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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p><a name=CL16><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>HICSS-45, January 4-7, 2012, Grand </span></a><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Wailea Maui, USA. </span><a href="http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_45/45tracks.htm#CL"><span lang=EN-GB>http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu</span></a><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;text-transform:uppercase'>Call for Papers: Work and Play in Virtual Worlds </span></b><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Submission deadline: June 15 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_45/45tracks.htm#CL"><span lang=EN-GB>http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_45/45tracks.htm#CL</span></a><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Virtual worlds provide a visual window to a persistent and synthetic world inhabited by avatars that are deeply involved in social interactions, along with economic and commercial activities. They are immersive by nature and reinvent the notions of "being together" and awareness for distributed teams. Virtual worlds and metaverses present challenges and opportunities for individuals and groups working, playing and learning together: challenges as groups using virtual worlds have to overcome limitations originating from not sharing the same physical space and opportunities as virtual worlds offer possibilities that are impossible in the real world. <br><br>To address these challenges and opportunities, this minitrack invites theoretical and empirical research that investigates how individuals and teams within and between organizations use virtual worlds and metaverses to coordinate tasks, share information, simulate processes, solve problems, make decisions, create and manipulate objects, innovate, play, learn, and create value. Papers should focus on:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Theoretical foundations and practical approaches to understand, model, and design virtual worlds and metaverses. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The use of virtual worlds to learn, to collaborate, to recreate, and to innovate, and to co-create organizational and individual value. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The impact of virtual world characteristics on individual and team behavior. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Methods, techniques, patterns, and best practices to support productive (a)synchronous collaboration, communication, and coordination between individuals and groups using virtual worlds. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The design, application, and evaluation of virtual world environments and applications. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Minitrack chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gert-Jan de Vreede (primary contact)<br></span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>University of Nebraska at Omaha & Delft University of Technology<br>Email: gdevreede@unomaha.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Moez Limayem<br></span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>University of Arkansas</span><span lang=EN-GB><br></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Email: MLimayem@walton.uark.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span lang=PT-BR style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Imed Boughzala<br></span></b><span lang=PT-BR style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Institut TELECOM - TEM<br>Email: imed.boughzala@it-sudparis.eu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>