http://www.dundee.ac.uk/djcad/prototyping/

Twelve inspiring speakers from across the globe will explore the innovative ways they are using prototypes, including the Turner Prize winning artist, Simon Starling; the NASA space architect, Constance Adams; international business guru Michael Schrage and, interactive jeweller, Hazel White.
This event is being held on 10-11 June 2010, in the Dalhousie Building (University of Dundee) and is co-hosted by Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland. It is one of many ongoing discussions devoted to Future Craft, understood to be a mobile concept central to all disciplines: a theory and practice about progressiveness and the ability to imagine and re-imagine the future. How does the prototype influence future craft? How can we work with other industries to move craft forward in the 21st Century?
We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to come and join the discussion and engage in the chaired debates.
REGISTRATION
The early bird discount package is priced at £195 and expires on 31st March 2010. The full delegate package is priced at £230.
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VAST 2010: 11th Symposium on Virtual reality Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

theme: Science Technology & Museums: A Challenge for the New Decade

September 21st-24th 2010

Ecole de Louvre, Palais du Louvre, Paris, France

1st Call for Papers Submission Deadlines: 5th May 2010

http://www.vast2010.org

In the 21st century the use of digital technology is a common practice in every day of our lives, contributing to the development, management and delivery of the information that surrounds our environment. Archaeologists and Cultural Heritage scientists as well as Information and Communication Technology (ICT) experts have in the past collaborated to find solutions to optimize all aspects of managing and delivering cultural information to new generations, but there remain many unsolved problems.

The goal of this VAST will be to build on the open dialogue between these different areas of expertise, and in particular allow ICT experts to have a better understanding of the critical requirements of the CH scientists for managing and delivering cultural information. The result of this interaction will be disseminated through use of innovative digital techniques in research and education for Cultural Heritage and through publications: on-going project results; preliminary ideas and works in progress; and overviews of research in the use of digital technology in the context of Cultural Heritage.

We are seeking contributions that advance the state of the art in the technologies available to support cultural heritage..

history_heritage AT jvwresearch.org

Please submit an abstract to the above email address for a special issue of Journal of Virtual Worlds Research. Include a title, title, names and affiliations of authors, and 500 words.

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Journal of Virtual Worlds Research: History and Heritage in Virtual Worlds

http://jvwresearch.org/

I. Editorial Team

• Erik Champion, Massey University
• Jeffrey Jacobson, http://publicvr.org/

II. Call for Proposals

Virtual worlds provide a unique way for us to interact with our memories, interpretations, beliefs, and traditions. This can be cultural heritage in the real world, or the equally real social legacies of online communities. We invite you to tackle the complex issues of making these histories come alive in this special issue of JVWR.

Submissions can include (but are not limited to):

1. Critiques of virtual worlds that involve historical situations or heritage sites.
2. Guidelines and arguments as to the design and experience of virtual worlds for history and heritage
3. Interviews (both physical-world and in-world) with designers of the above virtual worlds.
4. Critiques or evaluations of sandbox games and virtual environments regarding history and heritage.
5. Reports on accidental or planned historical or cultural events, artifacts and rituals that take place in virtual worlds.
6. Explorations on how to best utilize the unique interactive, technical and psychological aspects of virtual worlds for the purpose of historical or heritage-based learning.

This special issue has two overarching goals:

1. To provide case studies involving the design, use and evaluation of history and heritage-based virtual worlds.
2. To outline the key theoretical debates pertaining to the issues raised by the design, use and evaluation of these virtual worlds.

Authors are encouraged to include a critical perspective, including discussions of the strengths and weaknesses of their own methods.

III. Key Dates

Abstracts Due: Friday 10 September 2010

Abstract Judgments Due to Authors: Friday 8 October 2010

Full Papers Due: Friday 7 January 2011

Initial Approval of Papers by Guest Editors Due: Monday 7 February 2011

Final Drafts Approved by the Guest Editors Due: Monday 7 March 2011

Publication Date: May 2011

For further details please refer to the main http://jvwresearch.org/ website.

..some dates have changed…

It is a bit early, but otherwise I will forget 🙂

conference dates

I want to slow down on cfps sent to this blog, but the ah layout of this website proved irresistible!

http://www.thaisim.org/en/thaisim_2010.htmThaiSim 2010: Learning from experience through games and simulations

25-27 March, 2010 (Thurs-Fri-Sat)

Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya, Thailand

Proposals = 30 Nov, 2009.

Early-bird registration = 16 Feb, 2010.

Share in expertise, research and experience on simulation and gaming for learning. Present your work. Help to develop Thai education.

Graduate students, teachers, educators, faculty members, practitioners, trainers, researchers and all interested persons.

All areas that use simulation and games for learning, training, teaching, evaluation, development, assessment and research.

Near exquisite islands like Ko Lanta, Ko Ngai (Hai), Ko Muk, Phuket, Ko Phi Phi.

Workshop: Using, debriefing and designing games and simulations: A hands-on, creative workshop for teachers and trainers. 21-24 March, 2010 (Sun-Mon-Tues-Wed)

http://www.thailandguidebook.com/southern-thailand/trang/index.php

http://designcalls.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/ictvc2010/#more-23

ICTVC2010: 4th Intl Conf on Typography and Visual Communication (June, Cyprus)

On 17, 18 & 19 June 2010 the Department of Design & Multimedia of the University of Nicosia will be hosting the 4th International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication (ICTVC) with the general theme “Lending Grace to Language”.

After three important and successful international meetings (2002, 2004, 2007 /http://www.ictvc.org/) ICTVC moves to Cyprus. Our new home sits at the crossroads of three continents, a location of historical significance that far outweighs its small size. The multicultural character of the island makes Cyprus a perfect location for a conference that explores the world of typographic design and visual language.The Organizing Committee members invite you to contribute your proposals for a presentation or panel discussion for inclusion in the programme of the 4th ICTVC. Abstracts of no more than 200 words and a short bio of 70-100 words, either in Greek or English, should be submitted by 10 January 2010. Conference presentations should be up to 30 minutes.

This time ICTVC is organized in collaboration with the Mass Media and Communication Institute (IMME), Cyprus, and AlterVision, Greece, and is supported by the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Reading (UK), the Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI), the Institute of Paper, Printing & Publishing (IP3, UK), the Greek Graphic Designers Association (EGE) and the Thessaloniki Design Museum. ICTVC is endorsed by the International Council of Graphic Design Associations (ICOGRADA).

http://www.designconference.org/?menu=105

DUBROVNIK – CAVTAT – The Conference Venue

The DESIGN 2010 Conference invites high-quality submissions on substantial, original and previously unpublished research. Applied, theoretical, results-oriented and speculative papers from both academia and industry will all be considered for inclusion. Contributions should be classified into and will be reviewed in the following categories:

• Research Papers describing contributions and the latest results of scientific work.
• Philosophy or Speculations provide a category for papers where the author has a free hand to evolve new ideas without a claim for scientific validation. However, the paper should be rigorously related to state-of-the-art literature and clearly indicate the novelty of the ideas.
• Industrial Papers should signal industrial needs for design approaches/techniques, experiences from their implementation and use, experiences from training of engineers, demands on computer support, best practice, qualitative case studies, etc.
• Design Education Papers should be based on a scientific approach describing substantial new experiences based on design education training, teamwork, projects or cases.

• Online submission will open on: June 1st, 2009
• ABSTRACTS ARE NOT REQUIRED!
  FULL PAPER submission deadline: December 14th, 2009
• Final acceptance of papers: March 1st, 2010
• Publish-ready papers: March 20th, 2010
• Final Conference program: April, 2010
• May 17 – 20, 2010 – DESIGN 2010 Conference

Games Research Methods seminar

Seminar at the University of Tampere, 8-9 April, 2010
What are the approaches and methods that are useful while studying games, play and related phenomena? The dynamic nature of interactive game form, the changing strategies adopted during actual play, as well as the multiple research questions that surround the design, implementation, distribution as well as the social uses of games all present their distinctive requirements for the methods that are suitable for their study.

A rich collection of different scientific and scholarly approaches has been adopted to use in the games research. At the same time the researchers have found it often necessary to modify the established practices to better address the ludic nature of their subject of study. For example, the ethnographic methods as practiced in the history of anthropology do not necessarily fit the study of virtual game worlds without some adjustments. Similarly, the methods that have been designed in computer sciences to study usability issues of computer software are not always optimal for the study of game play experiences. Also, requirement for researchers to play games themselves presents also unique demands to the working practices and facilities of games researchers.

‘Games Research Methods’ seminar invites presentation from multiple topics and points of view, in order to facilitate dialogue and exchange of ideas among the research community. The organiser, University of Tampere Games Research Lab invites theoretically as well as more practice oriented papers, as well as case studies that show particular approaches being used in actual analysis.

• Abstract Deadline: January 15, 2010
• Notification of Acceptance: January 30, 2010
• Full Paper deadline: March 6, 2010
• Seminar dates: April 8-9, 2010

http://australiansocietyfrenchstudies.org/index.php?action=show_page&page_id=12

18th Annual Conference of the Australian Society for French Studies

University of Sydney  30 September-2 October, 2010

Playtime: formes, fonctions et théories du jeu

How do we define “play”? Why do we play, with whom and for whom? What forms does our playfulness adopt, and what are its cultural specificities? We take the proliferation of research activity on play and the aesthetics of entertainment as an invitation to examine their role in our culture(s).