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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
THE i3 ANNUAL CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 20-22, 1999
SIENA (ITALY)

COMMUNITY OF THE FUTURE
New visions of interaction and information technology products in everyday life.

The 'Community of the Future' envisions new interaction paradigms and 
information 
technology scenarios that have the potential to empower ordinary people in every 
day activities into the next millennium.

The conference draws upon the themes of the intelligence, information, 
interfaces, 
i3 research programme that covers connected communities, inhabited information 
spaces, and experimental school environments. More information on the i3 
research 
programme may be found at http://www.i3net.org/ 
Submissions may address any relevant topic including, but not restricted to:

- Future technologies to support children's learning
- Wearable,  mobile technologies
- Creativity and expression through interactive environments
- Social and personal interactions in experimental environments
- Working with children in virtual and real environments
- Collaborative environments
- Interactive spaces  in the real world
- Interactive media design and paradigms  for interaction  and learning
- Beyond the desktop


SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS
- Deadline: 3 August 1999
- Notification to authors: 25 August 1999
- Final revised submissions: 10 September 1999

Proposers are free to choose any format: workshop, panel discussion, 
performance, 
traditional presentations,  interactive lecture  (involving some hands-on 
activity), or exhibition. For workshops, see below. Performances or live 
interpretations may involve research team members, users, or other participants. 
Scenarios based on scientific research as well as poetic, philosophical or other 
forms of creative interpretations are welcome.  Proposers are encouraged  to use 
non-conventional presentation techniques, but this is not mandatory for 
selection. 

Each submission must be a short paper  of 2-4 pages. 
All proposals must be submitted electronically  in Post Script or RTF format. 
Details on submission can be found at the conference web site: 
http://www.i3net.org/cof/
All submissions will be reviewed by the programme committee.


SUBMISSION OF WORKSHOP PROPOSALS 
- Deadline  for proposals: 25 June 1999
- Notification to the proposers: 5 July 1999
- Final revised workshop summaries: 10 September 1999

The AC'99 have space to host approximately 4 (full-day or half-day) workshops. 
Workshops are intended to provide opportunities for in-depth meetings and 
informal 
discussions about common research topics across i3 projects. Workshops will be 
open to all conference attendees. Limited financial support for invited speakers 
and the production of individual workshop proceedings is available from i3net's 
workshop task group. Received workshop proposals will be evaluated by the 
conference organisers based on the provided  information. The organisers of 
accepted workshops are expected to circulate a call for workshop 
contributions/participation via the news@i3net mailing list prior to the 
conference, and shall provide the conference organisers with a workshop 
description and a workshop programme for inclusion in the conference proceedings 
before 10 September 1999.

All proposals must be submitted by e-mail to: [log in to unmask] giving 
the following information:
- Workshop title.
- Name and affiliation of proposers . Organisation committees with members from 
different i3 projects are encouraged.
- Short description of the workshop theme including a motivation why the theme  
is 
of interest for the i3 community (150 words would be fine).
- Number of expected participants and a preliminary list of expected  
contributors.
- Duration (half-day or full-day).
- Technical requirements for the workshop.
- If needed, a budget breakdown for the expected financial support from i3net's 
workshop task group.


PUBLICATION
Accepted submissions will be published as a Special Issue of i3magazine. 
Publication of the short papers submitted will require revision by the author(s) 
by 10 September 1999. 
Workshop leaders will be invited to edit a workshop summary or summaries for 
this 
publication. The final deadline for these submissions is 10 September 1999.


REGISTRATION
Fee: 300 Euro
Deadline : 24 September 1999
Details about registration will soon appear at the conference web site: 
http://www.i3net.org/cof/


BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 
A limited number of opportunities exist for sponsors of the conference. 
Commercial 
exhibitor and sponsor notification fee: 3,000 Euro. Organisations are invited to 
contact the i3net Business Development Manager, Jens Kr. Damsgaard, e-mail: 
[log in to unmask], phone: (+45) 6315 7232


THE ORGANISERS

European Network for Intelligent Information Interfaces (i3net).

The global vision pursued by i3 is to help shape the future through 
comprehending 
the basic structures and trends in society and in the life of the individual. 
Based on that understanding, lines of exploration will gain prominence and be 
adopted as research programmes exploring new relationships between technology, 
people
and design. 

i3, the European initiative for intelligent information interfaces, was created 
in 
1996 in order to take a human-centred approach to the exploration of new, 
visionary interactive systems for people in their everyday activities .

The i3 community strives to achieve this through a number of activities aimed at 
facilitating interactions among a wide range of researchers including those with 
expertise in human computer interaction, computer-supported co-operative work, 
art 
and design, communications technology, psychology, sociology, and other related 
areas. 

Two research programmes comprising twenty-six i3 research projects each 
comprised 
of an international consortium, and a supporting network of excellence,
i3net. More than 100 organisations from academia, industry, artists and small 
business represented by some 300 people constitute the i3net community. i3 
currently carries out 75 Million Euro ($ 90 Million) worth of multi-disciplinary 
research sponsored by the European Commission ESPRIT long term research 
programme. 
 Project developments includes contributions from several industrial and small 
business, Alcatel, BT, FORTHnet, France TELECOM,  Lego, Nokia, Philips, Siemens, 
BT, and Telenor.

The i3 research programmes are structure by two themes:

CI - Connected Community and Inhabited Information Spaces 
- explores computing for communities of ordinary people, virtual communities as 
well as local and physical communities. 

ESE - Experimental School Environments 
- focuses on the school environment of the future for the 4 to 8 years old. The 
first internationally comprehensive research initiative of it's kind world wide.

More information on the i3net may be found at http://www.i3net.org/ 


THE I3NET ANNUAL CONFERENCE ORGANISING COMMITTEE: 

Lars Heide, Conference Manager
Natural Interactive Systems laboratory, Odense (DK)

Alberto Bianchi, Local organiser
Università degli Studi di Siena (I)

Local Organization:
Sebastiano Bagnara
Giuliano Benelli
Omar Calabrese
Patrizia Marti
Pireluigi Piccini

Programme Committee :

David Benyon, chair
Napier University, Edinburgh (UK)

Richard Millwood
Ultralab, Essex (UK.)

Marilyn Panayi
Natural Interactive Systems laboratory, Odense (DK)

Thomas Rist
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence GmbH, Saarbrücken (D)

Duncan Smith
Crystal Presentations Ltd, Birmingham (UK).

Manfred Tscheligi
CURE - Centre for Usability Research & Engineering, Vienna (A)


Business Opportunities:
Jens Kr. Damsgaard
Natural Interactive Systems Laboratory, Odense (DK)

i3net Secretariat:
Lars Heide, i3net Manager
Natural Interactive Systems Laboratory, Odense (DK)

EC liaison:
Jakub Wejchert
European Commission


To join the conference mailing list for further information :

Send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] 
with the sole text body: "subscribe cof"
Subject is irrelevant .

- or contact:

Community of the Future
i3net secretariat
The Natural Interactive Systems Laboratory
University of Southern Denmark, Science Park 10
DK-5230 Odense M, DENMARK
Tel : (+45) 6550 3551, Fax: (+45) 6315 7224

Email: [log in to unmask]

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