023, in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, in conjunction with the 18th International Conference on Persuasive Technology 2023. The workshop aims to bring together researchers and students from multiple…