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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>**DEADLINE EXTENDED**</STRONG><BR>Paper
& poter submissions due: February 15, 2009</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>_____________________________________________________________________________<BR><STRONG>"Images
of Virtuality: Conceptualizations and Applications in Everyday
Life"<BR></STRONG>An IFIP WG9.5 "Virtuality and Society" International
Workshop<BR>April 23-24, 2009<BR>Athens,
Greece<BR>_____________________________________________________________________________</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Following on last year's International Working
Conference of IFIP 9.5 Working Group on Virtuality and Society: "Massive Virtual
Communities" at Leuphana University, Luneburg, this workshop will focus on
conceptualizations and applications of virtuality in everyday life, including
socialization, governance, education, entrepreneurship and
entertainment.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The main objective of this workshop is to encourage
the continuation and enrichment of the discussion on virtuality and society, by
focusing more on the technologies, arts, and practices of virtuality as they
emerge in spaces and contexts of everyday life. The workshop constitutes an
opportunity to bring together theoretical conceptualizations and practical
applications of Images of Virtuality manifest in human interaction with
information, social, professional and technological systems, art, culture, and
nature.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR><STRONG>CALL FOR PAPERS</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Issues to explore, include among others the following: Where and how can we
experience Images of Virtuality in our everyday life? Who do such such Images
implicate social interaction, information technologies, architectural artifacts,
artworks, imagination, or combinations of such elements? What is the meaning of
such Images for our everyday life? How does the experience of such Images
transform our everyday practices and shape our own individual of collective
Image?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Current applications of virtuality make use of various technologies such as
WEB2.0 & 3.0, ubiquitous computing with RFID, GIS and GPS, mobile networks,
intelligent agents and context-aware systems, to construct a Cyberspace of
Virtual Worlds and social networks. Trends in virtuality point towards an
integration of such elements at the point where the virtual and non-virtual
unite into a new digital space augmenting everyday life interactions. The goal
of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners interested
in presenting and discussing conceptualizations of virtuality and current
applications of Information Systems that underly virtual spaces of
interaction.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Relevant topics and themes include, but are not limited to:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>* Discussing problems of design, construction, adoption, and use of
<EM>Information Systems</EM> in the context of virtuality<BR>* Exploring new
(e-,or v-) <EM>research methodologies</EM> and <EM>techniques</EM> on inquiring
into social action in the context of virtuality<BR>* Identifying challenging
social, ethical, and political issues of <EM>socialization</EM> in
virtuality<BR>* Discussing the role of <EM>digital representation</EM> in
multi-actor remote collaboration contexts, both professional and social<BR>*
Identifying opportunities and challenges for education, governance, and
entrepreneurship in <EM>Virtual Worlds</EM><BR>* Discussing emerging issues of
<EM>e-policy</EM> and <EM>e-quality of life </EM>specifically implicated by the
Virtual</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>REVIEWING PROCESS AND WORKSHOP TIMEFRAME</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Full and short (in-progress) research papers are solicited for this event.
Both types of contributions will be submitted to a double blind-folded peer
review process. Details on review schedule are provided later in this call.
Instructions to authors can be found here: <A
href="http://www.imagesofvirtuality.org/submit.html">http://www.imagesofvirtuality.org/submit.html</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The workshop will be a full day event and will be open to a maximum of
50-60 participants. It will comprise presentations of full research papers
(15-20 mins) followed by a 10 min discussion coordinated by a discussant
allocated to each paper presentation. A special session will also be available
for <EM>virtual presentations</EM> (via Skype, Second Life etc).</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>On April 23rd, a pre-workshop day is scheduled with two special sessions:
First, a morning session with presentations of in-progress research work in a
looser format compared to typical conference-like paper presentations. Second,
an afternoon doctoral research meeting, offering PhD students the opportunity to
present and discuss their work in an informal, ‘loose’ format (posters, case
studies and demos are strongly encouraged). Both of these two sessions are
subject to an adequate participation. In case of limited offers to contribute to
these pre-workshop events, the two sessions will merge in one half-day
session.</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>PROCEEDINGS</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Both full and in-progress research contributions will be included in a
CD-ROM published with an ISBN. Proceedings will be listed in major citation
databases such as EBSCO, ABSInform, etc. Workshop contributions will also be
considered for publication in a Special Issue of a related International
Journal.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR>IMPORTANT DATES</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>*Paper submissions due: <STRONG>February 15, 2009</STRONG><BR>* otification
to authors: <STRONG>March 8, 2009<BR></STRONG>* inal papers submissions due:
<STRONG>April 5, 2009</STRONG><BR>* Workshop: <STRONG>April 23-24,
2009</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR>PROGRAM COMMITTEE</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>* Chrisanthi Avgerou, Management Information Systems and Innovation, London
School of Economics and Political Science, UK<BR>* Nikolaos Avouris, HCI Group,
University of Patras, GR.<BR>* Kevin Crowston, Information Studies, Syracuse
University, USA.<BR>* Paul C. van Fenema, Netherlands Defense Academy, and
Tilburg University, NL.<BR>* Dimitris Gouscos, New Technologies Laboratory in
Communication, Education and the Mass Media, University of Athens, GR.<BR>*
David Kreps, Business Management, Salford University, UK.<BR>*
Alexandros-Andreas Kyrtsis, Political Science & Public Administration,
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, GR.<BR>* Niki Panteli, School of
Management, University of Bath, UK.<BR>* Dimitris Papalexopoulos, School of
Architecture, National Technical University of Athens, GR.<BR>* Anthony
Papargyris, Management Science & Technology, Athens University of Economics
and Business, GR.<BR>* Angeliki Poulymenakou, Management Science &
Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business, GR.<BR>* Francois de
Vaujany, Institute of Business Administration, Grenoble University, FR.<BR>*
Martin Warnke, Computer Science & Culture, Leuphana University Lueneburg,
D.</DIV>
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<DIV>ORGANIZAERS</DIV>
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<DIV>* Angeliki Poulymenakou (IFIP WG 9.5 founding member, Associate Professor
in Information Systems, and leader of ISTLab/OIS research group, Department of
Management Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business,
<A href="mailto:akp@aueb.gr">akp@aueb.gr</A>)<BR>* Anthony Papargyris (IFIP WG
9.5 founding member, Doctoral researcher in Information Systems, and ISTLab/OIS
research associate, Department of Management Science and Technology, Athens
University of Economics and Business, <A
href="mailto:apaparg@aueb.gr">apaparg@aueb.gr</A>)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR><STRONG>For more information check the workshop's web site: </STRONG><A
href="http://www.imagesofvirtuality.org/"><STRONG>http://www.ImagesOfVirtuality.org</STRONG></A><BR><STRONG>_____________________________________________________________________________<BR></STRONG></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>