Conference Programme, Abstracts & Papers

1st Global Conference
Interactive Convergence: Research in Multimedia

Thursday 7th August - Saturday 9th August 2003
Prague, Czech Republic

Keynote Speaker: Richard Adams, YOO Media
Invisiblity and Pervasiveness: The Keys to the Future of Media

Call For Papers

This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference marks the launch of a new annual project in the Critical Issues series of research projects. The project aims to provide a challenging forum for the examination and evaluation of the theme of ‘convergence’ in media and multimedia. Viewing multimedia research as a divergent and multi-layered phenomenon, the conference series seeks to provide a forum whereby people working in differing disciplines and professions can become aware of and share the perspectives generated by developments in areas other than their own.

One of the primary goals of the project will be to evaluate the issue of where the study of Interactive Multimedia properly belongs. Is it a part of Computer Science, Art and Design, Communication, Education, Business, Psychology, Sociology or any of the many other disciplines? Or is Interactive Multimedia an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary area in its right?

The aim of the inaugural conference will be to examine Research in Multimedia in its many disciplines in an attempt to identify and critique its characteristics, its impact and the implications for its integration into our every day lives.

Papers, reports, presentations and workshops are invited on any of the following themes;

• Usability and design
• Visual design
• Virtual communities and collaborative work
• Social impacts such as online pornography, internet addiction, and gender divides
• E-commerce and E-Business
• Games and game theory
• Education
• Hypermedia
• Mobility and Wireless Access

This is an indicative list - and papers dealing with related themes will be considered.

Papers will be peer reviewed. All papers accepted for and presented at the conference will be published in an ISBN e-Book. Selected papers will be developed and published in a themed hard copy book.

500 word abstracts are to be submitted to the Joint Organising Chairs by Friday 2nd May 2003;

Papers should be sent as an email attachment in Word or WordPerfect; abstracts can also be submitted in the body of the email text rather than as an attachment.

A full conference timetable is available under Further Details.