From: Anna Cicognani Subject: CFP: Creative Collaboration in Virtual Communities '97 Date: Wed, 07 Aug 1996 11:18:00 +1000 Message-ID: <3207EEC8.636@arch.usyd.edu.au> Organization: University of Sydney Creative Collaboration in Virtual Communities '97 University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture, 14-15 February 1997 Co-Chairs: Anna Cicognani and David Week Call for Papers This two-day conference will discuss how collaboration - specifically creative collaboration - can take place in the newly emerging virtual communities (VCs) and virtual organisations. The conference will also look at the implications of creative collaboration for design in cyberspace, and for the design of cyberspace. The starting point of the conference will be an exploration of the significance of Virtual Communitites. Cyberspace is no longer a sci-fi invention, but a reality hosting a wide range of social and productive activities. It is important new ground for research. The conference will focus on three domains: Managing a VC Birth and Evolution Politics and Citizenship Linguistic Aspects Social and Law Aspects Virtual Organizations Designing a VC Tools for Computer Mediated Communication Designing Tools Communication Technologies Specific Environments and Platforms for Design Designing in a VC Languages for Design Computer Mediated Communication Models of Design Collaboration Models of Design Communication Authors are invited to submit abstracts on the above or related topics. The Conference Board will notify authors of the acceptance of papers, on the basis of the abstracts. Full papers in paper and electronic copy must be provided by 6 January 1997, to be included in the proceedings. Important Dates 7 October 1996: Abstracts due 8 November 1996: Notification of acceptance 6 January 1997: Full Papers due Guidelines for Submissions Abstracts: The abstracts will have a length of 800 words, maximum, and 400, minimum. At the top of the abstract write (in order): Name of the Author(s) Affiliation Email, phone, fax Title of the proposed paper Keywords Abstracts can be sent via postal or electronic mail, or faxed. For email submissions, please send only plain text messages to: vc97@arch.usyd.edu.au. Full papers: Guidelines for the submission of full papers will be given shortly. Postal Address CCVC '97 Fay Sudweeks Key Centre of Design Computing Faculty of Architecture University of Sydney NSW, 2006 Australia ph. (61) 2 9351 5933 fax (61) 2 9351 3031 Attn: Fay Sudweeks email: vc97@arch.usyd.edu.au Courier Address CCVC '97 Fay Sudweeks Key Centre of Design Computing (G04) Room 284, Wilkinson Building 148, City Road Chippendale, NSW Australia