Submission of position papers is now closed!

List of Accepted Academic Papers


In Cooperation with ACM SIGMM and ACM SIGCHI – publications will be published within the ACM digital library and a selected set of high-level contributions as book chapters or within journals.

In Cooperation with the Nordic Games Research Network - the Nordic games researchers can apply for travel & accomodation support from NGRN (www.ngrn.dk).

The submitted papers will be selected for the following streams of the conference:
- Social media
- Gaming
- Ubiquitous and ambient media.

The scientific part of the conference is organized in co-operation with ACM SIGMM, and ACM SIGCHI. Conference proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library. Selected high quality papers will be selected and published in international journals, as book chapters, or via open access journals.

Nordic games researchers (PhD students & staff) can apply for travel and accomodation support from NGRN (www.ngrn.dk. There will be a specific thematic workshop on the disciplinary identity of game studies, taking place in Oct 7th; interested speakers for that, please contact directly Frans Mäyrä (frans.mayra (at) uta.fi).

Important Dates

8th June 2008 (note: extension of deadline): submission of position papers (abstract, 1000 words) and workshops
20th June 2008: review statements
31st July: Paper presenter registration ends
29th August 2008: camera ready papers from authors (5 pages)
7th-9th October 2008: conference

Paper Submission

All paper submissions have to be prepared in the ACM proceedings style to be integrated into the ACM digital library. The final paper version has to be 5 pages long. The deadline for paper submission is the 29th August 2008.

Please find the corresponding templates here.

We preferably accept submissions in PDF format. Please use the following pdf job options when you are generating the final file:

• distiller settings (see the Distiller Online Guide in case of questions):
• compatability level 4.0 (PDF 1.3)
• page size 612 792 pts
• resolution 600 dpi
• compress text on
• DO NOT downsample images
• embed all fonts

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Each paper has to contain the following text as copyright strip on the right bottom of the first page of the paper. The text is already included in the document template in word that we provided. Make sure it does not get removed):

Please submit your final paper (5 pages) here. Click on "Re-Upload Paper" to upload the final version of your publication.

Copyright Form

The copyright form has to be filled out, signed, and faxed to us under the
following fax number: +358 (3) 316 5552. Deadline for sending us the
copyright form is the 29th August 2008.

• Copyright form (.docx)
  
• Copyright form as .pdf (56KB)
  

Paper Presenter Registration

Please register for the conference before the 31st of July by filling the registration form here. Please tick “Academic Paper Presenter (tue-thu) in the category “MindTrek Conference” during registration.

Conference Organizing Committee

Artur Lugmayr (Scientific Chair)
Frans Mäyrä, Katri Lietsala, and Heljä Franssila (Conference Co-chairs)

Steering Committee

Peter Bruck, European Academy of Digital Media (EADiM, EUROPRIX), AUSTRIA
Irek Defee, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), FINLAND
Nicole Ellison, Michigan State University, USA
Juha Kaario, NOKIA, FINLAND
Jan Kallenbach, Helsinki University of Technology (HUT), FINLAND
Jonas Kronlund, ELISA, FINLAND
Cai Melakoski, TAMK Univ. of Applied Sciences, FINLAND
Marianna Obrist, ICT&S Center, University of Salzburg, AUSTRIA
Hannu Paunonen, Metso Automation, FINLAND
Matthias Rauterberg, Eindhoven University of Technology, NETHERLANDS
Kirsi Silius, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), FINLAND
Olli Sotamaa, University of Tampere (UTA), FINLAND
Bjoern Stockleben, RBB, GERMANY
Sanna Talja, University of Tampere, FINLAND
Manfred Tscheligi, ICT&S Center, University of Salzburg, AUSTRIA
Kaisa Väänänen-Vainio-Mattila, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), FINLAND
Karsten D. Wolf, University of Bremen, GERMANY
Zhiwen Yu, Kyoto University, JAPAN

Contact

Artur Lugmayr, artur.lugmayr (at) tut.fi

Supported by:

City of Tampere, Ubiqutious Computing Cluster, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere University, TAMK University of Applied Sciences, PIRAMK University of Applied Sciences, Technology Centre Hermia, Neogames, Digibusiness cluster, Sombiz, COSS, and Gemilo.

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