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Call for Papers
Immersive Learning Research Network Conference iLRN Prague 2015
13th – 14th July 2015
Prague, Czech Republic

* Full Papers Submissions: 1st March 2015
* Poster Submissions: 15th April 2015
* Workshops Proposals and Posters: 15th April 2015

http://immersivelrn.org/ilrn2015prague
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The international conference will be organized by Graz University of Technology and University of Essex under the umbrella of the immersive Learning Research Network Conference as a special event of the International Conference on Intelligent Environments (http://www.intenv.org).

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About the iLRN Conference Series
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The objective of the immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) Conference Series is to bring together researchers, educators, practitioners, decision makers, and industry on a global scale. The conference offers knowledge exchange and open discussions in scientific presentation streams, poster sessions and panels. Fairly new is the hands-on demo stream, which combines a short paper presentation with an extended hands-on presentation for the attendees. Following a bottom-up way, special tracks and workshops cover emerging topics and trends suggested and organized by the community and focused groups. Also speed sessions enable participants to present an aspect of their work or interest in a fun and speedy way. The international conference will further offer a platform to explore and initiate research collaborations, and give international research consortiums room to share their results.

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About iLRN
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The vision of the immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) is to develop a comprehensive research and outreach agenda that encompasses the breadth and scope of learning potentialities, affordances and challenges of immersive learning environments. To achieve this, the mission is to invite and organize scientists, practitioners, organizations, and innovators across the disciplines to explore, describe, and apply the optimal use of immersive worlds and environments for educational purposes. Further the conference aims at building capacity to explain and demonstrate how these immersive learning environments best work using a variety of rigorous, systematic, and meaningful research methods and outreach strategies.

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Theme
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Continuing the initiators previous success in workshops and conferences on immersive environments for learning and training purposes, this international conference series spans the topic range from innovative research, technologies and tools to successful services and products of immersive environments to foster learning, training and other activities in motivational and engaging ways. The objective is to uncover and discuss emerging trends and technologies, sound research and best practices, successful products and services within an international and interdisciplinary community. This includes but not limits its focus to virtual and augmented worlds, learning and motivational games, educational simulations, mixed/augmented reality, and related learning and teaching tools, techniques, technologies, and standards.

Topics of interest in the context of immersive environments for the main conference include:

• Immersive Technologies, Systems and Devices
• Cognitive and Pedagogical Analysis
• Learning and Training Applications
• Non-leisure Games and Gamification
• A Glance into the Future: Innovations, Challenges and Applications
• Games and Entertainment
• Art and Creativity

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Publications
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All accepted full papers will be published with IOS Press as part of the workshop proceedings of the Intelligent Environments conference (IE’15). All other accepted contributions will be published as online proceedings linked to an ISSN number. Authors of selected papers will also be invited to extend their contribution and to be published in a special issue of the Transactions of Future Intelligent Education Environments journal (TOFIEE).

The submitted papers must not exceed 4 pages (short paper) or 8 pages (full paper). Contributions are welcome on work-in-progress, research results, technical development, and best practices. Research, development, and best practices contributions will be accepted according to their quality and relevance either as full or short papers. Work-in-progress will only be accepted as short papers.

Papers must follow the following style guidelines: http://www.iospress.nl/service/authors/latex-and-word-tools-for-book-authors/

Papers should be submitted via EasyChair, selecting the track “iLRN 2015″: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ilrn2015

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Venue
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iLRN Prague 2015 will take place 13th and 14th of July 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic. Prague, the main capital of the Czech Republic, located in the center of Europe, is well connected by its international airport and long distance train connections. Prague is not only well known as a conference city but is also famous for its cultural variety as well as the quality and diversity of the cuisine. The conference is hosted at the Corinthia Hotel Prague, which is very close to the city center.

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Conference Organization
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• General Chair: Michael Gardner, University of Essex, UK
• Program Co-Chair: Christian Gütl, Graz University of Technology, Austria
• Program Co-Chair: Jennifer Elliott, Voorstellen LLC, USA
• Special Sessions Co-Chair: Carlos Delgado Kloos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
• Special Sessions Co-Chair: Johanna Pirker, Graz University of Technology, Austria
• Publicity & Public Relations: Anasol Pena-Rios, Engineering, University of Essex, UK
• Publications Co-Chair: Simon Egerton, Monash University, Malaysia
• Publications Co-Chair: Roxane Koitz, Graz University of Technology, Austria

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iLRN International Chairs
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• International – North America Co-Chair: Chad Lane, University of Illinois, USA
• International – North America Co-Chair: Amy Cheney, Appalachian State University, USA
• International – South America Co-Chair: Andreas Pester, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria
• International – South America Co-Chair: Paulo Sampio, University of Salvador (Unifacs), Brazil
• International – Asia Pacific Co-Chair: Henry Been-Lirn Duh, University of Tasmania, Australia
• International – Asia Pacific Co-Chair: Eric Champion, Curtin University, WA
• International – Europa Co-Chair: Leonel Caseiro Morgado, Universidade Aberta, Portugal
• International- Middle East Co-Chair: Mohammad Al-Smadi, Amman Technical University, Jordan
• International – Africa Chair: Mathy Vanbuel, Audiovisual Technologies, Informatics & Telecommunications, Belgium

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iLRN Advisory Board
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• Jon Dorbolo, Oregon State University, USA
• Francois Garnier, École Nationale Supériore des Arts Décoratifs, France
• Beatrice Hasler, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel
• Pasi Mattila, Center for Internet Excellence, Finland
• Jonathon Richter, University of Oregon, USA

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Program Committee (to be extended)
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• Dietrich Albert, University of Graz, Austria
• Colin Allison, University of St Andrews, UK
• Mohammad Al-Smadi, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
• Leena Arhippainen, Center for Internet Excellence, Finland
• Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge, University of Bremen, Germany
• Panagiotis Bamidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• Clemens Cap, University of Rostock, Germany
• Juan Carlos Augusto, Middlesex University, UK
• Theo Bastiaens, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany
• Manuel Castro, UNED, Spain
• J. Cecil, Oklahoma State University, US
• Erik Champion, Curtin University, Australia
• Sara de Freitas, Curtin University, Australia
• Carlos Delgado Kloos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
• Henry Been-Lirn Duh, University of Tasmania, Australia
• Martin Ebner, University of Graz, Austria
• Justin Ehrlich, Western Illinois University, US
• Jennifer Elliott, University of North Carolina, US
• Kai Erenli, UAS bfi Vienna, Austria
• Michael Gardner, University of Essex, UK
• Francois Garnier, École Nationale Supériore des Arts Décoratifs, France
• Lisa Gjedde, Aalborg University, Denmark
• Christian Gütl, Graz University of Technology, Austria
• Judson Harward, Harvard University, US
• Béatrice Hasler, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel
• Stylianos Hatzipanagos, King’s College London, UK
• Aurelie Herbet, ensad, France
• Christothea Herodotou, Open University, UK
• Margit Höfler, University of Graz, Austria
• María Blanca Ibáñez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
• Monique Janneck, Fachhochschule Lübeck, Germany
• Bruno Joho, Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts, Switzerland
• Ferial Khaddage, Deakin University Australia, Austrialia
• Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
• Roxane Koitz, Graz University of Technology, Austria
• Timo Koskela, University of Oulu, Finland
• Narayanan Kulathuramaiyer, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia
• Vincent Lepetit, EPFL, Switzerland
• Stephanie Linek, Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, Germany
• Stefanie Lindstaedt, Graz University of Technology, Austria
• Daniel Livingstone, Glasgow School of Art, UK
• David Lowe, The University of Sydney, Australia
• Pasi Mattila, Center for Internet Excellence, Finland
• John McCaffery, University of St Andrews, UK
• Alexander Mikroyannidis, The Open University, UK
• Alan Miller, University of St Andrews, UK
• Alok Mishra, Atilim University, Turkey
• Leonel Morgado, Universidade Aberta, Portugal
• Stylianos Mystakidis, University of Patras, Greece
• Alexander Nussbaumer, Graz University of Technology, Austria
• Viktoria Pammer-Schindler, Graz University of Technology, Austria
• Abelardo Pardo, The University of Sydney, Australia
• Ignazio Passero, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy
• Anasol Peña-Ríos, University of Essex, UK
• Andreas Pester, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria
• Panagiotis Petridis, University of Conventry, UK
• Johanna Pirker, Graz University of Technology, Austria
• Torsten Reiners, Curtin University, Australia
• Jonathon Richter, University of Oregon, US
• Paulo Sampaio, Universidade Salvador, Brazil
• Demetrios Sampson, University of Piraeus, Greece
• Andreas Schmeil, University of Lugano, Switzerland
• Wolfgang Slany, Graz University of Technology, Austria
• Marcus Specht, Open University of the Nethderlands, Netherlands
• Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• John Venable, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
• Steven Warburton, University of Surrey, UK
• Mary Webb, King’s College London, UK
• Gudrun Wesiak, Graz University of Technology, Austria
• Fridolin Wild, The Open University, UK
• Annika Wiklund-Engblom, Åbo Akademi Unversity, Finland
• Lincoln Wood, University Of Auckland, New Zealand
• Hsuan-Yi Wu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan