----- Original Message ----- From: "Yoshiki Ohshima" <yoshiki [ at ] squeakland [ dot ] org> To: <etoys [ at ] lists [ dot ] laptop [ dot ] org> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 12:05 AM Subject: [Etoys] Call for Papers: C5 2008 > Hello, > > There is an academic conference whose focus matches well with the > OLPC project and especially with Etoys. Please pass this information > along, and of course consider participating in it! > > -- Yoshiki > > ---------------------------- > CALL FOR PAPERS > > The Sixth International Conference on > Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing (C5 2008) > > January 14-16, 2008, Poitiers, France > http://www.cm.is.ritsumei.ac.jp/c5-08/ > > Oraganized by > Kyoto University Global COE (Centers of Excellence) Program: > Informatics Education and Research Center for Knowledge-Circulating Society > European Smalltalk User Group > Espace Mende`s France > Viewpoints Research Institute > Impara > > SCOPE > > Computers, networks, and other forms of technology are now pervasive > in our information-based society. However, most users still function > as passive consumers of technology. 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 researchers, technology developers, > educators, and technology users who are concerned about developing > and enabling human-oriented creation, connection, and collaboration > processes. C5 is an international forum for presenting ongoing work > as well as new work currently under development and for discussing > future needs and directions in creative computing and multimedia > authoring environments. We welcome equally the submission of > technical papers and practitioner/experience reports for paper > presentations. In addition, we are adding a workshop track for the > third day of the conference and are soliciting proposals for > interactive workshops. > > For the first time hosted in Europe, this conference builds on the > successes and high standards held by previous C5 conferences : > 2003-2005, 2007 in Kyoto (Japan), 2006 in Berkeley (USA). > > TOPICS OF INTEREST > > Topics of interest include but not limited to > > - Development and applications of collaboration tools and environments > - User collaboration using 3D, multimedia, and animation objects > - Technologies for creating educational environments > - Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) and > Technology-Enabled Learning (TEL) > - Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), distributed work, and > virtual teaming > - Hybrid technology activities, such as scientific experiments, > instrumentation, robots, and game playing > - Development of applications/content for non traditional learning > environments, e.g. mentoring, peer-to-peer, "teacherless" > environments (in developing countries), low cost and sustainable > technologies, e.g., $100 laptop > - Applications and tools for education from K-12 through higher > education, system design by children, digital library and search > environment for children > > PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES > > C5 2008 invites submissions of long papers in the following > categories: > > - Theoretical papers > - Case studies, experiments reports > - 'Bringing theory into practice or practice into theory' papers > focus on building a bridge between practices and theories in the > field of C5. > > Full papers must report original work that has not been previously > published. Papers must present reports of significant work in > research, development and applications with regards to one or more of > the conference topics of interest. All submissions will be reviewed > by a distinguished international program committee. > > A full paper with 8 page limit formatted in two columns and 10 point > font should be submitted by the paper submission deadline. The papers > are reviewed by the program comittee and authors will be notified > about acceptance. Accepted authors have to submit a camera ready > version of the full paper with 8 page limit by the camera-ready copy > deadline. > > Papers should follow the formatting instructions provided by 8.5" x > 11", Two-Column Format of "IEEE Computer Society Press - Proceedings > Author Guidelines" (please refer to INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS in > Conference Publishing Service). Submitted papers and camera-ready > papers should be sent electronically through our online submission > site (will be available soon). The PDF, Postscript and MS-WORD > formats are acceptable. > > PUBLICATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS > > Preliminary version of the proceedings will be distributed during the > conference. The formal version of the proceedings will be published > by the IEEE Computer Society and sent to authors after the > conference. For each accepted paper, at least one of the authors > needs to attend the conference and give presentation, otherwise the > paper will not be included in the formal proceedings. > > IMPORTANT DATES > Full paper submission: September 30, 2007 > Notification of acceptance: November 15, 2007 > Full paper camera-ready copies: December 15, 2007 > > ORGANIZING COMMITTEE > > Honorary Co-Chairs > Alan Kay, Viewpoints Research Institute, USA > Makoto Nagao, National Diet Library, Japan > > Advisory Chairs > Kim Rose, Viewpoints Research Institute, USA > Katsumi Tanaka, Kyoto University, Japan > > Conference Co-Chairs > Benay Dara-Abrams, DALaboratories, USA > Serge Stinckwich, GREYC, Universite' de Caen/CNRS, France > > Program Co-Chairs > Rieko Kadobayashi, National Institute of Information and > Communications Technology (NICT), Japan > Hajime Kita, Kyoto University, Japan > Rick McGeer, Hewlett-Packard Company, USA > > Local Arrangement Chairs > Thierry Pasquier, Espace Mendes France, France > Jean-Francois Cerisier, University of Poitiers, France > Samuel Besson, Espace Mendes France, France > > Publicity and Publication Chair > Hideyuki Takada, Ritsumeikan University, Japan > > Financial Chair > Samuel Besson, Espace Mendes France, France > > _______________________________________________ > Etoys mailing list > Etoys [ at ] lists [ dot ] laptop [ dot ] org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/etoys >