Call for Submissions :: #Siggraph 2012

Siggraph 2012 :: 5 – 9 August 2012  Los Angeles, USA
39th International Conference & Exhibition on Computer Graphics & Interactive Techniques
Call for Submissions :: Various closing dates for different categories
The SIGGRAPH conference and exhibition is a five-day interdisciplinary educational experience including a three-day commercial exhibition that attracts hundreds of exhibitors from around the world. SIGGRAPH is widely recognized as the most prestigious forum for the publication of computer graphics research. In addition to SIGGRAPH’s leading-edge technical program, the conference’s installations provide close-up views of the latest in digital art, emerging technologies, and hands-on opportunities for creative collaboration. Catagories still open for submission include Emerging Technologies (closes 21 February 2012), Panel Discussions and Poster presentations (closes 21 February 2012), Computer Animation Festival (closes 9 April 2012) and Siggraph Dailies (closes 1 May 2012).

http://s2012.siggraph.org

Australian Computer Music Conference 2012

Australian Computer Music Conference 2012 :: Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Call for Proposals closes 27 February 2012 :: Conference 12 – 15 July 2011
The Australasian Computer Music Conference (ACMC) is an annual gathering of those interested in digital and electronic music from Australia and New Zealand. It includes concerts, workshops, project demonstrations, artists talks and research presentations.  The 2012 Conference theme is ‘Interactive’.  The ACMC is seeking proposals for participation including research papers, creative works, artists talks, technical demonstrations, workshops and poster presentations.
http://www29.griffith.edu.au

Drupal Downunder call for talks closes Mon 14th Nov #drupal #opensource #downunder #geekgirl

http://drupaldownunder.org/call-sessions
Call for talks closes Monday 14th Nov.

Conference season is in full swing. Wordcampgc just past, OSDC coming up, LCA around the corner. It’s miniconfs and campsaganza!

Drupal Downunder takes place in Melbourne on the eve of linux.conf.au. The weekend of Sat 14 – Sun 15 January with preconf workshops on Fri 13.

If you’re of a webby persuasion, and have knowledge and experience to share, please consider putting in a talk proposal.  We’re keen to reach out and learn anything relevant – not just Drupal stuff.  A lot of Drupal sites run on Linux, most use MySQL, some PostgresQL, they all need a web-server, they all need to pay heed to available network resources.

If you’re into design or usability, or typography or HTML5, CSS, Javascript, or anything to do with the openweb – then please please please give me a moment of your time and submit a talk proposal by Monday!

Or encourage someone you know with something to share!~:)

Ecsite Annual Conference 2012 :: Space and Time, Unlimited #France #science #technology #geekgirl

Ecsite Annual Conference 2012 :: Space and Time, Unlimited_ _31 May – 2 June 2012 :: Toulouse, France ::

Submissions due 25 October 2011

Space and time pervade contemporary science and technology; from cosmic exploration to minute nanotechnologies, or the plodding tempo of evolution to the speed of light. Some of the most intriguing scientific inquiry and discovery has, and continues to be, built on principles of space and time.  These two concepts literally and symbolically challenge science centres and museums with endless options and opportunities. Exhibitions and collections, institutional strategising, communications and marketing, education, learning and social presence & time and space have unlimited influence over all facets of our work. The 2012 Ecsite Annual Conference 
will seek to address how science centres and museums can use time and space to communicate science in new and innovative ways to remain relevant to audiences and whether institutional spaces keep up with the times in an unlimited way.  Submit session ideas to the 2012 Ecsite Annual Conference and share your vision of how to make science centres and museums timeless spaces. 
http://www.ecsite.eu/ 
http://www.ecsite.eu/annual_conference/call-for-proposal

McLuhan Galaxy 2011 Understanding Media Today #Barcelona #geekgirl

Call for Papers :: Deadline 7 January 2011

The International Conference McLuhan Galaxy Barcelona 2011 Understanding Media,Today will be held in Barcelona 23 – 25 May 2011 to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Canadian thinker Marshall McLuhan. The aim is to bring together researchers, scholars and McLuhan Fellows to reflect on different aspects of McLuhan’s contribution. The conference in Barcelona will be networked to a series of conferences that are going to take place in Toronto, Berlin and Rome in other dates, to celebrate the 100 Anniversary of McLuhan.

This is an excellent opportunity not only to review McLuhan’s thought but also to update them in relation to contemporary questions centred in the digital forms of production, co-production and consumption of intelligence, memory, self, identity, desire, body, art, design, collaboration and technology in the society of knowledge. Authors are encouraged to submit previously unpublished papers/abstracts to the topics that are being addressed by the conference.

http://www.mcluhangalaxy.net/

#ISEA2011 Call for Papers, Panels, Workshops & Artworks #geekgirl

Istanbul, Turkey :: Deadline for submissions
1 December 2010

The 17th International Symposium on Electronic Art, a leading world conference and exhibition event for art, media and technology will be held 14 – 21 September 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey. The ISEA2011 Istanbul exhibition will coincide with the Istanbul Biennial and will provide a fantastic opportunity to showcase contemporary new media arts.

ISEA2011 invites proposals for panels, artworks, papers and workshops from artists, scientists and academics interested in how the digital and electronic media are re-shaping contemporary society and behaviours.

http://doc.gold.ac.uk/isea2011/

Rights Here, Right Now Women Countdown to AIDS 2010

Vienna, Austria will host the XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010), the largest international meeting on HIV and AIDS from July 18 – 23, 2010.

Theme of AIDS 2010

The AIDS 2010 conference theme, Rights Here, Right Now emphasises the central importance of protecting and promoting human rights as a prerequisite to a successful response to HIV. The right to dignity and self-determination for key affected populations, to equal access to health care and life-saving prevention and treatment programmes, and the right to interventions based on evidence rather than ideology, are all incorporated in this urgent demand for action.

Rights Here, Right Now emphasises that concrete human rights measures need to be in place to protect those most vulnerable to and affected by HIV, especially women and girls, people who use drugs, migrants, prisoners, sex workers, men who have sex with men, and transgender persons.

Rights Here, Right Now also emphasises the location of the conference in Vienna, chosen in part for its proximity to Eastern Europe and Central Asia – a region experiencing one of the fastest growing epidemics that is fuelled primarily by injecting drug use. It also underscores this critical moment in time for the global epidemic – with the 2010 deadline that world leaders set for providing universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support on the immediate horizon. Rights Here, Right Now is a call for leadership, accountability and action.

The AIDS 2010 programme will present new scientific knowledge and offer many opportunities for structured dialogue on the major issues facing the global response to HIV. A variety of session types – from abstract-driven presentations to symposia, bridging sessions and plenaries – will meet the needs of various participants. Other related activities, including the Global Village, satellite meetings, exhibitions and affiliated events, will contribute to an exceptional opportunity for professional development and networking.

The AIDS 2010 website

Entheogenesis Australis is just around the bend

6-9 November 2009
Swanpool, Victoria
http://www.entheo.net/

Bear Owsley will be speaking:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owsley_Stanley

The Entheogenesis Australis 2009 Conference aims to address the issues relating to drug use/misuse from social, cultural and
historical/traditional perspectives. EGA speakers will draw on the backgrounds of physiology, biology, pharmacology, psychology,
neuroscience, anthropology, botany and more to provide a more realistic context to the role drugs and altered states play in the modern world.

If you’ve ever asked yourself “has the ‘War on Drugs’ created more problems than it tried to solve?” or “is MDMA really a more dangerous drug than alcohol?” – then EGA is for you.

Entheogenesis Australis is a collection of thinkers from all walks of life, we come together to share knowledge about sacred plants, chemical alchemy and states of consciousness.

New York, Threading the Needle, The Future of Fashion Design Conference

NFashion Research Institute invites you to attend Threading the Needle: The Future of Fashion Design, the first virtual world-based fashion design conference in history.

Fashion design is changing rapidly in response to many factors. The recent economic collapse, coupled with a coming petroleum crisis and a wave of new technologies with a global emphasis have sent ripples through the industry. Young designers and design students are faced with an array of choices for their careers, many of which weren’t even an option a few years ago.

Threading the Needle gathers eight fashion industry thought leaders to present their views on a range of topics designed to help a global audience of new designers and fashion designers ‘thread their needle’ and launch their careers. And as anyone who has ever had hand sewn a hem knows, there is a trick to threading a needle.

Join in on Thursday, December 3rd from 8 am – 5 pm EDT at this free conference for fashion design students and new designers.
Details, etc: at Shengri La Fashion Institute Blog

Endangered Sounds Conference

Australasian Sound Recordings Association – 2009 Conference

Thursday 20th and Friday 21st August 2009
National Library of Australia – Canberra, Australia

In an age of rapid environmental, social and technological change, the sounds of our world are noticeably disappearing. These sounds form an essential component in the fabric of our cultures, and the ability to preserve these sonic environments is a necessity. Conference themes include capturing the shifting soundscapes of humanity, vanishing natural environments, impermanence of installation and performance works, virtual sounds in virtual spaces, endangered languages and community collections. Selected Australian professionals and practitioners will present powerful ideas regarding the past and future of our sounds.

Composer and sound artist William Duckworth will deliver the keynote address entitled Endangered Sounds of the Future, with Indigenous curator Liz McNiven delivering the annual Alice Moyle Lecture. Drawing together a wide range of knowledge and experience, conference papers will be presented by curatorial, technical and archival experts, as well as creative and academic practitioners
in the sound arts. The speakers include sound recordist Greg Simmons, Aboriginal language linguist Michael Walsh, innovative environmental recording system designer Neil Boucher, Vincent Plush, Kevin Bradley and more.

The 2009 Endangered Sounds conference will be held in the National Library of Australia’s theatre in parallel with the National Film and Sound Archive’s 2009 Sound Week activities.  Of special interest is the announcement of the 2009 selection of ten Sounds of Australia for inclusion in the National Registry of Recorded Sound, announced by the Honourable Peter Garrett, Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts at the NFSA on Sound Day, Wednesday 19th August.

For conference registration please see the website: www.asra.asn.au or for more information contact:
Shelly Grant: sgrant@nla.gov.au or (02) 6262 1545.