VC 2009

VC 2009
IADIS International Conference Visual Communication 2009
Event in series	VC
Subevent of	MCCSIS 2009
Dates	2009/06/19 (iCal) - 2009/06/21
Homepage:	http://www.vc-conf.org/
Location
Location:	Algarve, Portugal
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Important dates
Submissions:	2009/04/27
Table of Contents

-- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions (2nd call): 27 April 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 (2nd call): 27 April 2009 - Notification to Authors (2nd call): 15 May 2009 - Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (2nd call): Until 25 May 2009 - Late Registration (2nd call): After 25 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