[AISWorld] Call for Proposals to host COMMUNITIES & TECHNOLOGIES 2025

[Hilda Tellioglu]

CALL FOR PROPOSALS TO HOST COMMUNITIES & TECHNOLOGIES 2025 

We wish to invite the community to prepare proposals to host COMMUNITIES & TECHNOLOGIES 2025.

Previous conferences:
https://2023.comtech.community
https://2021.comtech.community

The biennial COMMUNITIES & TECHNOLOGIES (C&T) conference is the premier international forum for stimulating scholarly debate and disseminating research on the complex connections between communities – in their multiple forms – and information and communication technologies. 

C&T is affiliated with EUSSET - The European Society for Socially-Embedded Technologies (http://www.eusset.eu/). C&T welcomes participation from researchers, designers, educators, industry, and students from the many disciplines and perspectives bearing on the interaction between community and technology, including architecture, arts, business, design, economics, education, engineering, ergonomics, informatics, information technology, geography, health, humanities, law, media and communication studies, and social sciences.

Expected duties of the C&T general chair(s) include: overseeing the overall organization of the event; putting in place local arrangements for the conference and pre-conference events (booking rooms, catering, registration desk, etc.); assembling an organizing committee (in consultation with the EUSSET steering group); liaising with the chairs of specific submission venues and with the members of the organizing committee; budgeting and monitoring the financial status of the conference; helping in promoting the conference in collaboration with the other committee members and with EUSSET. 

The rough timeline for C&T 2025 is as follows:
July 2024: Papers, workshop proposals, case studies
September 2024: Doctoral colloquium applications, posters/demos
Late May/Early June 2025: C&T 2025 conference

Proposals to host the C&T 2025 conference should include:
A brief description of the proposed host organization;
Committee plans: the general co-chair(s) must be specified and described through short biographical sketches. Additional information on suggested scientific chairs is welcome, if available;
Description of the proposed venue: Describe the conference location and facilities, as well as the availability of accommodation options, travel infrastructure, location attractions, and potential social/leisure activities;
Any other relevant issues: for example, any proposed innovations, additional information on venue/location, link to other events/activities organized by the proposed hosts, etc.

After a confirmation by the SC of C&T, C&T 2025 will be finally assigned by the EUSSET Steering Group to hosts selected on the basis of:
Their international scientific and service reputation; 
Their and the hosting institution’s potential to further the C&T community and to sustain the future of the conference series; 
Previous experience in event organization; 
Attractiveness of the venue and location.

Proposals should be sent by 26th of April 2024 to coreteam at eusset.eu

Notifications will be sent to proposers no later than 13th of May 2024.

Queries regarding the submission and selection process should be sent to coreteam at eusset.eu

On behalf of the EUSSET Steering Committee, the umbrella organization behind the C&T Conferences
Hilda Tellioglu
EUSSET