[Sugar-devel] C5 2012 Call for Papers

[Bert Freudenberg]

Sugar would be right on topic. Very nice conference, I've attended a couple of times. Hope to see you there :)

Please spread widely.

- Bert -


            The 10th International Conference on Creating, 
        Connecting and Collaborating through Computing (C5 2012)

                       18-20 January 2012
                      Playa Vista, CA USA
             http://www.cm.is.ritsumei.ac.jp/c5-12/

	   Hosted by the USC Institute for Creative Technologies
                     http://www.ict.usc.edu	  

					  
Computers, networks, and other forms of technology are pervasive in our 
information-based society. Unfortunately, most users of this technology use 
it for passive consumption of information and entertainment.  To evolve into a
true knowledge society it is critical that we transform computer-based human 
activities to engage users in the active process of creating, connecting, and 
collaborating together.

The C5 conference is for anyone interested in the use of computers as tools to
develop and enable user-oriented creation, connection, and collaboration 
processes.  Researchers, developers, educators and users come together at C5 
to present new and ongoing work and to discuss future directions for creative 
computing and multimedia environments.  We welcome the submission of 
theoretical and technical papers, practitioner/experience reports, and papers
that bridge the gap between theory and practice or that encourage inter- and 
cross-disciplinary study.

                       === Keynote Speakers ===

              "Helping Everyone Create with Computing"
                          Dr. Mark Guzdial
		    Georgia Institute of Technology
		 
          "C2P3: Creating and Controlling Personalisation 
		    and Privacy in Pervasive Digital Ecosystems"
                           Dr. Judy Kay
                        University of Sydney
				
                           === Topics ===
				
C5 invites submissions of full papers in (but not limited to) the following 
areas:

- Technology-enhanced human-computer and human-human interaction
 and collaboration
- Virtual worlds and immersive environments
- Educational environments for classroom, field work and online/distance 
 learning
- New technologies for literature, music and the visual arts
- Technologies for collaborative and self-empowered learning
- Multimedia authoring environments
- Gaming/entertainment platforms, virtual characters, and software
 infrastructure
- Social networks and social networking
- Novel programming paradigms and languages for implementors
- Scripting or visual paradigms and languages for end-users
- Creating and maintaining online communities
- Tools for creating/managing online services/environments
- Distributed and collaborative working
- Social and cultural implications of new technologies

Papers should be submitted electronically in PDF format via EasyChair at:

 https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=c512

Submissions must be written in English (the official language of the
conference) and must not exceed eight (8) pages.  They should use the IEEE
10-point two-column format, templates for which are available at:

 http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/home

                        === Proceedings ===

A preliminary version of the proceedings will be distributed during the
conference.  The formal version of the proceedings will be published by the
Conference Publishing Services (CPS) and sent to authors after the conference.
For each accepted paper, at least one of the authors needs to attend the
conference and deliver the presentation; otherwise the paper will not be
included in the formal proceedings.

                           === Dates ===

             Submission of papers:  October 7, 2011
             Author notification:   November 18, 2011
             Camera-ready copy:     December 16, 2011
             Conference:            January 18-20, 2012


         http://people.ict.usc.edu/~lane/C5/C5-12-CFP.pdf