Dear all, please find below information on the Progress in Colour Studies (PICS) conference, this year to be held at UCL.

http://pics2016.uk/
Deadline for submissions has today been extended to 14th February.

Dear Colleagues,

Call for Papers
Progress in Colour Studies 2016 (PICS2016)

The fourth Progress in Colour Studies conference will take place at University College London, UK, from Wednesday 14 September to Friday 16 September 2016.

As with previous conferences in the PICS series, the aim is to provide a multidisciplinary forum for discussion of recent and ongoing research, presented so as to be accessible to scholars in other disciplines. We therefore welcome proposals for papers on colour studies from any area of interest, including but not limited to the following topics:
* linguistics, psycholinguistics
* vision, perception, cognition, memory
* design, fashion
* architecture, art, history, heritage, culture
* imaging, computation, analysis, modelling
* illumination, optics, photography, technology
* conservation, chemistry, materials, surfaces


Authors are also encouraged to consider their own specialist colour expertise in the broader context of colour at the intersection of many disciplines.

Along with three keynote speakers (tbc), the conference will include a single track of oral presentations (ca. 33) and up to three poster sessions / demonstrations. Oral presentations will be allocated 25 minutes per speaker (15 minutes for the presentation plus 10 minutes for discussion). Proposals for poster sessions and group sessions (of 3-5 papers) are also welcome. There will be a prize for the best poster.

Abstracts for proposed papers are limited to two pages, up to 1000 words, including references and figures. Each abstract should consist of a cover sheet with the name and contact details of the author(s) and two separate sheets without identification containing the abstract. The abstracts should be submitted via EasyChair, PICS2016 website, by 31^st January 2016.

Abstracts will be double-blind peer-reviewed. Notification of acceptance will follow by 30^th April 2016. Shortly before the conference the Book of abstracts will be available for download from PICS2016 website.

The conference fee will be GBP180, with a reduced rate for students, undergraduate and postgraduate, and the unwaged. We regret that we cannot offer any scholarships or other contributions to expenses.
A wide range of University and hotel accommodation will be available. Details of how to book will be posted on our website shortly.

The conference committee consists of Janet Best (Social programme), Katherine Curran (Secretary), Danny Garside (Media), Lewis Griffin (Treasurer), Lindsay MacDonald (Chair of the Organising Committee), Dimitris Mylonas (Website) and Galina Paramei (Chair of the Programme Committee).

Dates:
First call for papers: September 2015
Closing date for abstracts: 14 February 2016
Reviews complete: 30 April 2016
Full papers to be submitted: End of January 2017

Venue: Darwin Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PICS2016
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgressInColourStudies

Following previous PICS practice, post-conference we have arranged to publish an edited book of full peer-reviewed papers with John Benjamins (Amsterdam/Philadelphia).

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We look forward to welcoming you to PICS2016.