[ecrea] CfP Future and Reality of Gaming

Call 4 Abstracts

5^th Vienna Games Conference

Future and Reality of Gaming – FROG 11

Applied Playfulness

Competence, Media and Sociability of Play

Vienna City Hall, Austria, Friday 21 to Sunday 23 October 2011; 
http://bupp.at/frog

Vienna’s annual Games Conference, “Future and Reality of Gaming” (FROG), 
offers an open and international platform for leading game studies 
researchers and scholars, game designers, researchers and scholars from 
various other fields, education professionals, and gamers from around 
the world. The main objective of FROG11 is to explore the phenomena of 
applied playfulness in regard to questions of media competence, media 
convergence, the sociability of play and the impacts of games on future 
and reality of our culture. FROG11 is jointly organized by the Austrian 
Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth, the City of Vienna, 
wienXtra, the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab, the University of Vienna, 
the Danube-University Krems and FAMUS. The Vienna Games Conference is a 
key element of the "Game-City". In 2011 the City of Vienna will host the 
high profile event "Game-City" for the fifth time, bringing together 
representatives of the games industry, non-profit organizations, 
academia and the general public to enjoy and discuss the current state 
of computer games, digital youth cultures and games research. Be a part 
when the magnificent Vienna Town hall converts into a vibrant playground 
for players, fans and games researchers.

FROG11 KEYNOTES

*Mia Consalvo* is a games and internet researcher and visiting professor 
at the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab. She is also the author of 
"Cheating: Gaining Advantage in Videogames", and is co-editor of 
"Handbook of Internet Studies".* Lawrence Kutner* is an child 
psychologist and executive director of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. 
He is a founder of the Centre for Mental Health and Media at 
Massachusetts General Hospital and Co-Author of "Grand Theft Childhood". 
*Jonas Linderoth* is an educational game scholar and associated 
professor at the University of Gothenburg. He is Co-Author of "Living in 
World of Warcraft" and his research focuses on consumption of online 
games and the identification of "illusion of learning" in games. *Cheryl 
K. Olson* is an internationally known expert on how media influence 
children and teens, and using media to promote healthy behaviour and 
development. She was co-director and co-founder of the Centre for Mental 
Health and Media and Co-Author of "Grand Theft Childhood". *Nathalie 
Pozzi* is an architect and game designer whose projects cross the 
boundaries of art installation, architecture, and landscape. She 
explores the classical design of space and light while also 
incorporating social and ethnographic elements into her work. She has 
designed games as "Cross My Heart + Hope to Die", and "Sixteen Tons". 
*Eric Zimmerman* is game designer, artist, and academic at NYU exploring 
the theory and practice of game design. He has designed many different 
games, is Co-Author of "Rules of Play", and Co-Founder and Chief Design 
Officer of Gamelab.

FROG11 THEME: "Applied Playfulness. Competence, Media & Sociability of 
Play"

The study of players' experiences, competences and skill developed 
through playing games raises the following questions: How do we apply 
what we experience in games and through media to our everyday lives, to 
our culture, and society? How do different forms of media converge in 
our game spaces and impact our playfulness? What are the applicable 
potentials games offer in theory and practice? Today players use 
different forms of media to engage in games, thereby creating and 
establishing new forms of playfulness. Playing does not stay limited to 
the actions proceeding on the screens, but reaches beyond the screen 
into our everyday lives and cultures. The relation between play, society 
and culture is transforming giving rise to novel potentials and 
possibilities, but also questions, challenges and promises. FROG11 
focuses on questions, challenges and innovation exploring the transition 
between different forms and activities of play, media and competences. 
The organizers seek proposals covering all aspects of cutting-edge 
research on digital gaming, game design, game culture, game studies, 
therapy and economy within or across academic disciplines.

We encourage participation from a wide range of disciplines including 
Game Studies, Education, Psychology, Computer Science, Game Design, 
Cultural Anthropology, Fine Arts, Human-Computer Interaction, Media and 
Communication Studies, Philosophy, Social Science, Digital Humanities 
etc ... The FROG Conference facilitates the exchange of ideas and 
current research findings in an engaging and convivial atmosphere. 
*Submissions are welcome on a wide range of topics, such as:*

* *

... Game Studies & Game Design

· Innovative forms of gaming (e.g. Alternative Reality Games, Social 
Games, Unsocial Games...)

· Innovations and subversions in game design, development and production

· New forms of interactivity and revolutionary game interfaces

... Learning, Education & Competence**

· Methodology of exploring learning, media literacy and media competence

· Novel challenges and problems arising through transforming (digital) 
cultures

· Teaching through digital games, serious games and purposeful games

· Questions of violence, addiction, isolation, etc. ...

... Consumption, Use & Culture

· Game, gaming and gamer cultures (e.g. eSports, Modding, Clans...)

· Community building and fan culture

· Games and social change

· Inclusion and exclusion and protection of minors (youth policies, age 
rating, addiction, violence...)

· Collation of different forms of play and media (e.g. Sport Games, 
Gamification, Body as Interface...)

... Economy & Industry

· Economical challenges and new trends

· The rise of independent games (e.g. casual games, art games)

· Games as Social Software (e.g. XBox Live, Facebook, Twitter...)

Abstract Submission:

All authors are invited to submit an abstract of research work relating 
to FROG11 subject of "APPLIED PLAYFULNESS" in either English or German 
and according to the specifications of the different forms of 
presentation. Authors are required to *submit their abstracts online* 
at: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=frog11 *no later than 15 
May 2011 *in the forms of:

PRESENTATIONS: In assignment to FROG11 topics authors are required to 
submit a short mini-abstract (150 words) _and_ a profound *extended 
abstract* outlining the topic, thesis and methodology of the paper 
abstracts (*1000 words*) for their talks (30 min.).

FROGA KUCHA: This is the Viennese Version of Pecha Kucha but limited to 
2x4 mini-presentations in a row, in which you show 20 slides, each for 
20 seconds (exactly 6'40'' in total). The images forward automatically 
and you talk along.... and the audience will give immediate feedback. 
(*Abstracts 500 words + 150 word mini-abstract*).

FROG POSTER, GAME & PROTOTYPE PRESENTATION: At FROG11 a poster, game and 
prototype session is providing space for classical Viennese Coffee 
Culture. You bring your ideas, games, prototypes concepts and research 
topics and results, we provide a unique atmosphere, a beautiful space, 
good coffee and time for you to discuss your ideas with colleagues 
(*Abstracts 300-500 words + 150 words mini-abstract*).

All abstracts will be reviewed and judged on originality, quality and 
relevance to the Conference. All accepted abstracts will be printed in a 
book of abstracts, which will be distributed during the Conference. 
Authors of accepted abstracts (for regular presentations) will be 
invited to prepare a full paper for publication in the printed 
proceedings of FROG11 at the traditional Viennese Braumüller Verlag 
(founded 1783). The Abstracts awarded with the FROG-TOP-PAPER-AWARD will 
be invited to submit their full papers for publication in the special 
edition of the "Eludamos. Journal for Computer Game Culture".

Important Dates:

Abstract submission: *15 May 2011*

Notification: 07 June 2011

Conference: *21-23 October 2011*

Full paper: November 2011

Proceedings Publication: February 2012

Registration for the Conference & Conference Fee:

· Early bird: 07 June – 27 July 2011; Registration: 28 July – 21 October 
2011

· Conference fee: € 135,- / Early bird: € 100,-

· Conference fee for students & staff members of youth organizations: € 
60,- / Early Bird: € 50,-

· The registration fees includes admission to all sessions, a printed 
copy of the Book of Abstracts, coffee breaks, lunch on 22 October and 
the Conference Dinner.

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Conference Program Co-Chairs:

Jennifer Berger (University of Vienna); Christoph Klimmt (Hanover 
University of Music, Drama, and Media); Konstantin Mitgutsch 
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Claus Pias (University of 
Vienna); Martin Pichlmair (Studio Radiolaris); Maja Pivec (University of 
Applied Sciences FH Joanneum); Herbert Rosenstingl (Austrian Federal 
Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth); Doris Rusch (Danube-University 
Krems); Christian Swertz (University of Vienna); Michael Wagner (PH St. 
Pölten); Jeffrey Wimmer (TU Ilmenau)

For any questions, please contact (k_mitgut /at/ mit.edu) 
<mailto:(k_mitgut /at/ mit.edu)> or visit the Conference website 
*http://bupp.at/frog.*

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