Call for Participation Amazing Folks in Tech: VR in the Medical Field A free online event from LA ACM SIGGRAPH June 8, 2021 https://lasiggraph.org/event/amazing-folks-tech REGISTER FOR FREE WITH ZOOM until May 26, 2021 PRESENTERS: Andrew Melchior, Founder, 3rd Space Agency JohnLeah, Founder, 3rd Space Agency Greg Ruthenbeck, Director, Exagen Oy Daish Malani, Founder, Technical Director, Add Life Technologies Kyle Carlin, Moderator DESCRIPTION: As medical professionals strive to use VR with accuracy: learn from three medical professionals using VR. VR in the Medical Field will be LA ACM SIGGRAPH’s June 8th event. Join us here at LA SIGGRAPH for a magical…

Call for Papers Dis/abling Spaces and Cultures in Times of Crisis Special issue of Space and Culture journal, forthcoming online in 2022 Michael Schillmeier, Editor https://www.spaceandculture.com/2021/04/05/call-for-papers-dis-abling-spaces-and-cultures-in-times-of-crisis/ Deadline for abstracts: May 31, 2021 With the COVID 19 pandemic we experience the adverse effects, ambiguities, uncertainties, insecurities of a global crisis that links and separates embodied, personal, social and cultural lives. Although the crisis may affect everyone, it is obvious that people who are disabled, marginalized, discriminated, vulnerable, ill, and/or live through precarious situations are at high risk to be become more disabled, more discriminated, more vulnerable or ill, and precarity deepens…

Call for Papers Trust, Acceptance and Social Cues in Human-Robot Interaction (SCRITA) Workshop In conjunction with the IEEE RO-MAN 2021 conference 12 August, 2021 https://scrita.herts.ac.uk Deadline for submissions: June 13th, 2021 This workshop will be a full day event on 12 August, 2021 in conjunction with the IEEE RO-MAN 2021 conference, which is organised by the University of British Columbia and University of Waterloo, Canada. STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES Trust is a fundamental aspect that helps to foster effective collaboration between people and robots. It is imperative that people trust robots to not create a hazardous situation, such as starting a fire when trying to…

Call for Papers Joint Conference on Serious Games 2021 7th -8th October 2021 Staffordshire University, UK and Online https://www.staffs.ac.uk/events/joint-conference-on-serious-games/2021 Submission deadline for full and short papers: 31 May 2021 The IFIP Joint Conference on Serious Games (JCSG) 2021 will be a hybrid conference both hosted online and in person at Staffordshire University Stoke-on-Trent UK. JCSG is fully dedicated to serious games and its interdisciplinary characteristics combining game concepts and technologies required in the different application domains. The conference proceedings will be published in Springer LNCS. KEY DATES Scientists and practitioners are cordially invited to present their latest research achievements and…

Call for Papers ‘Digital Living and its Impact on Cognition- Healthy or Harmful?’ 1-day Workshop co-located with the 33rd British Human Computer Interaction Conference (https://hci2021.bcs.org/) 19th of July, 2021 Online https://bhcidigitalliving.wordpress.com/ Important Dates: Submission Deadline: 28th May Notification of acceptance: 25th June Workshop: 19th July WORKSHOP FOCUS Since the start of 2020 there has been a huge shift to online living. Most meetings and workplaces are now organised virtually, and education is conducted via online classrooms. However, the impact of long term technology on cognitive abilities is yet to be fully understood. While this has been a concern before the…

CALL FOR PAPERS HUMAN-SYSTEMS INTERACTION Session 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference Yellowstone Conference Center Big Sky, Montana March 5-12, 2022 http://www.aeroconf.org Abstracts are currently being accepted, due July 1, 2021 Dear all, We are looking for abstracts (papers for peer reviews due in October) for the session Human-Systems Interaction at the IEEE Aerospace Conference in Big Sky, Montana. This session consistently draws a fascinating group of innovators in our field for stimulating discussions in an impressive setting. TOPICS Humans are the most critical element in system safety, reliability and performance. Their creativity, adaptability and problem-solving capabilities are key to resilient operations…

[Sorry for the short notice! –Matthew] Call for Participation Music & VR: A Unique Conversation Live-Streamed from the Real, and Virtual Worlds! Hear from fellow musicians, DJs, producers, and developers who are making waves in the music and VR space Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM EDT https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-vr-music-tickets-149618453823 You will receive the Zoom link to attend after you register. Featuring: Young Guru: Head of Music, Collimation Gimel Androus Keaton, better known by his stage name Young Guru, is an American audio engineer, record producer, disc jockey, and record executive from Wilmington, Delaware. In 2019, Young Guru…

Call for Papers CyberSciTech 2021 – The 6th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress October 25-28, 2021 Calgary, Canada http://cyber-science.org/2021/ Paper submission deadline: July 1, 2021 CONGRESS INTRODUCTION Cyberspace, the seamless integration of physical, social, and mental spaces, is an integral part of our society, ranging from learning and entertainment to business and cultural activities, and so on. There are, however, in addition to its technical challenges, a number of pressing issues such as safety and trust associated with the cyberspace. For example, how do we strike a balance between the need for strong cybersecurity and preserving the privacy of…

Call for Papers ACM Symposium on Applied Perception 16-17 September, 2021 Rennes (France) at the Inria Rennes and remotely [see note below] http://sap.acm.org/2021/ Deadline for abstract submission: May 25th Deadline for paper submission: May 27th NOTE: As of now, ACM SAP 2021 is planned to be held as a hybrid conference both in Rennes (France) and virtually on the 16th and 17th of September, 2021. Although we encourage in-person attendance, the organizers plan to have online streaming and interaction options for virtual attendance for both attendees and speakers. More details will be provided as the situation evolves. The ACM Symposium…

Call for Participation Virtues, Robots and Good Lives: Who Cares? Key Note by Charles Ess Online event on May 13th, 2021, 18:00 CET https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/209917 In order to register for the Key Note, please send your name, email-address and affiliation to magdalena.heckner @ izew.uni-tuebingen.de . You will receive a confirmation via email within 24 hours. We will send a zoom link to the email address shortly before the event. ABSTRACT: A good deal of the ethical considerations regarding our possible lives with robots draws from various forms of virtue ethics. As a first catalyst, I briefly recall my initial discussion in…

Call for Participation PROMOTING IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES: WHY, HOW & WHAT? A FREE one-hour insight into why many immersive experiences aren’t being promoted to their optimum and how to do this well! Thursday 20 May, 2021 at 07:00 – 08:00 EDT Online via Zoom Book your place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/promoting-immersive-experiences-why-how-what-tickets-151487534293 There’s no doubt that the time for immersive experiences have come, but XR remains difficult to communicate to people who haven’t experienced it before. Marketing is now one of the biggest challenges facing the growth of the immersive sector, with many people still associating VR & AR with futuristic tech. If XR…

Call for Participation “Institutional Factors Shaping XR Technology Accessibility Policy & Practice in Academic Libraries” An online survey https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1Ya9id4uCXoktLv Survey closes: May 15, 2021 (extended) Hello, This invitation to participate in a survey is being sent out to those responsible for managing and providing XR technologies in academic libraries. This survey is part of a study titled “Institutional Factors Shaping XR Technology Accessibility Policy & Practice in Academic Libraries.” The principal investigator (PI) is Dr. Zack Lischer-Katz, PhD (Assistant Professor, School of Information, University of Arizona) and the co-principal investigator (Co-PI) is Jasmine Clark (Digital Scholarship Librarian, Temple University). An…