[ecrea] SLACTIONS 2011 Call for Papers

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SLACTIONS 2011 - Research conference in Second Life
Life and imagination - integrating metaverse platforms

November 17-20 2011

Call for papers

SLACTIONS 2011 is an international conference held for the third time
simultaneously online, and in countries around the world to engage in
exchanges on the digital metaverse.

The conference focuses on the development of and human activities in
the metaverse, and invites discussion of platforms as diverse as Second
Life, OpenSim, World of Warcraft, Open Croquet, Activeworlds, Sony Home,
Habbo Hotel, IMVU, There, Project Wonderland, 3D web, etc., providing a
forum for the user community to present and discuss innovative
approaches, applications, techniques, processes, experiences and
research results.

The introduction of Metaverse platforms into education, business,
entertainment, etc. has come under intense scrutiny, and many articles
and books have been published advocating their use. SLACTIONS 2011 is
hoping to move beyond a focus on the introduction of Metaverse
platforms, to a discussion of the integration and daily use of the
Metaverse in offline activities, with particular regard to the effects
this has on individual humans and their identity, agency, sense of
community, integration into society, etc.

We are looking forward to presenting a program of presentations,
videos, and posters based on the results of extensive and intensive
research that conference participants can adapt to their own
requirements and re-purpose for application in their own practice.

We are calling for paper and panel proposals from the full spectrum of
intellectual disciplines and technological endeavours in which metaverse
platforms are currently being used. Topics covered may include but are
not limited to:

-	Accessibility in metaverse platforms
-	Advanced scientific visualization in metaverse platforms
-	Automatic content generation
-	Behavioural studies in the metaverse
-	Blended environments: Metaverse mixes, or the metaverse and
offline society
-	Combination of metaverse platforms with external systems
(e-learning, e-business, etc.)
-	Communicational paradigms in the metaverse
-	Content management
-	Course / materials management and the metaverses, e.g. MOODLE&
SLOODLE
-	Creativity, design, and arts on the metaverse
-	Cultural and media study in the metaverses
-	E-business and e-commerce applications
-	Educational research, applications, and case studies
-	Embodiment in metaverses and Gender Studies
-	Formative and Summative assessment in the metaverses
-	Game-based learning in the metaverse	
-	GIS/metaverse mash-ups
-	Integration between metaverse platforms
-	Language learning in the metaverses
-	Machinima in the metaverse
-	Nonprofit activities and fundraising
-	Quantitative and qualitative research methodologies
-	Social Sciences studies in or through metaverse platforms
-	Space representation, use, and management in metaverses
-	Using metaverse platforms for cooperation


Submissions

Authors are invited to submit an abstract of 500-600 words via the
conference website (http://www.slactions.org/) including their name,
contact address, and affiliation. Additionally, authors should include a
note indicating what type of presentation they intend to give:

-	A full paper presentation
-	A shorter "work in progress" presentation
-	A panel of 3-4 grouped papers (please provide a short abstract
for EACH paper)
-	A Poster presentation
-	A Video
-	A virtual workshop

All submissions will be subject to a double blind reviewing process.
Authors of accepted abstracts are required to submit a full paper of up
to 7,000 words, which will be made available to conference participants.
Full papers should follow the publication guidelines of the American
Psychological Association (APA 6th).


Publication Venues

All accepted, full papers will be made available to registered
conference participants. Journal and/or edited volume publication will
be subject to an additional rigorous blind reviewing process. The
Scientific Committee will invite authors of selected full papers to
provide revised and expanded versions for publication in the special
issues of affiliated journals* and/or (an) edited volume(s) published
with an academic publisher*.

* Negotiations with selected journals and publishers are currently
underway. Please check www.SLACTIONS.org regularly for further
information and developments.


Organising Committee

Conference Hosts:
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Chapter Chair: David Kurt Herold
Chapter Manager: Gigi AY
Chapter Team:
Vincent Ng
Peter Duffy
Newman Lau
Dean A. F. Gui
Mei Li
Chloe Lau

SLACTIONS Steering Committee
Leonel Morgado, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Nelson Zagalo, Universidade do Minho, Portugal

SLACTIONS Scientific Committee
To be announced.


Conference Sites

The main conference programme of SLACTIONS 2011 will be hosted in the
3D online world Second Life, in various locations on the virtual campus
of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/HKPolyU%20Campus/185/183/25

Local chapters around the world will provide assistance to presenters
and conference participants, and hold additional events at their own
venues. Details of local chapters will be published on the conference
website (http://www.SLACTIONS.org) as they become available.


Important Dates

Abstract Submission:	May 10, 2011
Notification of Acceptance:	June 15, 2011
Full Papers Due:	September 2, 2011
Conference Dates:	November 17-20, 2011


Official language of the conference

The official language for the international, online conference and for
all submissions is English.







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