[ecrea] Second CfP: C&T 2015, 27-30 June 2015, Limerick, Ireland

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Call for Papers

7th International Conference on Communities and Technologies (C&T 2015)

27-30 June 2015, Limerick, Ireland



Important Dates

• 1 Feb 2015 Papers, Workshop and Tutorials Proposals due

• 1 Mar 2015 Notification of acceptance (for Workshop &Tutorial Proposals)

• 1 Apr 2015 Notification of acceptance (for Full Papers)

• 1 May 2015 Camera Ready Papers

• 1 May 2015 Workshop Papers, Work-in-Progress Papers, Doctoral Consortium

Submissions and Student Volunteers Applications due

• 1 June 2015 – Early bird registration ends

• 27-28 Jun 2015 Workshops, Tutorials and Doctoral Consortium

• 29-30 Jun 2015 C&T Conference


In September 2003, the biannual conference series ‘Communities and

Technologies (C&T)’ started with a meeting in Amsterdam attracting some 350

participants. Almost at the same time, the more policy, advocacy and

practice-oriented Community Informatics (CI) series of conferences began in

Prato, Italy in 2002, along with an online email network and the Journal of

Community Informatics. It is time to cross fertilize these discussions and

to identify convergences, overlaps, divergences and common paths, as well

as challenges for future research, advocacy, policy and practice.

We cordially invite submissions to the Seventh International Conference on

Communities and Technologies (C&T 2015), hosted from 27 to 30 June by the

University of Limerick, Ireland. This biennial meeting serves as a forum

for stimulating and disseminating research on the complex connections

between communities - both physical and virtual - and information and

communication technologies. This seventh edition of the conference will

mark a stronger opening toward Community Informatics work.

The conference will be co-sponsored by the Journal of Community Informatics

(http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej). The goal is to revitalize the

academic discussion with a new format in order to make the academic

discourse more relevant for practice. The organisers hope to widen the base

of relevant case studies, and at the same time, strengthen the reflection

regarding these practice-based cases.


C&T 2015 welcomes participation from researchers, designers, educators,

industry, and students from the many disciplines and perspectives bearing

on the interaction between community and technology, including

architecture, arts, business, design, economics, education, engineering,

ergonomics, information technology, geography, health, humanities, law,

media and communication studies, and social sciences. The conference

program will include competitively selected, peer-reviewed papers, as well

as pre-conference workshops and tutorials, a doctoral consortium, and

invited keynote speakers.

We look forward to welcoming you to an exciting conference in Limerick, a

vibrant university city on the west coast of Ireland!


Gabriela Avram

Conference Chair


Organising Committee

Programme Chairs: Fiorella de Cindio and Volkmar Pipek

Workshop Chairs: Anne Light and Nemanja Memarovic

Tutorial Chairs: Doug Schuler and Sabine Moebs

Doctoral Consortium Chairs: Susanne Boedker and Volker Wulf

Local Organisation Chair: Norah Power

Student Volunteers Chair: Laura Maye


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, 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 (see http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform).


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:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ct2015


Please send any questions to the Programme Chairs:

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.

Please send proposals to the Workshop Chairs: 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


Workshop and tutorial proposals 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 available at

http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform, 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


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



More Information

For updates, please check the conference website:

http://comtech.community


Dr.Gabriela Avram

Lecturer

Interaction Design Centre, CS2031

University of Limerick

Ireland

C&T 2015 General Chair

http://comtech.community



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