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-- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions (extension): 27 March 2009 --

IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE VISUAL COMMUNICATION 2009: Creative Industries, Photography and Culture Algarve, Portugal, 19 to 21 June 2009 (http://www.vc-conf.org/) part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (MCCSIS 2009) Algarve, Portugal, 17 to 23 June 2009 (http://www.mccsis.org)

* Keynote Speaker (confirmed): Dr Roberto Muffoletto, Coordinator New Media & Global Education, College of Education Appalachian State University, USA

* Conference background and goals The IADIS Visual Communication (VC) 2009 conference aims to address the main issues on Visual Communication, Photography and Technology.

* 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 Visual Communication: Creative Industries, Photography and Culture are of interest. These include, but are not limited to the following areas and topics:

- Visual Communication (main area) - Visual Language / -Literacy / -Rhetoric - Persuasive Communication - Semiotics - Genres - Epistemic, episodic and the conceptual - Storyline and Hyperstructure

- Psychology (Main Area) - Visual / Subliminal Perception - Gestalt, Cognitive Style - Etnographic / Historical Themes - Galleries - Imagery Software

- Photography (main area) - Journalism, Documentary and Autonomous - Graphics, Art and Design - Spatial Composition - Daylight Studio - Autobiographic - Portrait, landscape, fashion, architecture - Creative Imagery - New Generation Cameras - Didactic Careers - International Consortia for EU Projects

- Technology - Light, colour, lenses, 3D scanning and printing - WWW-based Image Spaces - Flickr, MySpace, - Archiving

* Important Dates: - Submission Deadline (extension): 27 March 2009 - Notification to Authors (extension): 24 April 2009 - Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (extension): Until 15 May 2009 - Late Registration (extension): After 15 May 2009 - Conference: Algarve, Portugal, 19 to 21 JuNE 2009

* Conference Location The conference will be held in Algarve, Portugal.

* Secretariat IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE VISUAL COMMUNICATION 2009 Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3 1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal E-mail: secretariat@vc-conf.org Web site: http://www.vc-conf.org/

* Program Committee Visual Communication 2009 Conference Program Chair: Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands

General MCCSIS Conference Co-Chairs: Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal Nian-Shing Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan

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

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