October 11th and 12th, 2010 (Nottingham)
In collaboration with the Research Councils UK Digital Economy Programme
Call for Papers
Following the success of the UK eScience All Hands Meetings, we are pleased to announce the inaugural All Hands Meeting devoted to the Digital Economy. The Digital Economy involves the novel design or use of information and communication technologies to help transform the lives of individuals, society or business. This is a fundamentally multi-disciplinary challenge, requiring input from areas including, but not limited to, the arts and humanities, economic and social scientists, medical sciences, in addition to computing, engineering and physical sciences, with the potential to have radical impact on many sectors (for example, transport, healthcare and the creative industries) and societal concerns (for example, quality of life, social and digital inclusion and sustainability). The UK, through Research Councils UK, has invested significantly in this area over the last year with the creation of a number of Digital Economy Research Hubs, Doctoral Training Centres, community projects and other research grants, with a total investment of around £120m (http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/digitaleconomy/).
A key goal of the programme is to create a community in the UK that is capable of world class, leading research in the Digital Economy and one that produces trained researchers with the necessary cross-disciplinary skills to have real impact in this area. This Digital Futures conference is a key event designed to encourage the development of this community. The emphasis of this event will be on community building and discussion, with the overall theme of digital futures.
This two-day event will include Keynote speakers, talks from selected submissions, and posters. A day of workshops will follow the main conference.
Papers
Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts of unpublished, original work of not more than 3 pages in length. Submissions should be single spaced on A4 pages and should be no more than 2 pages of text and (optionally) 1 page of figures and tables. Authors should submit their abstracts consistent with ACM publication format (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) as a PDF file.
Papers should be submitted at: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=digitalfutures10
Submissions can address any of the themes of the Digital Economy, and will be evaluated based on the potential for innovation and impact. Themes of the Digital Economy include, but are not limited to:
- Digital Inclusion
- Quality of Life
- Healthcare
- Digital innovation
- Culture and Creative Industries
- Transport
Funded RCUK Digital Economy projects are also expected to produce a submission describing their activities. Submissions are also welcome from anyone in the UK research or industrial community whether funded by the Digital Economy Programme or not.
For more information, contact the Programme Chairs at pc_digitalfutures@computing.dundee.ac.uk.
Workshops
Proposals are also welcomed for co-located workshops to be held on the day following the paper presentations. Proposed workshops may address any theme within the Digital Economy, aiming to bring together interested parties to build community, generate funding proposals, or simply to further development of the theme.
For more information or to submit a proposal, please contact Richard Mortier at digitalfutures-workshops@horizon.ac.uk.
Important Dates
Submission of extended abstracts: Tuesday, July 20, 2010, midnight GMT
Notification of acceptance: 24th August, 2010
Camera ready papers due (web publication only): 27th September, 2010
Submission of workshop proposals: Tuesday, July 20, 2010