[Commlist] Animex Research and Innovation Conference - Call for Proposals

We are delighted to announce the third Animex Research and Innovation 
Conference 2025, taking place at Teesside University on Wednesday 
19th November.
The conference aims to bring together new and established scholars and 
practitioners from animation, VFX and games to share research in their 
disciplines.
This year it will again be part of the Animex Festival programme, 
allowing you to enjoy the wider festivities. Animex brings together 
experts in animation, VFX and games from across the world. Visit the 
Animex website to learn more about the festival.
*Topics*
We're seeking submissions for proposals for 20-minute conference 
presentations from across the fields of animation, VFX, games and 
adjacent disciplines. All topics will be considered but we encourage the 
following:

  * Animation studies
  * Creature FX
  * Dynamic simulation
  * Extended reality, virtual reality and augmented reality
  * Game studies
  * Gesture recognition and motion analysis
  * Information visualisation
  * Machine learning and AI for animation and games
  * Motion capture and retargeting
  * Multimodal interaction: haptics, sound
  * Participatory and Immersive approaches
  * Practice-based research
  * Procedural Animation
  * Real-time animation/simulation
  * Serious games, MedTech, industrial applications and/or Digital Twins
  * User experience and interface
  * Virtual humans and autonomous actors
  * Virtual production

*Submission formats*
We are accepting proposals for individual 20-minute conference 
presentations and specialist panels.
20-minute conference presentations: a 300-word abstract and 100-word 
biographical statement.
Specialist panels: a 300-word panel summary, 300-word abstract (for each 
paper), and a 100-word biographical statement for each panel member.
Panels contain a maximum of three 20-minute conference papers. Panels 
provide an opportunity to engage in discussion with each other and the 
audience and will run for 80 minutes including questions. The chair of 
the panel must provide the submission requirements on behalf of all 
panel members.
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*Timeline submission and acceptance:*
*Deadline for Submissions:*
27 June 2025 Midnight UTC
*Notification of acceptance:*
25 July 2025
*Conference date:*
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19 November 2025 Teesside University, Middlesbrough UK/Online
/Submission portal to open soon/


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