Workshops

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.

C&T Workshops will each run for a half or one full day and will take place on June 21st and 22nd, 2021.

Important DatesMarch 12, 2021 (23:59 PST) workshop proposals due from workshop organizers
March 30, 2021 Notification of acceptance for workshop proposals
April 9, 2021 (23:59 PST) workshop descriptions due from workshop organizers
April 23, 2021 (23:59 PST) Workshop papers due (please check the workshop web site) from workshop attendees
June 21-22, 2021, Workshops at conference in Seattle
Submission DetailsWorkshop proposal submissions should be prepared as extended abstracts according to the ACM recommended templates. Each proposal should:include the title of the workshop,list organizers and their backgrounds,provide workshop’s theme, goals, and activities,indicate maximum number of participants,provide means of soliciting and selecting participants,public description of the workshop to be shared via C&T website.Submission: Please send proposals to the workshop chairs workshops@comtech.community
Submission Format: 4 pages extended abstract (excluding references), as PDF
Selection Process: peer-reviewed
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.
The workshop papers will be published in EUSSET Digital Library. You may consider including such publications goals in your workshop proposal.

Contact

Please send any questions and inquiries to the Workshop chairs:
workshops@comtech.community

Apply for Funding to Attend C&T 2021

EUSSET (the European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies) is sponsoring a limited number of grants to support students and community organizations (especially from developing countries) to attend the Communities and Technologies 2021 conference taking place in Seattle in June 21-25 2021. If you are interested in applying for a grant, we will be posting our application form February 1, 2021.
Deadline for the application is May 3, 2021. You will be notified about the result of your application by May 7, 2021.