CfP/Deadline Extension Conference Communities & Technologies 2015, Limerick,
Ireland
Following a large number of requests received, the Organising Committee has
decided to extend the submission deadlines for papers, workshops and tutorials:
Important Dates (UPDATED!)
• 15 Feb 2015 Full Papers and Workshop Proposals due
• 1 Mar 2015 Notification of acceptance (for Workshop Proposals)
• 1 Apr 2015 Notification of acceptance (for Full Papers)
• 15 Apr 2015 Tutorial Proposals due
• 1 May 2015 Camera Ready Papers
• 1 May 2015 Workshop Papers, Work-in-Progress Papers, Doctoral
Consortium Submissions and Student Volunteers Applications due
• 15 Apr 2015 Notification of acceptance (for Tutorial Proposals)
• 1 June 2015 – Early bird registration ends
• 27-28 Jun 2015 Workshops, Tutorials and Doctoral Consortium
• 29-30 Jun 2015 Conference
Conference Themes
C&T focuses on the notion of communities as social entities comprised of people
who share something in common; this common element may be geography, needs,
interests, practices, organizations, or other bases for social connection.
Communities are considered to be a basic unit of social experience. Information
and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can support community formation and
development by facilitating communication and coordination among members, as
well as enable and empower communities to deal with challenges and threats.
Topics appropriate for submission to this conference are manifold. Examples of
some of the vibrant areas of communities and technology research include, but
are not limited to:
• Communities, technologies and government (learning/education, health,
cultural heritage, crises and natural disasters)
• Civic Activism, Community Engagement, Participatory Publics
• Communities and innovation
• Crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, collective intelligence
• Maker communities (makerspaces, Fablabs, crafters) and DIY
• Online and offline communities
• Urban and rural communities; urban technologies; urban informatics;
urban interaction design
• Smart communities in the context of smart cities
• Sustainable communities
• Communities, social media and social capital
• Community-centred Design, Infrastructuring and Evaluation
Methodologies
• Ethnographic and case studies of communities
• Communities, ICTs and Economic and Social Development.
Submission categories and formats
We are calling for submission of full (research) papers, work-in-progress
papers, tutorial and workshop proposals and applications to the doctoral
consortium. Please submit all papers and abstracts in ACM SIGCHI two column
layout.
Papers
In order to allow for a diversity of contributions, the conference will accept
full papers and work-in-progress papers.
Full papers must be no longer than ten pages, including all additional material
such as references, appendices, and figures. Work-in-progress papers must be no
longer than four pages. The papers must include a title, sufficient space for
the author name(s) to appear on the paper, abstract, keywords, body, and
references.
Papers submitted by the due date will undergo a double blind peer review
process by an international panel and will be evaluated on the basis of their
significance, innovation, academic rigour, and clarity of writing. Accepted
full papers will be included in the published conference proceedings if at
least one author of any accepted submission has registered and attends the
conference.
Accepted work-in-progress papers will be published in the adjunct proceedings,
and the same rule applies: at least one of the authors will have to register
and attend the conference.
Papers will be submitted via EasyChair.
Please send any questions to the Programme Chairs: PC_chairs@comtech.community
<mailto:PC_chairs@comtech.community> .
Workshops
Workshops provide an opportunity to discuss and explore emerging areas of
Communities & Technologies research with a group of like-minded researchers and
practitioners. They run for a half or one full day and will take place on June
27th or June 28th. Workshops offer the opportunity to advance specific research
areas. C&T workshops might address methodologies, emerging application areas,
design innovations, organisational issues or education. Each workshop should
generate ideas that give the C&T community a new, organised way of thinking
about the topic, or ideas that suggest promising directions for future
research. Some workshops result in edited books or special issues of journals;
you may consider including this goal in your workshop proposal.
Proposals should be no longer than four pages and should include:
• the title of the workshop,
• the list of organisers and their backgrounds,
• the workshop’s theme, goals and activities;
• maximum number of participants,
• means of soliciting participation,
• means of selecting participants.
Please send proposals to the Workshop Chairs: workshops@comtech.community
<mailto:workshops@comtech.community>
Tutorials
The purpose of the tutorials is to give the attendees the opportunity to
acquire knowledge in new areas and add to their professional development.
Topics can range from physical computing (Arduino, Raspberry Pi) to
visualization, mapping applications, setting up a disaster coordination centre,
and so on. We invite individuals or teams interested in presenting a tutorial
to submit proposals. Tutorials will run for a half or one full day on June 27th.
Please send proposals to the Tutorials Chairs: tutorials@comtech.community
<mailto:tutorials@comtech.community>
Proposals of workshop and tutorial organizers should be no longer than 4 pages
and should include: the title of the workshop, the list of organizers and their
backgrounds, and an abstract of no more than 150 words, as well as the
workshop’s theme, goals and activities, maximum number of participants, means
of soliciting participation, and means of selecting participants.
Doctoral Consortium
The Doctoral Consortium is scheduled prior to the main conference programme, on
Sunday 28 June 2015. The Doctoral Consortium (DC) offers research students a
special forum where they can present, discuss and progress their research plans
with peers and established senior researchers.
Research students wishing to attend the doctoral consortium should submit up to
4 pages, using the ACM SIGCHI two column layout, addressing the following:
Introduction setting up your research area and specific research
question(s)/goals(s) (including key related work); Overall research approach,
methodology, and expected contributions; Work in progress (including findings
to date and next steps); Questions and issues for discussion, and what you hope
to gain from attending the DC; short bio.
Please send proposals to the Doctoral Consortium Chairs: dc@comtech.community
<mailto:dc@comtech.community>
Student Volunteers
C&T actively encourages students to volunteer at the conference. Being a
student volunteer is a great way to support the research community, meet other
students in the field, and attend an international ACM conference. You will
help the conference organisers with the running of the conference and support
the setting-up of presentations and workshops. You will see the latest in C&T
research and development, and have fun while learning about running the
conference. In return, you will get free registration. To apply, email us your
contact details (email, phone, university), an abstract of your research
project, a CV, and the reasons why you would like to be a student volunteer.
Please send applications to the Student Volunteers Chair:
volunteers@comtech.community <mailto:volunteers@comtech.community>
Douglas Schuler
doug...@publicsphereproject.org <mailto:doug...@publicsphereproject.org>
Twitter: @doug_schuler
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Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution (project)
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