Workshops – Communities and Technologies 2021

C&T 2021 will host workshops to spark discussion and exchange of experiences among (applied) researchers, practitioners, and professionals working in the field of communities and technologies, as well as non-academic actors – individuals as well as organizations – working with technologies to affect community relations. The workshops provide a platform to discuss, explore and advance specific research areas of Communities & Technologies. Each workshop should provide a forum to generate new, innovative ways of thinking about the topic, or ideas that suggest promising directions for future research. Topics addressed may include (but are not limited to) theories, methodologies, artefacts in practices, emerging application areas, design innovations, strategy and organizational issues pertaining to the overall theme of the conference “Wicked Problems in the Age of Tech”.

Please note that C&T is convening Community Day which will bring C&T conference attendees and people from the local community together to discuss and work together to discuss purposeful and pragmatic approaches for mutual understanding. Workshops given during Community Day should be accessible (e.g. avoiding specialized theory and vocabulary unless necessary), relevant, and useful. When you submit your proposal please indicate whether the workshop(s) you’re proposing could be convened during Community Day and/or regular sessions.

C&T Workshops will run for a half or one full day and will take place on June 21-22, 2021. Community Day workshops will be half-day sessions only and they will take place on June 20, 2021. All workshops will be – in line with the nature of the overall conference – either hybrid or fully virtual.

Important Dates

March 12, 2021 (23:59 PST) Workshop proposals due from workshop organizers
April 5, 2021 Notification of acceptance for workshop proposals
May 9, 2021 (23:59 PST) Workshop descriptions due from workshop organizers
May 23, 2021 (23:59 PST) Workshop papers due (please check the workshop web site) from workshop attendees
June 20, 2021, Workshops at Community Day in Seattle
June 21-22, 2021, Workshops at conference in Seattle

Submission Format

We are using the new ACM workflow for submissions, please find instructions here: https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow
Workshop papers must be no longer than 8 pages in the above mentioned format, excluding all additional material such as references, appendices, and figures.
Selection Process: peer-reviewed
Submission Address: workshops@comtech.community

Submission Details

Workshop proposals should:

Include the title of the workshop
List organizers and their backgrounds
Provide workshop’s theme, goals and activities, including information how the workshop would take up on the overall hybrid or fully virtual nature of C&T2021
Indicate maximum number of participants
Provide means of soliciting and selecting participants
Public description of the workshop to be shared via C&T website

Proceedings Details

While workshop summaries will be integrated into the conference proceedings that will be a volume of the International Conference Proceedings Series published by ACM, organizers can consider converting individual workshop papers into edited books or special issues of journals. Furthermore, there is the option of publishing the workshop submissions (all contributions) in the EUSSET Digital Library. You may consider including such publications goals in your workshop proposal.

Contact

Please send any questions and inquiries to the Workshop Co-Chairs:
workshops@comtech.community

Workshop Co-Chairs

Jasmine Jones, Berea College, USA
Anne Weibert, Universität Siegen, Germany

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