Submissions

Call for Submissions

Submissions are sought from both researchers and practitioners in academia and industry. Graduate and advanced undergraduate students are also encouraged to submit games and prototypes, paper, panel, workshop, or roundtable proposals either jointly with an academic/member of industry or alone.

Submissions to Meaningful Play 2008 can include:

• Papers
• Paper Sessions
• Poster Sessions
• Panel Sessions
• Roundtable Discussions
• Workshops
• Individual Speakers
• Games and Prototypes

Specific requirements for each type of submission is available below.

Paper Submissions (due July 13, 2008)

Paper submissions should present original, unpublished research or design work. Papers under review elsewhere MUST NOT be submitted to Meaningful Play 2008.

Authors are encouraged to go beyond the discussion of their work and address implications back to literature, practice, and/or policy.

Authors may submit either extended abstracts (a minimum of 500 words and a maximum of 1500 words) or full papers (up to 8000 words). Submissions should following the APA Style (APA formatting and style guide help).

Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their work at the conference in a 15 minute presentation (approx.). The organizing committee will combine individual presentations into topical paper sessions.

Paper Session Submissions (due July 13, 2008)

Individuals (or groups of individuals) are encouraged to submit proposals for paper sessions, a topical conglomeration of individual papers. Submissions within the proposed session should present original, unpublished research or design work whose topic directly advances the broadly defined theme of the conference. Papers under review elsewhere MUST NOT be submitted.

Session organizer(s) are required to submit a 300-500 word abstract for the session. In addition, session organizer(s) are required to recruit presenters for their session, and coordinate the submission of their papers and abstracts according to the requirements for "Paper Submissions" discussed above.

Poster Session Submissions (due August 15, 2008)

Poster submissions should present original, unpublished research or design work whose topic directly advances the Meaningful Play 2008 topics. Late-breaking advances and work-in-progress reports from ongoing research or design are particularly encouraged to be submitted to the poster session.

Authors are requested to submit either a 200-500 word abstract of the poster contents OR a draft version of the poster.

Panel Session Submissions (due August 15, 2008)

Individuals (or groups of individuals) are encouraged to submit proposals for panel sessions which provide an opportunity to publicly debate and discuss issues relevant to the Meaningful Play 2008 topics with eager academic and industry audiences.

Panel session organizer(s) are required to submit a 200-500 word abstract, and directly recruit panel presenters.

Roundtable Discussion Session Submissions (due August 15, 2008)

Individuals (or groups of individuals) are encouraged to submit proposals for roundtable discussion sessions that focus on the Meaningful Play 2008 topics. At Meaningful Play 2008 roundtables are small peer discussion groups limited to no more than 25 people. Roundtable discussion sessions typically feature constructive controversy and debate, and promote an open-ended exchange of ideas in a relatively casual setting.

Roundtable discussion session organizer(s) are required to submit a 200-500 word abstract.

Workshop Submissions (due August 15, 2008)

Individuals (or groups of individuals) are encouraged to submit proposals for workshops whose topics speak directly to the Meaningful Play 2008 topics. At Meaningful Play 2008, workshops are sessions in which specific hands on topics are explored over an extended period of time (typically from 2-4 hours) in a highly hands on manner. Due to the nature of a workshop, the number of attendees is usually limited.

Workshop organizer(s) are required to submit a 200-500 word abstract that not only provides a description of the topic that will be covered, but the target/intended audience, and the core concepts/skills that the attendees are expected to take away from the workshop.

Individual Speaker Submissions (due August 15, 2008)

Individuals are encouraged to submit proposals for individual talks whose topic relates to the topics of the conference. At Meaningful Play 2008, individual speaker sessions are roughly an hour in length, and explore a specific topic or theme in depth, while providing a strong personal or visionary perspective. Individual speaker sessions can also be game case studies or project post mortems.

Individual speakers are required to submit a 200-500 word abstract for their session.

Games and Prototypes (due August 15, 2008)

View the game exhibition and competition for details on submitting games and prototypes.