CFP: MINA Mobile Creativity and Innovation Symposium

CALL FOR PAPERS, WORKSHOPS, PROJECT SHOWCASES &

CALL FOR SMARTPHONE, MOBILE AND POCKET CAMERA FILMS

The MINA Mobile Creativity and Innovation Symposium and the International Mobile Innovation Screening provide a platform for filmmakers, artists, designers, researchers, educators and industry professionals to debate the prospect of wireless, mobile and ubiquitous technologies in art and design, education, and the creative industries and on-going development of mobile social media, mobile technologies, mobile production and mobile aesthetics.

This year, the fourth MINA Symposium edition is centred around the question: What are current, potential and inspiring mobile opportunities for the future of universities, of the private sector, of individuals and digital communities? and will seek to answer this question through presentations of papers, panels discussions, workshops, performances and mobile screenings.

MINA invites any submission relating, but not limited to the following:

• MOBILE & AESTHETIC
• MOBILE & COMMUNITIES
• MOBILE & HYBRID ART
• MOBILE & INTERACTIVITY
• MOBILE & MARKETING
• MOBILE & PEDAGOGY
• MOBILE & MEDIA PRODUCTION
• MOBILE & SOUND
• MOBILE & SPACE
• MOBILE & STORY-TELLING 

Selected papers will be published in the Creative Technologies journal – Special MobileEdition.

FORMAT

Papers and pre-constituted panels can be delivered in-situ and via live web/video-broadcast.

A. For each PAPER submission, please submit:

• a proposal / abstract of approximately 300 words, including the title
• a brief biographical (100 words maximum) per author(s)

The paper presentation should be planned around 20 min, plus 10 min Q&A

B. For each PANEL / WORKSHOP / PERFORMANCE proposals, please submit:

• name of at least three people to form a panel
• a proposal / abstract of approximately 300 words, including the title
• any technical requirement, if not standard (computer, Internet, video projector, microphone)
• each panel / workshop member brief biographical (100 words maximum), including their personal contact information

The panel discussion should be planned around 30 – 40 minute, the workshop and performance format is flexible.

The International Mobile Innovation Screening 2014 will showcase short films produced on and with smartphones, mobile and pocket cameras. In its 4th edition the MINA showcase will include micro-movies and micro-formats (Vine, Vyclone and live streaming apps), travel, mobility and adventure films (i.e. sports or drone videos) including projects realised with GoPro cameras. Selected mobile films will be featured in the MINA showreel, MINA DVD, MINA eBook and MINA’s international partner festivals.

Submisson via http://mina.pro/submit/

KEY DATES

Deadline for paper proposals and pre-constituted panels, workshops submission and screening: 28st of July 2014.

All PAPER submissions, PANEL and/or Workshop, Screening proposals will be double peer reviewed and presenters will be notified of acceptances by: 29th of September 2014.

MINA will take place on the 20th & 21st November (TBC) at AUT University (Auckland, NZ/Aotearoa)

SUBMISSION

Please use the following submission link: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mina2014

If you have any questions related to the Symposium please contact Laurent Antonczak [ laurent@mina.pro | +64 211 625 072 ].

If you have any questions related to the Screening please contact Max Schleser [ max@mina.pro | +64 22 692 0872 ].

For further information, please check also:www.mina.pro and #MINA2013 eBook: http://bit.ly/eBook2013

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