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Subject: [members] 7th International Conference on Communities and
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Call for Papers
7th International Conference on Communities and Technologies (C&T 2015)
27-30 June 2015, Limerick, Ireland

Important Dates
• 1 Feb 2015 Papers, Workshop and Tutorials Proposals due
• 1 Mar 2015 Notification of acceptance (for Workshop &Tutorial Proposals)
• 1 Apr 2015 Notification of acceptance (for Full Papers)
• 1 May 2015 Camera Ready Papers
• 1 May 2015 Workshop Papers, Work-in-Progress Papers, Doctoral Consortium
Submissions and Student Volunteers Applications due
• 1 June 2015 – Early bird registration ends
• 27-28 Jun 2015 Workshops, Tutorials and Doctoral Consortium
• 29-30 Jun 2015 C&T Conference

In September 2003, the biannual conference series ‘Communities and
Technologies (C&T)’ started with a meeting in Amsterdam attracting some 350
participants.  Almost at the same time, the more policy, advocacy and
practice-oriented Community Informatics (CI) series of conferences began in
Prato, Italy in 2002, along with an online email network and the Journal of
Community Informatics. It is time to cross fertilize these discussions and
to identify convergences, overlaps, divergences and common paths, as well
as challenges for future research, advocacy, policy and practice.
We cordially invite submissions to the Seventh International Conference on
Communities and Technologies (C&T 2015), hosted from 27 to 30 June by the
University of Limerick, Ireland. This biennial meeting serves as a forum
for stimulating and disseminating research on the complex connections
between communities - both physical and virtual - and information and
communication technologies. This seventh edition of the conference will
mark a stronger opening toward Community Informatics work.
The conference will be co-sponsored by the Journal of Community Informatics
(http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej). The goal is to revitalize the
academic discussion with a new format in order to make the academic
discourse more relevant for practice. The organisers hope to widen the base
of relevant case studies, and at the same time, strengthen the reflection
regarding these practice-based cases.

C&T 2015 welcomes participation from researchers, designers, educators,
industry, and students from the many disciplines and perspectives bearing
on the interaction between community and technology, including
architecture, arts, business, design, economics, education, engineering,
ergonomics, information technology, geography, health, humanities, law,
media and communication studies, and social sciences. The conference
program will include competitively selected, peer-reviewed papers, as well
as pre-conference workshops and tutorials, a doctoral consortium, and
invited keynote speakers.
We look forward to welcoming you to an exciting conference in Limerick, a
vibrant university city on the west coast of Ireland!

Gabriela Avram
Conference Chair

Organising Committee
Programme Chairs:  Fiorella de Cindio and Volkmar Pipek
Workshop Chairs: Anne Light and Nemanja Memarovic
Tutorial Chairs:                 Doug Schuler and Sabine Moebs
Doctoral Consortium Chairs:         Susanne Boedker and Volker Wulf
Local Organisation Chair: Norah Power
Student Volunteers Chair:         Laura Maye

Conference Themes
C&T focuses on the notion of communities as social entities comprised of
people who share something in common; this common element may be geography,
needs, interests, practices, organizations, or other bases for social
connection. Communities are considered to be a basic unit of social
experience. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can support
community formation and development by facilitating communication and
coordination among members, as well as enable and empower communities to
deal with challenges and threats.

Topics appropriate for submission to this conference are manifold. Examples
of some of the vibrant areas of communities and technology research
include, but are not limited to:
• Communities, technologies and government (learning/education, health,
cultural heritage, crises and natural disasters)
• Civic Activism, Community Engagement, Participatory Publics
• Communities and innovation
• Crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, collective intelligence
• Maker communities (makerspaces, Fablabs, crafters) and DIY
• Online and offline communities
• Urban and rural communities; urban technologies; urban informatics; urban
interaction design
• Smart communities in the context of smart cities
• Sustainable communities
• Communities, social media and social capital
• Community-centred Design, Infrastructuring and Evaluation Methodologies
• Ethnographic and case studies of communities
• Communities, ICTs and Economic and Social Development.

Submission categories, Formats

We are calling for submission of full (research) papers, work-in-progress
papers, tutorial and workshop proposals and applications to the doctoral
consortium. Please submit all papers and abstracts in ACM SIGCHI two column
layout (see http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform).

Papers
In order to allow for a diversity of contributions, the conference will
accept full papers and work-in-progress papers.
Full papers must be no longer than ten pages, including all additional
material such as references, appendices, and figures. Work-in-progress
papers must be no longer than four pages. The papers must include a title,
sufficient space for the author name(s) to appear on the paper, abstract,
keywords, body, and references.
Papers submitted by the due date will undergo a double blind peer review
process by an international panel and will be evaluated on the basis of
their significance, innovation, academic rigour, and clarity of writing.
Accepted full papers will be included in the published conference
proceedings if at least one author of any accepted submission has
registered and attends the conference.
Accepted work-in-progress papers will be published in the adjunct
proceedings, and the same rule applies: at least one of the authors will
have to register and attend the conference.
Papers will be submitted via EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ct2015

Please send any questions to the Programme Chairs:
PC_chairs at comtech.community .

Workshops
Workshops provide an opportunity to discuss and explore emerging areas of
Communities & Technologies research with a group of like-minded researchers
and practitioners. They run for a half or one full day and will take place
on June 27th or June 28th. Workshops offer the opportunity to advance
specific research areas. C&T workshops might address methodologies,
emerging application areas, design innovations, organisational issues or
education. Each workshop should generate ideas that give the C&T community
a new, organised way of thinking about the topic, or ideas that suggest
promising directions for future research. Some workshops result in edited
books or special issues of journals; you may consider including this goal
in your workshop proposal.
Please send proposals to the Workshop Chairs: workshops at comtech.community

Tutorials
The purpose of the tutorials is to give the attendees the opportunity to
acquire knowledge in new areas and add to their professional development.
Topics can range from physical computing (Arduino, Raspberry Pi) to
visualization, mapping applications, setting up a disaster coordination
centre, and so on. We invite individuals or teams interested in presenting
a tutorial to submit proposals. Tutorials will run for a half or one full
day on June 27th.
Please send proposals to the Tutorials Chairs: tutorials at comtech.community

Workshop and tutorial proposals should be no longer than 4 pages and should
include: the title of the workshop, the list of organizers and their
backgrounds, and an abstract of no more than 150 words, as well as the
workshop's theme, goals and activities, maximum number of participants,
means of soliciting participation, and means of selecting participants.

Doctoral Consortium
The Doctoral Consortium is scheduled prior to the main conference
programme, on Sunday 28 June 2015. The Doctoral Consortium  (DC) offers
research students a special forum where they can present, discuss and
progress their research plans with peers and established senior researchers.
Research students wishing to attend the doctoral consortium should submit
up to 4 pages, using the ACM SIGCHI two column layout available at
http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform, addressing the following:
Introduction
setting up your research area and specific research question(s)/goals(s)
(including key related work); Overall research approach, methodology, and
expected contributions; Work in progress (including findings to date and
next steps); Questions and issues for discussion, and what you hope to gain
from attending the DC; short bio.
Please send proposals to the Doctoral Consortium Chairs:
dc at comtech.community

Student Volunteers
C&T actively encourages students to volunteer at the conference. Being a
student volunteer is a great way to support the research community, meet
other students in the field, and attend an international ACM conference.
You will help the conference organisers with the running of the conference
and support the setting-up of presentations and workshops. You will see the
latest in C&T research and development, and have fun while learning about
running the conference. In return, you will get free registration. To
apply, email us your contact details (email, phone, university), an
abstract of your research project, a CV, and the reasons why you would like
to be a student volunteer.
Please send applications to the Student Volunteers Chair:
volunteers at comtech.community

More Information
For updates, please check the conference website:
http://comtech.community

Dr.Gabriela Avram
Lecturer
Interaction Design Centre, CS2031
University of Limerick
Ireland
C&T 2015 General Chair
http://comtech.community

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