[Etoys] Call for Papers - C5-09 Kyoto Japan January 19-22, 2009

[Kim Rose]

Call for Papers - C5-09
The Seventh International Conference on Creating, Connecting and  
Collaborating through Computing (C5 2009)
January 19-22, 2009
Kyoto, Japan

http://www.cm.is.ritsumei.ac.jp/c5-09/

Computers, networks, and other forms of technology are now pervasive  
in our information-based society. However, most users still function  
as passive consumers of technology. To evolve into a true knowledge  
society, it is critical that we transform computer-based human  
activities to engage users in the active process of creating,  
connecting, and collaborating together.

The C5 conference is for researchers, technology developers,  
educators, and technology users who are concerned about developing  
and enabling human-oriented creation, connection, and collaboration  
processes. C5 is an international forum for presenting ongoing work  
as well as new work currently under development and for discussing  
future needs and directions in creative computing and multimedia  
authoring environments. We welcome equally the submission of  
technical papers and practitioner/experience reports for paper  
presentations. In addition, we have added workshops to the conference  
and are now soliciting proposals fro interactive workshops.

Hosted in Japan, this conference builds on the successes and high  
standards held by previous C5 conferences: 2003-2005, 2007 in Kyoto  
(Japan), 2006 in Berkeley (USA), 2008 in Poitiers (France).

Topics of Interest

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

Development and applications of collaboration tools and environments
User collaboration using 3D, multimedia, and animation objects
Technologies for creating educational environments
Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) and Technology- 
Enabled Learning (TEL)
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), distributed work, and  
virtual teaming
Hybrid technology activities, such as scientific experiments,  
instrumentations, participatory design (PD) or simulations , robots,  
and game playing
Development of applications/content for non-traditional learning and  
support environments, including mentoring, role-playing, peer-to- 
peer, "teacherless" environments, low-cost and sustainable  
technologies (e.g. $100 laptop), and gerontechnology applications,  
among others.
Applications and tools for education from K-12 through higher  
education, system design by children, digital library and search  
environment for children
Conference sessions will include invited talks, including Dr. Alan  
Kay (Viewpoints Research Institute), recipient of the 2003 ACM Turing  
Award,  Dr. Allison Druin, Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University  
of Maryland,  as well as formal paper presentations, hands-on  
workshops, informal "un-conference" and "lightning" sessions and  
social and sightseeing events.

Important Dates:

Full paper submission: September 30, 2008
Notification of acceptance: November 14, 2008
Full paper camera-ready copies: December 15, 2008