[AISWorld] WikiSym + OpenSym 2013: Less than 2 weeks for Community Track Submissions

Tue May 7 16:36:10 EDT 2013

Call for Submissions: Community Track at WikSym + OpenSym 2013, the Joint 
International Symposium on Open Collaboration

WikiSym, the 9th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration
OpenSym, the 2013 International Symposium on Open Collaboration

August 5-7, 2013 | Hong Kong, China

http://opensym.org/wsos2013

In-cooperation with ACM SIGWEB and ACM SIGSOFT. Archived in the ACM Digital 
Library.

Community track submission deadlines:

* Regular deadline: May 17, 2013

The 2013 Joint International Symposium on Open Collaboration (WikiSym + 
OpenSym 2013) is the premier conference on open collaboration research and 
practice, including wikis and social media, Wikipedia, free, libre, and open 
source software, open access, open data and open government research. WikiSym 
is in its 9th year and will be complemented by OpenSym, a new conference on 
open collaboration research and practice and an adjunct to the successful 
WikiSym conference series. WikiSym + OpenSym 2013 is the first conference to 
bring together the different strands of open collaboration research and 
practice, seeking to create synergies and inspire new collaborations between 
computer scientists, social scientists, legal scholars, and everyone 
interested in understanding open collaboration and how it is changing the 
world. Read more about the conference at http://opensym.org/wsos2013/about

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: COMMUNITY TRACK

The following types of papers can be submitted to the community track:

* Experience report long and short: A regular presentation slot (30min) will 
be provided
* Workshop proposals: A workshop slot (half-day or full-day) is provided at 
the conference
* Panel proposals: A session (90min) discussion slot for the panel will be 
provided
* Demo proposals: Space and time is provided during the demo session (90min)
* Tutorial proposals: A tutorial slot (90min) is provided at the conference

Submissions are reviewed by the community track committee for their interest 
to the WikiSym + OpenSym community in general. For questions about community 
track submissions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us: 
http://opensym.org/wsos2013/about

Experience Reports

Experience reports are an integral part of the conference program. These are 
opportunities to discuss how ideas that sound good on paper (and at 
conferences!) work in real life projects and deployments. Many attendees want 
to learn from people on the front lines what it is like to do things like 
start a company wiki, use open collaboration tools in a classroom, or build a 
political campaign around open collaboration systems.

Experience reports are not research papers; their goal is to present 
experience and reflections on a particular case, and they are reviewed for 
usefulness, clarity and reflection. Strong experience reports discuss both 
benefits and drawbacks of the approaches used and clearly call out lessons 
learned. Reports may focus on a particular aspect of technology usage and 
practice, or describe broad project experiences.

Experience reports can be long (up to 10 pages) or short (up to 4 pages). A 
long experience report will receive a regular 30 minute presentation slot, a 
short experience report will receive a shorter presentation slot.

Workshops

Workshops provide an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to discuss 
and learn about topics that require in-depth, extended engagement such as new 
systems, research methods, standards, and formats.

Workshop proposals should describe what you intend to do and how your session 
will meet the criteria described above. It should include a concise abstract, 
proposed time frame (half-day or full-day), what you plan to  do during the 
workshop, and one-paragraph biographies of all organizers.

Workshop proposals will be reviewed and selected for their interest to the 
community. Each accepted workshop will be provided with a meeting  room for 
either a half or full day. Organizers may also request technology and 
materials (projector, flip pads, etc).

Panels

Panels provide an interactive forum for bringing together people with 
interesting points of view to discuss compelling issues around open 
collaboration. Panels involve participation from both the panelists and 
audience members in a lively discussion. Proposals for panels should describe 
the topics and goals and explain how the panel will be organized and how the 
Wikisym + OpenSym community will benefit. It should include a concise abstract 
and one-paragraph biographies of panelists and moderators. Panel submissions 
will be reviewed and selected for their interest to the community. Each panel 
will be given a 90-minute time slot.

Demos

No format is better suited for demonstrating the utility of new collaboration 
technologies than showing and using them. Demonstrations give presenters an 
opportunity to show running systems and gather feedback. Demo submissions 
should provide a setup for the demo, a  specific description of what you plan 
to demo, what you hope to get out of demoing, and how the audience will 
benefit. A short note of any special technical requirements should be included.

Demo submissions will  be reviewed based on their relevance to the community. 
All accepted demos will given space at a joint demo session (90 minutes) 
during the conference.

Tutorials

Tutorials tutorials are half-day classes, taught by experts, designed to help 
professionals rapidly come up to speed on a specific technology or 
methodology. Tutorials can be lecture-oriented or participatory. Tutorial 
attendees deserve the highest standard of excellence in tutorial preparation 
and delivery. Tutorial presenters are typically experts in their chosen topic 
and experienced speakers skilled in preparing and delivering educational 
presentations. When selecting tutorials, we will consider the presenter’s 
knowledge of the proposed topic and past success at teaching it.

SUBMISSION INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS

There are two submission deadlines, an early and a regular one. The early 
deadline is for those who need to know early that their community track 
submission has been accepted. This mostly applies to workshops that require a 
program committee and their own paper submission and review process (as 
opposed, for example, to walk-in workshops). Also, some may need the 
additional time to raise funds and acquire a visa.

Submissions should follow the standard ACM SIG proceedings format. For advice 
and templates, please see 
http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates. All papers must 
conform at time of submission to the formatting instructions and must not 
exceed the page limits, including all text, references, appendices and 
figures. All submissions must in PDF format.

All papers and proposals should be submitted electronically through EasyChair 
using the following URL: 
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=opensym2013community

SUBMISSION AND NOTIFICATION DEADLINES

* Early submission deadline: March 17, 2013
* Notification for early submissions: March 31, 2013
* Regular submission deadline: May 17, 2013
* Notification for regular submissions: May 31, 2013
* Camera-ready for both rounds: June 9, 2013

As long as it is May 17 somewhere on earth, your submission will be accepted.

COMMUNITY TRACK PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Chairs

Regis Barondeau (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Dirk Riehle (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg)

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Website: http://dirkriehle.com - Twitter: @dirkriehle
Ph (DE): +49-157-8153-4150 - Ph (US): +1-650-450-8550