The organising committee invites you to submit original, high-quality full papers, long or short, addressing the special theme and the topics, for presentation at the conference and inclusion in the conference proceedings.

We are interested in contributions in the topic areas of social media, ambient/ubiquitous media, games, media management and open source such as:

Call for Papers document in .pdf

Themes

• Social Media
• Ambient and Ubiquitous Media - between Technology, Services, and Users
• Digital Games 
• Open Source
• Media Business and Media Management

Conference Publications

The scientific part of the conference is organized in cooperation with ACM SIGMM, and ACM SIGCHI. Conference proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library, which includes short and long papers, workshop proposals, demonstration proposals, and tutorial proposals. Extended abstracts will be published in the adjunct conference proceedings; however, they will not be published within the ACM Digital Library. Selected high quality papers will be published in international journals, as book chapters, edited books, or via open access journals. There will also be a reward for the overall best paper from the academic conference. Several papers should follow the style guidelines of the conference.

Short and Long Paper Proposals

All submissions will be peer-reviewed double blinded, therefore please remove any information that could give an indication of the authorship. Short papers should be between 2-4 pages long and the paper presentation will be 15 minutes plus 5 minutes discussion within a session; long papers should be 6-8 pages and will be presented in 20 minutes slots, plus 5 minutes discussion.

Workshop Proposals

Feel free to suggest workshops which are co-organized with MindTrek 2011. Workshop proposals should include the organizing committee, a 2 page description of the theme of the workshop, a short CV of organizers, duration, the proceedings publisher, and the schedule. Workshop organizers also have the possibility to add publications to the main conference proceedings.

Demonstrations and Tools Proposals

Demonstration and tool proposal shall be 2-3 pages and include: a) a description and motivation of the problem addressed by the tool; b) general architecture of the tool; c) description of the main features; d) a brief comparison with other existing related tools; e) screens to illustrate the interface of the tool (if applicable); f) the type of license, and g) the address (URL) on the Internet where it will be available for use or to copy (download), if applicable. It is strongly recommended that the authors make the tool (or a suitable version or movie) on the Internet during the evaluation of articles.

Tutorial Proposals

Tutorial proposals should include a 2-page description of the tutorial, intended audience, a short CV, timetable, required equipment, references, and a track record of previous tutorials. The target length of tutorials is 2-4 hours.

Posters

All submissions will be peer-reviewed double blinded, therefore please remove any information that could give an indication of the authorship. Posters should be between 2-3 pages long and a poster should be presented during the conference.

Extended Abstracts

This year you also have the possibility to submit an extended abstract to the conference for several conference themes. Extended abstracts are limited to the conference themes of ambient media, social media, digital games, open source, and media business. Extended abstracts should be between 1-2 pages long and contain 500-800 words. They should describe the research problem, background, research questions, and the contribution to the conference. Extended abstracts will not be published within the ACM digital library.