[game_edu] Fwd: [IFIP-EC-NEWS] Call for Papers: Future and Reality of Gaming 2010 (Vienna, Austria), Deadline May 15, 2010

[Susan Gold]

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> From: "Klimmt, Dr. Christoph" <klimmt at uni-mainz.de>

> Date: March 15, 2010 5:33:07 AM EDT

> To: "icec at listserver.tue.nl" <icec at listserver.tue.nl>

> Subject: [IFIP-EC-NEWS] Call for Papers: Future and Reality of  

> Gaming 2010 (Vienna, Austria), Deadline May 15, 2010

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> Call for Papers  & Games

> 4th Vienna Games Conference

> Future and Reality of Gaming - F.R.O.G. 2010

>

> Vienna City Hall, Austria, Friday 24 to Sunday 26 September 2010; www.bupp.at/frog

>

> Vienna’s annual Games Conference FROG offers an open and  

> international platform for leading game studies researchers and  

> scholars, game designers, education professionals and gamers from  

> around the world. The main objective of FROG 10 is to explore the  

> relations between gaming, society and culture and to discuss  

> insights into how to think ahead and beyond common limits of theory  

> and practice of game and play. FROG 2010 is jointly organized by the  

> Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth, the City of  

> Vienna, wienXtra, the University of Vienna and the Danube-University  

> Krems.

>

> Conference Theme: "GAME\\PLAY\\SOCIETY"

> Computer games abandoned their reclusion on our screens and invaded  

> our world, society and culture. While in its beginning the digital  

> form of play was restricted to a specific circle of gamers, today we  

> find people of all ages and personal circumstances playing computer  

> games in almost every part of the public. Furthermore we play with  

> our computers, dedicated game systems, mobile phones or handhelds  

> and extravagate the boarders between different territories of our  

> culture. Thereby the relation between play, society and culture is  

> transforming and novel potentials and possibilities but also  

> questions, challenges and problems arise. This year the FROG  

> Conference will focus on questions, challenges and innovation  

> exploring the relation of games, playing, society and culture. The  

> organizers seek proposals covering all aspects of cutting-edge  

> research on digital gaming, gaming culture, game studies, therapy  

> and economy within or across academic disciplines.

>

> We encourage participation from a wide range of disciplines  

> including Education, Psychology, Computer Science, Cultural  

> Anthropology, Fine Arts, Human-Computer Interaction, Media and  

> Communication Studies, Philosophy, Social Science, etc. .... The  

> FROG Conference facilitates the exchange of ideas and current  

> research findings in an engaging and convivial atmosphere.  

> Submissions are welcome on a wide range of topics, such as:

>

> ... Game Studies & Game Design

> ·          Innovative forms of gaming (e.g. Alternative Reality Games)

> ·          Innovations in game design, development and production

> ·          New forms of interactivity and revolutionary game  

> interfaces

>

> ... Learning & Education

> ·          Methodology of exploring learning

> ·          New challenges of media literacy & playing across  

> generations

> ·          Teaching through digital games

>

> ... Consumption & Use & Culture

> ·          Game, gaming and gamer cultures (e.g. eSports, Modding,  

> Clans)

> ·          Community building and (self-)regulation

> ·          Games and social change

> ·          Barrier-free playing and learning / Inclusion and  

> exclusion & Protection of minors & youth policies

>

> ... Economy & Industry

> ·          Economical challenges and trends

> ·          The rise of independent games (e.g. casual games, art  

> games)

> ·          Games as Social Software (e.g. XBox Live, Facebook)

>

> ... Therapy

> ·          Games as therapeutically tools

> ·          Play as an expression of needs, beliefs and values

> ·          Questions of violence, addiction, etc.  ...

>

>

> Abstract Submission:

> All authors are invited to submit an abstract of research (as an  

> anonymized doc.file) work relating to the FROG 2010 subject of  

> "Game, Play, Society" in either English or German. Authors are  

> required to submit their abstracts online at: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=frog2010 

>  no later than 15 May 2010. In the forms of:

>

> PRESENTATIONS:  In assignment to the FROG topics authors are  

> required to submit profound extended abstract outlining the thesis  

> and methodology of the paper abstracts (1000-1200 words) for their  

> talks (30 min.).

>

> FROGA KUCHA: This is the Viennese Version of Pecha Kucha but limited  

> to 10 mini-presentations in a row, in which you show 20 slides, each  

> for 20 seconds. The images forward automatically and you talk  

> along.... and the audience will give immediate Austrian-like  

> feedback: "Muhh or Juhu"! (6'40'' - Abstracts 300-500 words).

>

> FROG GAME: FROG is searching for its own game. Submit a game that  

> can be played by the participants of the FROG 2010. The game can  

> either (a) last for the whole conference or just fill a short  

> session at the FROG Conference Dinner (b). The only limits are: It  

> has to be good; it should not cost more than 1.500(a)/500(b) Euro  

> (for material, equipment, etc.); it should be technically  

> accomplishable and ethical. (Abstracts 1000-1200 words)

>

> All abstracts will be reviewed and judged on originality, quality  

> and relevance to the Conference. All accepted abstracts will be  

> printed in a book of abstracts, which will be distributed during the  

> Conference. Authors of accepted abstracts (for regular  

> presentations) will be invited to prepare a full paper for  

> publication in the printed proceedings of FROG 2010

>

> Important Dates:

> Abstract submission: 15 May 2010

> Notification: 07 June 2010

> Conference: 24-26 September 2010

> Full paper: October 2010

>

> Registration for the Conference & Conference Fee:

> ·          Early bird: 07 June – 27 July 2010

> ·          Registration: 28 July – 24 September 2010

> ·          Conference fee: € 120,- / Early bird: € 100,-

> ·          Conference fee for students & staff members of youth  

> organizations: € 50,- / Early Bird: € 35,-

> ·          The registration fees includes admission to all sessions,  

> a printed copy of the Book of Abstracts, coffee breaks, lunch on 25  

> September, the Conference Dinner and the Gamers' Party.

>

> Conference Programme Co-Chairs:

> Jennifer Berger (University of Vienna); Christoph Klimmt (Johannes  

> Gutenberg University Mainz);

> Konstantin Mitgutsch (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Claus  

> Pias (University of Vienna);

> Martin Pichlmair (Studio Radiolaris; Vienna University of  

> Technology); Maja Pivec (University of Applied Sciences FH  

> Joanneum); Herbert Rosenstingl (Austrian Federal Ministry of  

> Economy, Family and Youth);

> Doris Rusch (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Christian  

> Swertz (University of Vienna);

> Michael Wagner (Danube-University Krems); Jeffrey Wimmer (TU Ilmenau)

>

> For any questions, please contact k_mitgut at mit.edu or visit the  

> Conference website www.bupp.at/frog.

>

> The FROG is held in partnership with the 3rd International Games  

> Conference Cologne "Clash of Realities", 21-23 April 2010, http://www.clashofrealities.de/

>

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> Dr. Christoph Klimmt

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> Assistant Professor

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> Department of Communication

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> Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

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> D-55099 Mainz, Germany

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-- 
Susan Gold
In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom!
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