ICIC 2012 - 4th ACM International Conference on Intercultural Collaboration (ICIC 2012)

4th ACM International Conference on Intercultural Collaboration (ICIC
2012) has been extended to 15-October-2011 (West Samao Time, WST).

4th ACM International Conference on Intercultural Collaboration (ICIC'12)
March 21-23, 2012
Bengaluru, INDIA
http://langrid.nict.go.jp/icic2012/

The full text of the Call for Papers is available at:
http://langrid.nict.go.jp/icic2012/cfp.html

General Co-Chairs
* Ravi Vatrapu (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
* Vanessa Evers (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
* K.B. Akhilesh (Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India)

Program Co-Chairs
* Martha Maznevski (International Institute for Management Development
(IMD), Switzerland)
* Bonnie Nardi (University of California, Irvine, USA)
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Naomi Yamashita
TEL: +81-(0)774-93-5115, FAX: +81-(0)774-93-5245
URL: http://www.kecl.ntt.co.jp/csl/sirg/people/naomi/in...

> Original Message
> From: Naomi Yamashita [mailto:naomiy-AT-acm.org]
> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 11:29 AM
> To: 'sig-gn-members-AT-ipsj.or.jp'
> Subject: CFP: 4th ACM International Conference on Intercultural
> Collaboration (ICIC'12)
>
> 4th ACM International Conference on Intercultural Collaboration (ICIC'12)
> March 21-23, 2012, Bengaluru, INDIA
> http://langrid.nict.go.jp/icic2012/
>
>
> Call for Papers (CFP)
>
> This conference explores the nature of intercultural collaboration and ways
> to improve intercultural collaboration processes and outcomes, especially
> improvements enabled or facilitated by technology. The Conference
> emphasizes linkages and connections between cultures (not comparative or
> cross-cultural analysis). "Culture" is broadly construed to include
> national cultures but also subcultures based on gender, religion, political
> action, and so on.
> ICIC 2012 is a continuation of the former International Workshop on
> Intercultural Collaboration (IWIC) series, with this being the fourth
> conference.
>
> In practice, information and communication technologies have enabled people
> across cultures to interact with each other personally and through mass
> media, in ways thought impossible only a few decades ago. Such uses of
> technology have increased the pace of intercultural exposure, but not
> necessarily intercultural collaboration. Research about intercultural
> collaboration has evolved in several different disciplines. The divergent
> disciplinary studies have helped us understand some aspects of this
> interaction, but to match the pace of change in the environment we need
> to bring these fields together and create more synergistic understanding
> and application. This conference integrates the socio-cultural and
> socio-technical perspectives, with the objective of creating
> multidisciplinary dialogue and progress in this important field.
>
> General topics include collaboration support (such as natural language
> processing, Web, and Internet technologies), social scientific analyses
> of intercultural interaction in situations in which technology plays a role,
> and case studies that increase mutual understanding and learning in our
> technologically-supported multicultural world. Submissions are not
> required to be multidisciplinary themselves, but they should be able to
> contribute to a multidisciplinary dialogue. During the conference, papers
> will be grouped and discussions will be facilitated in a way that encourages
> this dialogue.
> It is strongly recommended that submissions include a paragraph on how the
> paper's focus is related to or can benefit from the perspective of other
> disciplines related to technology-enabled or -facilitated intercultural
> collaboration.
>
> Examples of relevant topics include but are not limited to: o Conceptual
> frameworks, methods, and measures to study intercultural collaboration
> and/or learning, especially which include some role for information or
> communications technology o Field studies of intercultural collaboration
> in global organizations and/or in local communities o Intercultural issues
> in offshore / global businesses o Laboratory studies of intercultural
> collaboration and technology use o Cultural differences in collaboration
> styles and technology use o Case studies of intercultural collaboration
> enabled or facilitated by technology o Computer supported intercultural
> collaboration o Internet, web, ubiquitous, and/or ambient technologies for
> intercultural collaboration and learning o The role of language, language
> proficiency, and language resources in intercultural collaboration,
> especially information and communications technology implications o
> Multilingual communication and communication technologies o
> Interoperability of language resources o Usability of technologies,
> including language resources, for intercultural collaboration o Issues of
> collaboration in development in multicultural environments o Issues of
> collaboration in e-governance in multicultural environments o Issues of
> collaboration in e-learning in multicultural environments o Issues of
> collaboration in digital gaming and entertainment in multicultural
> environments o Issues of collaboration in healthcare in multicultural
> environments
>
> Submissions will be considered for archival papers, to be published in
> the ACM Digital Library, and for non-archival papers, panels,
> demonstrations, and posters. Paper authors can choose non-archival
> publication.
>
> Papers
>
>
> Full papers are solicited on intercultural collaboration in contexts
> enabled or facilitated by technology. Papers can describe studies of
> intercultural communication and collaboration or present new technologies
> to assess and support intercultural interaction. Papers should be
> suitable for a multidisciplinary audience and relevant to issues of
> intercultural collaboration.
>
> All full papers will be evaluated using a double-blind review process.
> Authors should omit their names and affiliations from the title area of
> the paper and conceal references to their own prior work by referring to
> it in the third person (e.g., authors should say "In an earlier study,
> Jones and Smith found..." instead of "In an earlier study, we found...").
> Papers that have not been appropriately anonymized will be returned without
> review.
>
> Papers should be submitted through the Precision Conference System
> (www.precisionconference.com/~icic). Authors will need to create a free
> account and then upload a pdf version of their anonymized paper to the site.
>
> Accepted full paper authors have the option of having their paper included
> in the ACM digital library or not. If the authors choose not to have their
> full paper included, then only the abstract will be included in the ACM
> Digital Library. Full papers to be published in the ACM Digital Library
> (http://portal.acm.org/) should be no longer than ten two-columned pages.
> Papers should be formatted according to the ACM SIGCHI template and
> submitted in PDF format. Please see the SIGCHI author instruction page
> (http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform) for more information and
> downloadable templates.
>
>
> Panels, Demonstrations and Late-Breaking Papers
>
>
> Panels, demonstrations and late-breaking papers will not be blind reviewed.
> Authors should include their complete names and contact information at the
> top of their submitted PDF file.
>
> Panels: ICIC 2012 will feature a solicited panel and an invited panel.
> Individuals may submit proposals for the solicited panel. A panel
> consists of three or four talks on theme related to the conference. Panel
> submissions will not be archival, so panelists may discuss previously
> published work. Submissions should provide each panelist's background
> and contact information, as well as a brief statement of his or her position
> on the panel theme. Submissions should be no longer than 3 pages in length
> using the ACM template (see above).
>
> Panels should be submitted by email to icic2012-panels-AT-khn.nict.go.jp
>
> Demonstrations: Individuals may submit proposals to present demonstrations
> of new technologies for intercultural collaboration. Demonstration
> proposals should clearly describe the motivation for the tool and how it
> will be demonstrated at the workshop. Demonstration descriptions will
> not be archival; therefore, demonstrations can include both previously
> published work and work that is not yet ready for publication. Submissions
> should be no longer than 3 pages in length using the ACM template (see above).
>
> Demonstrations should be submitted by email to
> icic2012-demos-AT-khn.nict.go.jp
>
>
> Late-Breaking Papers (Work in Progress): Individuals may submit
> late-breaking papers to present as posters during the workshop.
> Late-breaking papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library, if the
> author(s) wish(es). Late-breaking papers should be no longer than 4
> two-columned pages in length, formatted according to the ACM SIGCHI template,
> and submitted in PDF format. Please see the SIGCHI author instruction page
> (http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform ) for more information and
> downloadable templates.
>
> Late-Breaking Papers should be submitted through the Precision Conference
> System (www.precisionconference.com/~icic). Authors will need to create
> a free account and then upload a pdf version of their paper to the site.
>
> Submitted late-breaking papers, panels, and demonstrations will be reviewed
> by a panel of distinguished researchers in the area of intercultural
> communication and collaboration.
>
>
> IMPORTANT DATES:
>
>
> --
> Submission Deadline for Papers and Panels:
> October 1, 2011
> Late submissions will not be considered.
>
> Notification of Acceptance for Full Papers and Panels:
> November 30, 2011
>
> Submission Deadline for Demos and Doctoral Consortium:
> November 1, 2011
> Late submissions will not be considered.
>
> Notification of Demos and Doctoral Consortium:
> December 14, 2011
>
> Submission Deadline for Late-Breaking Papers December 14, 2011 Late
> submissions will not be considered.
>
> Notification of Acceptance for Late-Breaking Papers:
> December 21, 2011
> Final Papers due (Papers, Panels, Late-Breaking Papers, Demos, Doctoral
> Consortium):
> January 23, 2012
>
> Electronic ACM forms completed by authors/speakers January 27, 2012
>
>
>
>
> General Co-Chairs
> . Ravi Vatrapu (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark) . Vanessa Evers
> (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) . K.B. Akhilesh (Indian
> Institute of Science (IISc), India)
>
> Program Co-Chairs
> . Martha Maznevski (International Institute for Management Development
> (IMD), Switzerland) . Bonnie Nardi (University of California, Irvine, USA)
>
> If you have any questions or need further information, please email
> icic2012-AT-khn.nict.go.jp
>
> --
> Naomi Yamashita
> TEL: +81-(0)774-93-5115, FAX: +81-(0)774-93-5245
> URL: http://www.kecl.ntt.co.jp/csl/sirg/people/naomi/in...