[AISWorld] CaTaC’16: website now open for submissions – submissions due February 15, 2016

[Jose Abdelnour-Nocera]

CaTaC’16: Culture, Technology, Communication: Common world, different futures? 
An IFIP supported event (International Federation for Information Processing), Working Group 13.8: Interaction Design and International Development. 
Publication: in addition to Open Access Conference Proceedings, selected papers will be considered for a volume in the IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology series, published by Springer. 

University of West London, June 15-17, 2016.
Keynote speakers:  Ann Light, Professor of Design and Creative Technology, School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex.
Peter-Paul Verbeek, Philosophy Department & DesignLab, Twente University, the Netherlands.

The tenth biennial conference on “Culture, Technology, Communication” – (CaTaC)’16 – is open for papers exploring the intersections between culture, technology, and communication, applying different theoretical and methodological perspectives, genres, and styles, as well as within three themes:

* At the Intersections of Culture, Technology, and Communication: Is Another Design Possible? 
* Culture, Technology, and Communication in Design for Development

* Culture, Technology, and Communication in Practice? 

Both short (3-5 pages) and long (10-15 pages) original papers are sought for presentation. Panel proposals addressing a specific theme or topic are also encouraged: please include names of committed participants and (provisional) presentation titles. 
Please see the conference website <catacconference.org> for further details regarding submissions, deadlines, registration fees, venue and accommodations.
We look forward to welcoming you to London next June! 

Conference Co-organizers:
* José Abdelnour-Nocera, Local host(School of Computing and Technology, University of West London) 
* Charles Ess, CaTaC Co-chair (Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo) 
* Maja van der Velden, CaTaC Co-chair (Department of Informatics, University of Oslo) 
Programme Committee 
* Herbert Hrachovec, (Philosophy Department, University of Vienna)
* Michele M. Strano, Program Chair (Communication Studies, Bridgewater College)