8th International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development

2023: SMART LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS AS ENGINES OF THE GREEN AND DIGITAL TRANSITION

June 19-20, 2023
Tallin, Estonia (hybrid)

slerd.uniroma2.it

Contacts:
janika.leoste@tlu.ee (conference chair)
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Deadline for paper submission: March 5, 2023
call for papers
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SLERD 2023 will host also a Demo Student Contest -> see call for demo
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SLERD 2023 is organized by Tallinn University in collaboration with ASLERD.

Please Note: SLERD 2023 will be held in precence but a possibility to attend it virtually is provided (hybrid format).

Short Intro

The energy crises and war have underscored the need to change our living style, consumption habits, learning methods and tools. The transition towards future education is according to the Unesco thematic action track 4 encompassing digital transformation which  harnesses technology as part of larger systemic efforts. Making technology more inclusive, equitable, effective, relevant, and sustainable.

What should we expect for future learning ecosystems? How “smart learning ecosystems” are changing? How such changes may be related to the achievement of “a better learning for a better world” as a contribution to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ? How will they contribute to the reduction of inequalities and, at the same time, to the empowering of each individual according to his expectations and talents?

However , such transformation has to take the environment into account. The sustainable development goals (SDG) do not concern only the industry and economic transition but also learning institutions. It is called twin transition. The twin transition means digital technologies playing a key role in achieving climate neutrality. These transformations have an effect on learning and needed skills; to adapt to a rapidly transforming technological reality and labour market, as well as green skills and climate awareness. The topics need an in-depth discourse on their environmental friendliness and the methods we, as teachers, facilitators and learners, use, adapt and design (see, e.g., Unesco Leading SDG 4 goals). As societies change, these also affect learning approaches, models and methodologiesbest suited for appreciated values such as equity, inclusion, quality and relevance to mention a few values frequently described concerning education. These values mean to mobilise action, ambition, solidarity and solutions to sow the seeds to transform education in a rapidly changing world. The Unesco paper “The futures of education for participation in 2050” paves the way to deal with the change and ambiguity of the current and future times.

The complex questions of when, how and why to use digital technologies in and for learning can be approached through multiple perspectives and angles: values; informal, formal, and non-formal learning settings; infrastructural and systemic as well as technological views. The general topics of the conference reflect the above-mentioned different perspectives aiming to provide in-depth discourse among academics, students and practitioners. SLERD 2023 is proud to invite colleagues – researchers and practitioners – from all over the world to share the efforts concerning the development of smart learning ecosystems that drive towards green and digital transformation where learning ecosystems, approaches, methods and tools promote smart learning but are also environmentally friendly activating citizens, and in the promoting social innovation and equally accessible quality education.

Topics of interests

SLERD 2023 is proud to invite colleagues – researchers and practitioners – from all over the world to share the efforts concerning the development of smart learning ecosystems and, contributions on how to build together a brilliant post pandemic future, where smart learning ecosystems and smart education will be even more central in the education of future citizens, and in the promotion of social innovation and territorial development.

can be grouped under three big themes:

places for smart education

• future of institutional learning
• interplay between formal and informal learning
• new educational models and settings
• continuity-discontinuity of time, technology, place/space, processes in learning
• role of, and case studies of, games and gamification in smart education
• dual education and other alternate scheme approaches
• monitoring and benchmarking of smartness (individual, institution, city, region)

people in place centered design for smart education

• general frameworks and methodological advances
• design, data and other relevant literacies
• smart citizen’s literacies, skill and competences
• communities and co-design in smart learning
• sharing & participatory practices
• open access to any resource and disparity
• cultural influences

supportive learning technologies for smart education

• AI for smart learning ecosystems: ethical aspects, tools and H-AI interaction
• semantic web technologies and applications
• text/opinion mining and sentiment analysis
• real/virtual communities and social network analysis
• interoperability and application of open/smart data and services
• safety & security in education
• IoT, ubiquitous and wearable technologies
• adaptability to educational contexts and citizens
• role of VR in education

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Important dates:
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• Deadline for papers submission: March 5, 2023
• Notification to the authors: April 16, 2023
• Camera ready paper: April 30, 2023
• Conference: June 19-20, 2023

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Submissions:
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SLERD welcomes contributions composed by min. 4500 words. The max. length of the contributions should not overcome 16 pages.

Papers should be written according to:
https://www.springer.com/us/authors-editors/conference-proceedings/conference-proceedings-guidelines

Proceedings will be published by Springer in the Series Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies that will be indexed by SCOPUS, EI-Compendex and Springerlink.

Extended version of selected papers will be also included in a special issue of IxD&A Journal (ISSN 1826-9745, e-ISSN 2283-2998) indexed by SCOPUS and Emerging Sources of Web of Science.

Link to the paper submission page on easy chair:

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Information about SLERD 2023 will continuously updated on the ASLERD
Linkedin page -> link
Facebook page -> link
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Join ALSLERD and share our vision on the future of Smart Learning Ecosystems: Timisoara declaration

Call for papers
InfoDesign – special issue

https://infodesign.org.br/infodesign/announcement

Information design and technology

Publication schedule
Deadline for submission: 28th February 2023
Expected date of publication: December 2023

For some time there has been a growing interest in investigating the use of
technology in various activities and areas of information design, both in
physical and digital environments. As technology becomes more
interconnected and indispensable in our everyday lives, this has become an
important and urgent area of research. With this special issue, we aim to
bring together contributions that focus primarily on the relationship
between information design and technology, and report on emerging issues
within this topic.

Related topics include, but are not limited to:
Information Design in the Digital Age
-Digital education and information design
-Emerging technologies in information design
-Information design in virtual and augmented reality and artificial
intelligence
-Histories of technology applied to information design
-New trends and themes in information design and technology
-Information and mobility design
-The use of technology for inclusive information design
-Digital data visualisation and data decisions
-Information in animation and digital game design
-Information design and user experience
-Digital information design for healthcare

Submission instructions
Authors are invited to submit full papers following InfoDesign guidelines, available HERE. For this special issue, we will accept manuscripts written in English only. Relevant reviews and interviews related to the topic of this special issue are also welcome.

All manuscripts must be submitted via InfoDesign submission system.

Guest editors
Letícia Pedruzzi Fonseca (UFES) and Virginia Tiradentes Souto (UnB)

The editors of this special issue will be happy to discuss manuscript
proposals prior to submission. They can be contacted via email <
leticia.fonseca@ufes.br> <v.tiradentes@gmail.com>

*Visible Language Special Issue*
Call for Papers

Submissions open: *1 June 2022*
Submissions due for desk-review: *1st January 2023*
Completed manuscript drafts due for peer-review: *15* *January 2023*
Final manuscript due for publication: *15* *February 2023*

Communication Futures

Technologies and more recently, digital technologies, shape the ways in which we communicate. However, with the onset of COVID-19, key sectors like education and healthcare were required to re-evaluate how traditional services and communication models were delivered and to find different ways to remain connected. In many ways this has opened a door to a range of possibilities for communication models, and what has become apparent is just how important reliable and robust communication systems are for the wellbeing of people and societies.

For this special edition, we explore how we might shape future communication in form and structure by considering the opportunities afforded to us by digital and technological networks. Evolving environments and technologies are reshaping sectors like medicine and healthcare,
transport, and education and revealing the importance of connection to the network, but more importantly to each other. It is digital networks that provide us with the means to connect widely and more deeply, and which can keep us safer and improve our wellbeing. However, heavy reliance on digital technologies comes with risk and may introduce new or expand the existing
barriers they seek to dismantle. In this light, critical discussion is necessary about how Communication Futures that are technologically enabled can, and should, be shaped. What seems relatively clear is that approaches to the design of Communication Futures that are people focused and participatory are an opportunity to provide more inclusive and equitable access to communication methods and materials. They are also a means to intentionally connect people and groups that may be marginalised or that experience marginalisation as a result of exclusionary communication systems, practices, and networks.

We invite manuscripts that explore Communication Futures by discussing where they could go, challenging the directions they are going, and/or unpacking the evidence we have, or do not have, to inform responses.
Submissions may evaluate existing methods and systems for communication, report new experimental data, or evaluate the application for use of emerging technologies and communication platforms. They might explore the translation of big data or how information is shared, how people use visual communication within physical and networked environments, the role of visual communication in machine learning and artificial intelligence, or the value of simulations and virtual / augmented realities in communication systems.

We encourage submissions of long papers of up to 6,000 words and short papers not of more than 3,000 words. Long papers will be Research Reports that document new experimental data or evidence, or they will be Informed Hypotheses that present novel, meaningful, useful, and applicable theories for communication by building on existing evidence and/or existing theoretical knowledge – including knowledge from fields outside design. Short papers in the form of Theoretical Hypothesis may be more speculative and present a critical argument for Communication Futures that specify particular gaps in knowledge and point to needed research. Topics may include, but are not limited to, explorations of verbal and/or nonverbal communication systems, changing reading activities and environments, or the wider application of communication systems and technologies in sectors such as education, healthcare, or transport.

It is impossible to escape discussions of the impact of COVID-19; however, we would like to note that this Special Edition does not aim to focus on communication outcomes resulting from adaptation to the COVID-19 world specifically. It does not exclude them, but we think this context has forced a way of seeing that presents an opportunity to rethink and implement new communication experiences. It is these futures we aim to explore here.

Both long and short submissions should present research rigour, detailed methods for data collection and analysis, and evidenced outcomes. *Visible Language* guidelines can be found at
https://journals.uc.edu/index.php/vl/types-of-articles

Please submit full papers via the *Visible Language* submission portal:
https://journals.uc.edu/index.php/vl/about/submissions
When submitting an article, please use the Section dropdown menu to indicate ‘Special Issue Article: Communication Futures (April 2023)’.

Please forward any questions regarding submissions to: Matthew Wizinsky, Associate Editor, *Visible Language* wizinsmt@ucmail.uc.edu & Myra Thiessen myra.thiessen@monash.edu

Media Architecture Biennale 2023

Event Dates and Locations

Calls will open in November 2022, and close in January 2023.
June 14-15, 2023 (Online)
July 21-23, 2023 (In-Person in Toronto, Canada)

The Media Architecture Biennale 2023 (MAB23), the world’s premiere event on the design and role of media in the built environment, will bring together over 400 students, academics, and professionals from architecture, art, design, urban planning, media and communication, urban informatics, and public policy to share new ideas and shape the evolving field of media architecture.

The week-long event, split into a 2-day online and 3-day in-person program, will feature keynotes, academic papers and industry roundtable sessions, symposia, workshops, exhibitions, an awards ceremony, and a gala dinner. It also includes a number of related activities with partner organizations in the year before the event including talks, roundtable discussions, and exhibitions that help to introduce the themes of the event and build connections.

“MAB23 will help to facilitate the sharing of ideas, research, and best practices in Media Architecture across multi-industry, multidisciplinary groups of stakeholders,” said Dave Colangelo, General Chair, of MAB23, and Assistant Professor of Digital Creation and Communication at Toronto Metropolitan University. “With our four key themes: Equity and Access, (Dis)Engagement, Civic/Creative/Commercial, and Intermedial Media Architecture, we hope to inspire students, artists, designers, and business and civic leaders in their uses of Media Architecture in smart city-building and placemaking/placekeeping initiatives.”

MAB23 seeks contributions from industry, academia, and government in the form of Papers, Workshops and Explorations & Prototypes. We also seek projects for consideration for our MAB Awards and MAB Student Awards. Details about each can be found on our website. Calls will open in November 2022, and close in January 2023.

About Media Architecture Biennale
The Media Architecture Biennale (MAB) is the world’s premier event on media architecture, urban interaction design, and urban informatics. It brings together architects, artists and designers, leading thinkers on urban design, key industry and government representatives, and community activists. Together, they explore the design and role of media in the built environment and its implications for urban communities and ecosystems.

Previous MABs have been held in Amsterdam/Utrecht (2020), Beijing (2018), Sydney (2016),
Aarhus (2014, 2012), Vienna (2010), Berlin (2008), and London (2007). MAB23 Toronto will be
the first time the event will be held on Turtle Island (North America).

For more information, please visit:
Website: mab23.org
Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter

10th European Conference on Social Media (ECSM 2023)

Deadline: 26/10/2022

Following a successful 2022 conference, we are now planning for the 10th European Conference on Social Media (ECSM 2023) to be hosted by the Pedagogical University of Krakow, Poland on the 18 – 19 May 2023 and are pleased to include you as a member of the committee. We are beginning to promote the event now and have recently sent out the first call for papers. See below:

This call is open until the 26th October 2022.

Next year at ECSM we are looking to expand the focus of the conference to encompass a greater range of digital media subjects. We will be welcoming research in areas such as web design, graphic design, video production. ECSM has established itself as a home for researchers and practitioners with a wide range of approaches to engaging with the impact, use and potential of social media across disciplines. The conference committee welcomes contributions on a wide array of topics using a range of scholarly approaches including theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative, quantitative and critical methods. ECSM 2023 will offer you the ideal opportunity to experience Krakow, network with academics and practitioners, exchange ideas and develop new insights.

For more information and to submit a paper, please go to: http://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/ecsm/ecsm-call-for-papers/

We invite contributions for academic research, case studies and work-in-progress/posters are also welcomed approaches. PhD Research, proposals for roundtable discussions, non-academic contributions and product demonstrations based on the main themes are also invited. A prize will be awarded to the best PhD paper and the best Poster.

Papers accepted for the conference will be published in the conference proceedings, subject to author registration<http://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/ecsm/ecsm-registration/> and payment. The proceedings are submitted for indexing to a number of by Thompson ISI WOS. Papers that have been presented at the conference will also be considered for further development and publication in:

• Online Information Review<http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/oir>
• International Journal of Social Media and Interactive Learning Environments<http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijsmile>
• International Journal of Web-Based Communities<http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijwbc>
• Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society<http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journal/jices>

Call for papers and workshops for ICEM22 – International Council for Education Media

October 12-14, 2022 

LOCAL ORGANIZER: Politécnico de Santarém 

Deadline submission: 31^st July 

More info: https://icem2022.ipsantarem.pt/ 

The annual Conference of the International Council for Educational Media (ICEM) is a meeting place for researchers and practitioners with a common ground in educational media, educational technology and technology enhanced learning. ICEM is one of the oldest associations in the field, being established by European ministries of education and UNESCO in 1950.

Thematic Areas (but not limited to):

• Educational Media and Media and Information Literacy
• Innovative and Inclusive Educational Approaches and Environments
• Learning Ecosystems and Learning Design
• Online and Mobile Learning and Ubiquitous Technologies for Learning
• Learning and Skills for the Digital Era
• Open Science and Open Educational Resources
• 3D Fabrication for Learning
• Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence in Education and Training
• Virtual Worlds, Gamification and Serious Games in the Classroom
• Learning and Collaborative Technologies
• STEAM Learning
• Smart Education and Smart Cities
• Technology Enhanced Learning

  For the accepted abstracts, interested parties are invited to submit full papers until 11 september 2022.

  All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Submissions will be handled through EasyChair and will go through double blind peer review process by Scientific Committee.

  Accepted papers will be published in Communication, Computers, and Information Technologies book series by Springer – to be confirmed.

  ICEM 2022 Conference accepted extended abstracts will be published in a Book with ISBN.

DEADLINE EXTENSION -> April 30, 2022 (new hard deadline)
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Special issue on
Gamification of the Learning Process

to be published at the
Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A)
(ISSN 1826-9745, eISSN 2283-2998)
(https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-000)
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*** Since 2015 also in Emerging Sources Citation Index and Web of Science ***
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IxD&A implements the Gold Open Access (OA) road to its contents
with no charge to the authors (submission & paper processing)

Help us in improving the quality of the editorial process and of the journal and keep the open access, please donate:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5EUX7CQ3GKSSG
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CFP: http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102&link=call52
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Guest Editors:
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• Davide Carneiro, ESTG, Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
• María-Pilar Cáceres-Reche, University of Granada, Spain
• Mariana Reimão Carvalho, ESTG, Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
• Rui Silva, CETRAD, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)
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• Deadline: April 30, 2022 (extended deadline)
• Notification to the authors: June 15, 2022
• Camera ready paper: June 30, 2022
• Publication of the special issue: July/August, 2022

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Topics of Interest
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The indicative list of topics of interest for this special issue devoted to Gamification of the Learning Process’ includes, but is not limited to:

• Gamification in the classroom
• Gamification in distance learning
• Use of digital/physical games in the grading process
• Innovative game elements
• Serious games
• Gamification in STEAM
• Collaborative tools in education
• Storytelling in teaching/learning
• Gamification and student motivation
• Psychology and Human factors
• Gamification design principles
• Gamification frameworks
• Practical use cases of gamification in education
• Legal aspects of using gamification in education

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Submission guidelines and procedure
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All submissions (abstracts and later final manuscripts) must be original and may not be under review by another publication.
The manuscripts should be submitted either in .doc or in .rtf format.
All papers will be blindly peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers.
Authors are invited to submit 8-20 pages paper (including authors’ information, abstract, all tables, figures, references, etc.).
The paper should be written according to the IxD&A authors’ guidelines
->http://ixdea.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=101&a=7

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Authors’ guidelines
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Link to the paper submission page:
https://www-2020.ixdea.uniroma2.it/ojs/ixdea/login
(Please upload all submissions using the Submission page. When submitting the paper, please, choose the section:
“SI: Gamification of the Learning Process“)

More information on the submission procedure and on the characteristics
of the paper format can be found on the website of the IxD&A Journal
where information on the copyright policy and responsibility of authors,
publication ethics and malpractice are published.

For scientific advice and queries, please contact any of the guest-editors below and mark the subject as:
IxD&A SI: Gamification of the Learning Process

• dcarneiro@estg.ipp.pt
• mrc@estg.ipp.pt
• ruisilva@utad.pt
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To keep updated join the IxD&A groups @:
IxD&A Linkedin -> link
IxD&A Facebook -> link
Enjoy the videos of the “Meeting the Authors” events @:
IxD&A Youtube channel -> link
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Forthcoming issues:
(https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-000)

• Summer/Autumn 2022
‘Online Social Environments for Active Ageing’
Guest Editors: Ana Isabel Veloso, Carlos Santos, Sonia Ferreira, Liliana Costa

• Winter 2022
‘Smart Learning Ecosystems – 2022’
Guest editors: Mihai Dascalu, Patrizia Mati, Francesca Pozzi

18th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies

Submission Deadline: May 19, 2022

https://webist.scitevents.org

October 25 – 27, 2022

Valletta, Malta

The purpose of the International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies (WEBIST) is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the technological advances and business applications of web-based information systems. The conference has four main tracks, covering different aspects of Web Information Systems, namely Internet Technology, Web Intelligence and Semantic Web, Social Network Analytics, HCI in Mobile Systems and Web Interfaces.

WEBIST focuses on real world applications; therefore authors should highlight the benefits of Web Information Systems and Technologies for industry and services, in addition to academic applications. Ideas on how to solve business problems using web-based information systems and technologies, will be discussed at the conference.

WEBIST is organized in 4 major tracks:
1 – INTERNET TECHNOLOGY
2 – WEB INTELLIGENCE and SEMANTIC WEB
3 – SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYTICS
4 – HCI in MOBILE SYSTEMS and WEB INTERFACES

Conference Chair(s)
Joaquim Filipe, Polytechnic Institute of Setubal / INSTICC, Portugal

Program Chair(s)
Stefan Decker, RWTH Aachen, Germany
Francisco Domínguez Mayo, University of Seville, Spain
Massimo Marchiori, University of Padua, Italy

In Cooperation with
ACM Special Interest Group on Management Information Systems

Proceedings will be submitted for indexation by:
SCOPUS
Google Scholar
The DBLP Computer Science Bibliography
Semantic Scholar
Engineering Index
Web of Science / Conference Proceedings Citation Index

A short list of presented papers will be selected so that revised and extended versions of these papers will be published by Springer in a LNBIP Series book.

Also, another set of papers will be selected and published in a special issue of the Springer Nature Computer Science Journal.

All papers presented at the conference venue will also be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library.

More information available HERE

DIGICOM 2022 – 6th International Conference on Design and Digital Communication
› 3-5 November 2022, Teatro Gil Vicente and On-line, Barcelos, Portugal
› Call for papers: until May 31, 2022
› Proceedings book published by Springer Series in Design and Innovation (indexed on Springerlink and Google Scholar, and will also be submitted for Conference Proceedings Citation Index – Web of Science)

The DIGICOM organizing committee invites original contributions in the form of a full paper. This invitation is open to all researchers, academics, designers and students whose work falls within the field of Design and Digital Communication, namely:

A) Practical applied projects: projects developed in a research, academic or commercial context, of a practical nature and with a potential social, cultural or economic relevance.
B) Case Studies: description and analysis of projects or research problems in the most different contexts.
C) Literature review: presentation of the state of the art from a certain research problem.
D) Research work: doctoral or master’s research; and new approaches and research frameworks.

Submissions will be accepted in the following topics:

WEB AND MULTIMEDIA DESIGN
· Web Design
· Interface Design
· UI Design
· UX Design
· Usability
· Mobile apps
· Editorial Design on digital media
· Digital Typography
· Digital Media
· Multimedia Technologies
· Social Media Platforms
· Product Design

GRAPHIC DESIGN AND BRANDING
· Design of Visual Identity
· Branding
· Communication and Strategy
· Communication Design
· Digital Marketing
· Advertisement
· Social Media
· Market and Business

AUDIOVISUAL COMMUNICATION
· Video
· Motion Graphics
· Digital and Interactive Television
· Infographics
· Audiovisual Graphics
· Sound Design and Communication
· Media Arts

SOCIETY AND COMMUNICATION
· Theory and History of Design and Media
· Information Society
· Internet and Social Networks
· Health and wellbeing
· Education, Literacy and Citizenship
· Culture, Countercultures and subcultures
· Visual, Aesthetic and Semiotic Analysis

Submitted Papers must:
– have a maximum of 12 pages, including title, abstract, keywords, main paper body and images (bibliographical references are not included in the limit of pages);
– follow the template guidelines;
– be written in English.

After a double blinded peer-review process, the accepted best ranked papers will be published in a Proceedings Book as part of the Springer Series in Design and Innovation, indexed on Springerlink and Google Scholar, and submitted for Conference Proceedings Citation Index (Web of Science).

After the conference, the authors of a selection of the best papers will also be invited to write an original chapter for the book “Perspectives on Design and Digital Communication: Research, innovations and best practices”, to be also published in the Springer Series in Design and Innovation.

For more information:
www.digicom.ipca.pt
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Multimodus’22 – 1st International Conference on Sound and Image in Art & Design is an academic event dedicated to sound and image studies in the context of Art & Design. It aims at bringing together researchers, practitioners, entrepreneurs, and educators to discuss the theory and practice of the audio- visual experience, spanning from purely artistic perspectives to industry-driven endeavours.

The conference takes place at the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre. It is organized by the Department of Arts, Design and Animation, from the School of Technology and Management.

The guiding theme for this year’s edition is “The creative process: reflections on contemporary creativity”: what does it mean to be creative in the age of creativity, how ideas emerge, serendipity vs systematization, creativity-sparking rituals, ideation technologies and everything in between. For a comprehensive list of the conference’s topics, check the submit page.

The conference’s program blends scientific panels, workshops, cultural events, and social gatherings, expecting to appeal to an eclectic audience, beyond the academic walls.

The event’s official languages are English (main), Portuguese and Spanish.

These are still times of uncertainty. Although the event is planned to happen in the physical world, online participation is accepted.

Important dates

2 April 2022 – Abstract submission deadline
22 April 2022 – Abstract acceptance notice
2 May 2022 – Registration deadline / fee payment
8 May 2022 – Official program announcement
7/8 June 2022 – Conference

Abstract submission

Oral presentations at the conference’s sessions are subject to approval by the conference’ scientific committee, based on the abstract’s scientific relevance and adequacy of the content to the conference topics.

Abstracts should be submitted using the EasyChair submission platform
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=multimodus22

Each author can submit up to 3 abstracts.

Authors of the accepted abstracts (who register for the conference) agree to present their work at Multimodus’22 (oral presentation) and publish the abstract in the conference’s Book of Abstracts (w/ ISBN).

Topics

Authors are invited to submit abstracts to one of the following session topics:

1. Sound and image in Art & Design: contemporary aesthetics, theory and practice
2. Creativity in Art & Design: theories, processes and tools
3. Behind the scenes of the creative process: case studies on Art & Design
4. The audio-visual expanded: technologies at the edge of the sound and image experience
5. Teaching and learning creativity in Art & Design: challenges and opportunities
6. Innovation and sustainability in Art & Design: projects and best practices

Abstract guidelines

• Title of the presentation/abstract
• Length: 250 to 500 words
• Identify the topic to which the abstract is being submitted to
• Blind submission (remove any reference to the author/s and filiation/s)
• Editable file format (Word / Pages / Open Office – no LaTeX)
• Image (optional – no more than 1)
• References (no more than 5)
• Languages: English (preferred), Portuguese and Spanish

More information available HERE