[game_edu] CFP's / Conference Announcements

[Susan Gold]

I would be remiss in not touting our own EdSIG sessions at the  
upcoming GDC. I am really excited about our line-up and theme -  
Collaboration, the Future of Work.

Two incredible keynotes: Kellee Santiago: Leadership: A 21st Century  
Skill - Kellee is a graduate of USC's Interactive Media Program. Kumar  
A. Garg: Grand Challenges for Game Developers - Kumar is leading  
President Obama's education efforts, including Educate to Innovate and  
STEM. Both keynotes are at 415p Tuesday/Wednesday in room 132 North Hall

In addition, we have an incredible line up with truly talented,  
knowledgeable and inspirational speakers. Please check them out at: https://www.cmpevents.com/GD10/a.asp?option=C&V=1&SB=4

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ACM Future Play 2010: The International Academic Conference on the  
Future of Game Design and Technology May 6-7 2010, Vancouver, British  
Columbia, Canada Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Center

Call for Papers

Overview
Future Play 2010 will be held alongside Game Developers Conference®  
(GDC) Canada during Vancouver Digital Week 2010. Vancouver Digital  
Week includes a series of events for top creative minds and business  
leaders working in Digital Media. We are pleased to present Future  
Play at the Vancouver Convention Center, in Vancouver British  
Columbia, Canada, May 6-7 2010.

Since 2002, Algoma University has been hosting Future Play, an  
international conference to advance game design and technology. Future  
Play features cutting-edge peer¬-reviewed academic research and  
discussion on creative and experimental game design and development.  
Future Play brings together researchers, developers, and government  
partners for formal and informal engagement and examination of  
emergent features of computer game development for entertainment, for  
learning/teaching, for serious purposes and to impact society. Future  
Play also provides an important forum for future game development  
talent to gain perspective on the knowledge, skills and attitude  
required to succeed in the game development world. Beginning with  
Future Play 2007 Algoma University has teamed up with the Ontario  
University Institute of Technology to give Future Play attendees the  
chance to interact with some of the most talented people in the games  
world today.

GDC® Canada is a forum for Canadian developers to share best practices  
for fostering ingenuity and quality games within their region and  
distributed globally. This event emphasizes studying the challenges  
and opportunities of creating games with long production cycles, large  
development teams, and multi-platform releases.

Scope of the Conference
Future Play addresses issues in Game Design, Art, and Technology by  
enabling thought ¬provoking presentations from leaders in academia and  
industry, peer ¬reviewed research presentations, workshops (including  
design, technology, and career workshops), and exhibitions of posters,  
games, and the latest game technologies and systems available from  
industry ¬leading vendors.

Topics of interest to Future Play include, but are not restricted to,  
the following:

Design and Human Factors:
  Social and ethical issues for games
  Interdisciplinary issues
  Gender issues
  Narrative Design

Innovations in Technology:
  Software engineering for games
  Artificial intelligence for games
  Innovative rendering algorithms
  Game engine design
  Networking and multiplayer support

Innovations in Art and Production:
  Animation and motion capture
  Modeling & Rigging Methodologies
  Sound and music Design/Production

Education and Serious Games:
  Games for Education
  Games for Health
  Game-based Learning
  Game-based Curriculum
  Bridging the academia-¬industry gap

Paper submissions must present original, unpublished research. Papers  
under review elsewhere must not be submitted to Future Play. The  
following categories of papers will be accepted:

Full papers (8 pages):
Should present original reports of substantive new work - eight page  
maximum. Accepted full papers will be presented in the form of a 20  
minute presentation at the conference. Individual presentations will  
be grouped by topic into sessions by conference organizers.

Short papers (4 pages):
Should present interesting recent results or novel thought-provoking  
ideas that are not quite ready for a regular full-length paper. Four  
page maximum.  Accepted short papers will be presented in the form of  
either a poster or 20 minute presentation at the conference.

Extended Abstracts (2 pages):
Late-¬breaking advances and work ¬in ¬progress reports from ongoing  
research are encouraged to be submitted as extended abstracts - two  
pages maximum.  These will be presented in the form of a poster  
presentation throughout the conference.
Papers must adhere to ACM formatting -- Portable Document Format (PDF)  
formatted in two-column conference style. LaTeX and Microsoft Word  
templates will be made available from the Future Play website (http://futureplay.org 
  ). Further details regarding ACM formatting are available via the  
following ACM URL: http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates

All submissions will be peer reviewed and evaluated based on  
originality, technical and/or research content/depth, correctness,  
relevance to the conference, contributions, and readability. All  
accepted papers (full, short, and poster) will be included in the  
distributed conference proceedings and the online ACM digital library.

Since 2007 proceedings of the Future Play conference have been  
included in the Association for Computing Machines (ACM) digital  
library. The Program Committee is currently working with ACM to ensure  
"in-cooperation" status for Future Play 2010 and we are confident this  
will be granted this year again. Pending ACM approval, accepted  
submissions will be included in the ACM Digital Library.

Please submit your paper via the EasyChair conference system available  
via the following URL:
https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=futureplaygdccanada2010

Conference Chairs
   Bill Kapralos, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
   Andrew Hogue, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
   Simon Xu, Algoma University
   Jay Rajnovich, Algoma University (Chair Emeritus)

Important Dates (TENTATIVE)

Submission deadline:		March 5, 2010
Notification:			April 9, 2010
Final paper submission:		April 23, 2010

For Further Information
For further Information, updates, and to register please consult the  
official Future Play 2010 website athttp://www.futureplay. General  
inquiries about Future Play 2010 can be directed to futureplay at algomau.ca 
.

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Final Call for Submissions to ICEC 2010
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ICEC 2010: 9th International Conference on Entertainment Computing
“ Creative and Innovative Entertainment Theory, Science, Art and  
Contents in 21C”
Supported by IFIP=ACM+ACS+BCS+CIE+GI+IEEE+IPSJ+KIISE+SEE+many other  
organizations
September 8-11, 2010  *  Venue: COEX Seoul Korea  *  Website: www.icec2010.or.kr
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Important Dates:
March 15, 2010  Deadline for Full and Short Paper Submissions
April 15, 2010  Notification of Acceptance for Full and Short Paper  
Submissions
April 30, 2010  Deadline for Poster and Demo Submissions
May   15, 2010  Notification of Acceptance for Poster and Demo  
Submissions
June  10, 2010  Camera Ready Copy
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Papers should be submitted through the EasyChair system:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icec2010
(either in PostScript format or in PDF format)
Please use the LNCS format for formatting your paper:
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-72376-0

All paper submissions must include the author's name(s), affiliation,  
complete
mailing address, phone number, fax number and email address.

A special issue with the “top ten” long papers will be published in the
international journal of Entertainment Computing (Elsevier):
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/717010/description#description

All other accepted submissions will be published in the Proceedings  
(LNCS, Springer):
See e.g. http://www.springer.com/computer/hci/book/978-3-642-04051-1
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ICEC2010 will cover not only technical but also artistic, empirical  
and theoretical issues
regarding entertainment practices; we invite submissions of
- Full Papers:    not exceeding 12 pages
- Short Papers:   not exceeding  6 pages
- Posters, Demos: not exceeding  3 pages
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Topics include (but are not limited to):
    Artificial Intelligence for Games//
    CG & Visual Effects//
    Computer, Video, Console and Internet Games//
    Creative Entertainment Theory and Design//
    Digital Broadcasting and Digital Cinema//
    Digital Entertainment and Sports//
    Edutainment//
    Entertainment Robots//
    Entertainment Technology, Applications, Interfaces and  
Architecture//
    Human Factors of Entertainment Technology//
    Human-Robot Interaction & Performance//
    Impact of Entertainment Technology on Users and Society//
    Integration of Interaction and Multimedia in Entertainment Systems//
    Interactive Graphic Design; Interactive Sound Design//
    Interactive Television and Broadcasting//
    Methodologies, Paradigms, Tools for Entertainment Applications//
    Narratives / Digital Storytelling//
    New Genres of Entertainment Technology//
    Simulation/Gaming Methodologies//
    Smart Gadgets and Toys//
    Social Impact, Social Networking, Sound and Music//
    TransMedia, Art and Entertainment//
    Ubiquitous/Pervasive Entertainment//
    VR/AR/MR Entertainment Contents//
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Feel free to broadcast this information and to encourage people
to submit papers to ICEC 2010.

Best Regards.
Organizing Committee
Matthias Rauterberg (TUE), Fumio Kishino (OU), Young Jik Lee (ETRI)

General Chairs
Hyun Seung YANG (KAIST), Ryohei Nakatsu (NUS), Don Marinelli (CMU)

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IEEE Virtual Reality 2010
March 20 - 26, 2010
The Westin Waltham
Waltham, Massachusetts, USA

You will find the brightest minds, the most innovative research, the  
leading companies, and the most stimulating discussions in the fields  
of virtual environments, augmented reality, 3D user interfaces, and  
haptics, all gathered March 20-26, 2010 in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA  
(just west of Boston). We invite you to join us for a fascinating week  
of presentations, exhibits, workshops, and special events.

The greater Boston area is home to over 50 video-game companies. At  
this year's conference, we will promote the cross-fertilization of  
gaming and VR through several efforts.

IEEE Virtual Reality 2010 Keynote Speaker announced:
Keynote Title:  Breaking Down the Walls: The Future of Second Life
Speaker Info:  Howard Look, Senior Vice President of Customer  
Applications, Linden Lab
http://conferences.computer.org/vr/2010/program/keynote.html

NVIDIA to Sponsor Best Paper and Best Student Paper Awards! Prizes for  
each include a Quadro FX 5800 card or Tegra development kit.

The Advance Program has now been posted:
http://conferences.computer.org/vr/2010/program/week.html

Also, we are pleased to co-locate with the IEEE Symposium on 3D User  
Interfaces (March 20-21) and the Haptics Symposium (March 25-26).

For complete conference information, please visit:

http://conferences.computer.org/vr/2010/
http://conferences.computer.org/3dui/3dui2010/
http://www.hapticssymposium.org/next_conference.htm

To register for the conference, you may click on the link below:
http://conferences.computer.org/vr/2010/misc/registration.html

If you are interested in exhibiting or sponsorship of the conference,  
please view the Supporter Prospectus:
http://conferences.computer.org/vr/2010/misc/IEEE_VR_2010_ExhibitsSupporterProspectus.pdf

VR 2010 is sponsored by the Visualization and Graphics Technical  
Committee of the IEEE Computer Society.
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Susan Gold
In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom!
- J. G. Ballard







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