We are delighted to announce that we have launched the call forproposals 
for Museums and the Web 2015 (MW2015). MW2015 is the 19thannual Museums 
and the Web conference and will be held in ChicagoApril 8-11, 2015 at 
The Palmer House.

http://mw2015.museumsandtheweb.com/ <http://mw2015.museumsandtheweb.com/>

The call for proposals closes September 30th

The MW2015 program is built from the ground up, based on yoursuggestions 
for sessions, papers and presentations. Proposals areencouraged on any 
topic related to museums creating, facilitating,delivering or 
participating in culture, science and heritage throughnetworked 
technologies - wherever the network may reach.

Guidelines for Proposals
http://mw2015.museumsandtheweb.com/guidelines-for-proposals/ 
<http://mw2015.museumsandtheweb.com/guidelines-for-proposals/>

Submit your Proposal
http://mw2015.museumsandtheweb.com/submit-proposal/ 
<http://mw2015.museumsandtheweb.com/submit-proposal/>

There are more than a dozen ways to participate in Museums and the Web!

Contribute to MWX, Museums and the Web?s new digital 
exhibitioninitiative: propose exhibits and interactive experiences as 
well aswritten papers and presentations about transformative uses 
oftechnology in museum studies, digital curating and/or contemporary 
artpractice. Full papers (required, up to 5,000 words) will 
bepeer-reviewed and considered for publication in the digital andprinted 
proceedings of the conference. Sept 30 is the deadline forformal papers 
and sessions; Dec 31 for demonstrations of digitalexperiences emerging 
from or inspiring contemporary art practice.

Offer a Pre-conference Workshop: Are you an expert in your field?Share 
your expertise by leading a half-day or full-day pre-conferenceworkshop! 
Workshops are held the day before the conference begins andworkshop 
leaders are compensated for their teaching. No written paperis required.

Present a Formal Paper: Share your leading work in the field through 
awritten paper (required, up to 5,000 words) and an oral presentationin 
a conference session (approx. 20 min. plus discussion). All formalpapers 
are published on the Museums and the Web site, and selectedpapers are 
published in the online and printed proceedings of theconference.

Lead a Professional Forum: Convene a one-hour discussion or debateabout 
timely and critical topics of interest to the museum community.No 
written paper is required.

Teach a How-to Session: You have one hour to demonstrate and teach 
apractical skill or best practices for a museum topic. A writtenversion 
of your session (required, up to 2,500 words) will bepublished on the 
Museums and the Web site to serve as an on-goingreference both for 
attendees of your session and others.

Demonstrate your project and explain the designs and the decisionsthat 
went into it to colleagues in an exhibit-booth setting.Demonstrations 
are only open to museum professionals and projectscreated in a 
non-profit environment. Commercial organizations areinvited to 
demonstrate their products and projects in ExhibitorBriefings.

Give a Lightning Talk in a 1.5 hour session that includes 6 
lightningtalks of 7 minutes each plus plenty of time for questions 
anddiscussion. Slides and recordings of the lightning talks will 
bepublished on the Museums and the Web site, and presenters are 
invitedto blog about their topics (up to 1,000 words) on the MW site.

Propose and lead an Unconference Session: topics are selected 
byattendees during the first day of the conference so the 
conversationcan continue throughout our time together.

Participate in a Crit Room: Panels of leaders in the museum field 
willprovide a free assessment of your web or mobile project 
foraccessibility and other best practices. Sign up before the 
conferencefor a critique on a first-come, first served basis 
(approximately fourprojects can be assessed in each 1.5 hour crit session).

Participate in a Birds of a Feather round-table: lead the discussionor 
dip into several while enjoying breakfast with colleagues. Topicsare 
proposed by participants during the MW conference in the run-up tothe 
breakfast.

Participate in Best of the Web: propose your project or vote for 
yourfavorites! Help us share the best of museums? digital work in a 
widerange of categories to inspire the global community. Nominations 
forthe Best of the Web awards open in February each year.

Exhibit your commercial products and services in the Exhibit Hall:Give 
an Exhibitor Briefings. on recent projects and new commercialproducts. 
Be there: the best part of MW is always meeting informallywith some of 
the most creative and innovative museum professionalsfrom around the 
world and enjoying the warmth and generosity of thiscommunity. Join us!

Performances? Hack-a-thons? Maker Faires? Other interactions orservices? 
Propose any other format of participation + explain how itworks. We are 
open to new ideas.

Many thanks for your help! We look forward to seeing you in Chicago!

Rich & Nancy

Rich Cherry & Nancy Proctor Co-chairs,
Museums and the Web 2015

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