[game_edu] CFP

[S. Gold]

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                   CALL FOR PAPERS

          *** Interactive Storytelling'08 ***

         1st Joint International Conference on
           Interactive Digital Storytelling

         26-29 November 2008, Erfurt, Germany
          http://www.ai.fh-erfurt.de/ICIDS08

        FINAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: July 6, 2008
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*** The first joint conference of the two previous European conference
series:
- TIDSE ("Technologies for Interactive Digital Storytelling") and
- ICVS ("Virtual Storytelling -- Using Virtual Reality Technologies for
Storytelling")

Research papers, case studies and demonstrations are invited that
present novel scientific results, new technology, best practice
showcases, or improvements to existing techniques and approaches in the
multidisciplinary research field of interactive digital storytelling and
its related application areas, e.g. games, virtual- / online worlds,
e-learning, edutainment, and entertainment.

Suggested research topics for contributions include, but are not limited to:
. Interactive Digital Storytelling: theories, methods and concepts
. Automated drama- / story engines and run-time systems
. Virtual Storytelling -- using Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and
Mixed Reality to tell and experience stories
. Believable virtual characters in real-time narrative environments
. Authoring tools and creation concepts for interactive narratives
. Semantic technology and knowledge tools for Interactive Digital
Storytelling
. Mobile, Geographical Information Systems and location-based
technologies for interactive storytelling
. Novel and entertaining computer interfaces for interactive storytelling
. Real-time direction, staging, lighting, camera work, special effects,
audio
. Collaborative environments for interactive storytelling
. Novel narrative forms inspired by new technology
. Evaluation and user experience reports of interactive storytelling
applications
. Interdisciplinary approaches to simulation and storytelling
. Case studies and demonstrations of concrete examples and applications

Special invited key aspects for this year, motivated through the
conference venue, are:
. Children's media
. Interactive audio


*** SUBMISSIONS ***

All submissions should follow the Lecture Notes in Computer Science
(LNCS) format (see "Authors Instructions" at
http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html). Papers must be in
English. Only electronic submissions in PDF format will be considered
for review. Submissions (of all categories) that receive high ratings in
the review process will be selected for publication by the program
committee. They shall be published as Springer LNCS conference
proceedings. For the final print-ready version, the submission of source
files (WORD/LaTeX, TIF/EPS) and a signed copyright form are required.

Submission categories:
Full papers (8-12 pages in the proceedings)
Short Papers (4-6 pages in the proceedings)
Demonstrations and Posters (2-4 pages in the proceedings, plus
additional material)

Submission system:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=interactivestorytelling08


*** IMPORTANT DATES ***

July 6th, 2008:           Final deadline
August 15th, 2008:        Author notification of the review result
September 7th, 2008:      Submission of the print-ready version
November 26-29th, 2008:   Conference Interactive Storytelling '08


*** CONTACT ***

Prof. Ulrike Spierling
FH Erfurt, University of Applied Sciences
contact at interactive-storytelling.com


-- 
Susan Gold
goldfile at gmail.com

³In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom!² - J. G. Ballard

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