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-- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions: 19 February 2010 --

IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE GAME AND ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES
(GET2010)
Freiburg, Germany, 26 � 28 July 2010
(http://www.gaming-conf.org/)
part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information
Systems(MCCSIS 2010)
Freiburg, Germany 26 � 31 July 2010
(http://www.mccsis.org)

* Conference background and goals
This conference aims to bring together research and practice from
creative, social and business practitioners and researchers in this
challenging field. The focus of this conference is on design, development
and evaluation of games, entertainment technologies and the nature of
play.

* Format of the Conference 
The conference will comprise of invited talks and oral presentations. The
proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a book and
CD-ROM with ISBN, and will be available also in the IADIS Digital Library
(accessible on-line).

* Best Papers
Selected authors of best papers will be invited to submit extended
versions of their papers to selected journals (i.e. IADIS International
Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems - ISSN: 1646-3692)
including journals from INDERSCIENCE Publishers.

* Types of submissions 
Full and Short Papers, Reflection Papers, Posters/Demonstrations,
Tutorials, Panels and Doctoral Consortium. All submissions are subject to
a blind refereeing process.

* Topics related to Game and Entertainment Technologies are of interest.
These include, but are not limited to the following topics:
 
- Development methodologies
- Design issues 
- Controversial issues � we welcome debate and dissension, for example;
games as art, entertainment as purely for monetary returns etc
- Special Effects
- Animation
- Mobile and ubiquitous games and entertainment 
- Serious Games and entertainment �applications, critiques
- Philosophical issues
- Prototypes
- Social and cultural uses of/for Play
- Tools and technologies
- Skills, strategy, rules and chance
- Genre
- Immersiveness and engagement
- Research methodologies in creative practice

- Usability and playability
- User/player centered design
- Psychological, social, and cultural differences in perception and
participation
- Communities, networks, social interaction and social capital
- Cross-cultural and intercultural approaches
- Assessment of exploratory learning approaches
- Emerging practices


* Important Dates:
- Submission Deadline: 19 February 2010
- Notification to Authors: 19 March 2010
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration: Until 12 April
2010
- Late Registration: After 12 April 2010
- Conference: Freiburg, Germany, 26 � 28 July 2010

* Conference Location 
The conference will be held in Freiburg, Germany. 

* Secretariat 
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE GAME AND ENTERTAINMENT
TECHNOLOGIES 2010
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3 
1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal 
E-mail: secretariat@gaming-conf.org
Web site: http://www.gaming-conf.org/

* Program Committee 
Game and Entertainment Technologies 2010 Conference Program Chair:
Katherine Blashki, University of Sydney, Australia

General MCCSIS 2010 Conference Co-Chairs:
Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands 
Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal
Dirk Ifenthaler, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
Nian-Shing Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan

Committee Members: *
* for committee list please refer to
http://www.gaming-conf.org/committees.asp


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