CfP: Fun and Games 2008

************** CALL FOR PAPERS *****************************

************** Fun 'n' Games 2008 *****************************

20-21 October 2008
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
(url: fng2008.org)


* CONFERENCE THEME *
Fun n' Games 2008, is a single-track conference that is aimed at bringing together researchers, designers and developers interested in applications of novel technologies in the areas of games and entertainment.
This event is aimed at providing a venue for sharing and show-casing recent work in this area whether this concerns research experiences and findings, design work or innovative developments.

* CONFERENCE TOPICS *
- Advanced Game Concepts
- Game Design Methods, Principles and Processes
- Games for Children
- Games for the Elderly
- Evaluating Games and Fun
- Serious Games
- Mobile Games and Entertainment
- Pervasive Games
- Tangible Interaction in Entertainment Applications
- Understanding the Game Experience
- Persuasive Aspects of games
- Entertainment Beyond Gaming
- Affective Computing Applications for Fun and Games
- Novel Media Entertainment Applications
- Robots for Fun and Games
- Social aspects of Fun and Games
- Games and Rehabilitation technologies
- Multimodal Interaction and Gaming
- Smart Toys and Playgrounds

* SUBMISSIONS *
Submissions should be made electronically from the conference website (fng2008.org). All submissions should be formatted using the Springer LNCS format (available from www.springer.com).

Submission are invited in the following categories:
+ Technical Papers (6 or 12 pages)
Technical papers should present original work that makes a substantial research contribution or innovation in relation to the conference topic area. Accepted papers will be included in the main Conference Proceedings volume.
Technical papers can be either short (6 pages) or long (12 pages), depending on the magnitude of the contribution made or on how much space the authors need to explain their work clearly.

+ Workshop Proposals (max 6 pages)
Submissions are invited for workshop proposals on topics relating to the conference them. Workshop proposals should describe and motivate the aims of the workshop and should include an outline of activities planned by the organizers running up to, during and after the workshop. Accepted submissions will be included in the adjunct conference proceedings.

+ Posters (max 4 pages)
Submissions in this category should present recent late breaking and preliminary results or present on-going work. They will be presented in a poster form during the conference and accepted submissions will be included in the adjunct conference proceedings.

+ Demonstrations (max 4 pages)
The demonstration programme will present examples of prototypes and systems of applications that conference attendees can experience during the event.
Authors can submit demonstration papers directly to the demonstrations category. Submissions should describe clearly the nature of the demonstration and motivate it.
Authors of accepted submissions in all categories will also be encouraged to bring demonstrations along and to make a rich and lively demonstration programme. In these cases, no separate abstract submission is required.

SUBMISSION DEADLINES
- Technical Papers: May 9, 2008
- Workshop Proposals: May 9, 2008
- Posters: July 11, 2008
- Demonstrations: July 11, 2008

SELECTION CRITERIA
Submissions in the technical papers category will be evaluated according to their relevance to the conference topics as well as the quality and the originality of the work presented. Also important is how well they can raise interesting discussions during the conference. The same review process will apply for both short (6 pages) and long paper (10 pages), but in the latter case the extra length should be justified on the basis of the nature of the material or the contribution made.

Submissions in the Posters category will be judged primarily on the ground of relevance, innovation and potential impact.

Submissions in the Demonstrations category may have been submitted or presented in other venues, but should present state of the art demonstrations, relevant to the conference themes that are found interesting and engaging to experience first hand and can raise interesting discussions during the conference.

Submissions in the workshop category, will be selected on the basis of the relevance of the workshop theme, the quality of the workshop plan submitted and the expected interest of the community.

* ORGANISING COMMITTEE *
General chair:
Panos Markopoulos, Eindhoven University of Technology
Programme Co-Chairs:
Wijnand IJsselsteijn, Eindhoven University of Technology
Boris De Ruyter, Philips Research
Duncan Rowland, University of Lincoln
Demonstrations Chair:
Jettie Hoonhout, Philips Research
Workshops Chair:
Jettie Hoonhout, Philips Research
Posters Chair:
Janet C Read, University of Central Lancashire
Communications:
Iris Soute, Eindhoven University of Technology
Matthew Leslie Horton, University of Central Lancashire
Student Volunteers:
Iris Soute, Eindhoven University of Technology
Janneke Verhaegh, Philips Research
Webmaster:
Javed Vassilis Khan, Eindhoven University of Technology
Past Conference Chairs:
Janet Read, University of Central Lancashire
Matthew Leslie Horton, University of Central Lancashire

* TECHNICAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE * (still under formation)
Tilde Bekker, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Ed Huai-hsin Chi, Palo Alto Research Centre, USA
Adrian Cheok, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Karin Coninkx, Hasselt University, Belgium
Nuno Correia, New University of Lisbon, Portugal
Jonathan Freeman, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Franca Garzotto, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Matthieu Gielen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Ole Sejer Iversen,University of Aarhus, Denmark
Fusako Kusunoki, University of Tokyo, Japan
Jean-Baptiste LaBrune, INRIA Futurs / CNRS / Universite Paris Sud, France
Bo Kampmann Walther,University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Haruhiro Katayose, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Hannu Korhonen, Nokia Research, Finland
Yvonne de Kort Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Irma Lindt,Fraunhofer, Germany
Daniel Livingstone, University of the West of Scotland, UK
Kris Luyten, Hasselt University, Belgium
Cornelius Malerczyk, ZGDV Computer Graphics Center, Germany
Ali Mazalek, Georgia Tech, USA
Laurence Nigay, Universite Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, France
Kazushi Nishimoto, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Karolien Poels Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Narcis Pares, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Spain
Celia Pearce, Georgia Tech, USA
Lyn Pemberton University of Brighton, UK
Marianne Graves Petersen, University of Aarhus Denmark
Judy Robertson, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Michael Rohs , TU Berlin, Germany
Marco Rozendaal, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Johannes Schoening, University of Muenster, Germany
Manfred Tscheligi, University of Salzburg, Austria
Dimitrios Tzovaras, Informatics and Telematics Institute Centre for Research and Technology, Greece
Albrecht Schmidt, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.
Elise van den Hoven, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Wouter van den Hoogen Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Arnold P.O.S. Vermeeren, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Annika Waern, SICS, Sweden
Daniel Wagner,Graz University of Technology, Austria
Stephen Wensveen , Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Georgios N. Yannakakis, IT-University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Panayiotis Zaphiris, City University London, UK

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