Hier der Call for Abstracts der Clash of Realities in Köln. Die pdf-Variante gibt es unter http://www.clashofrealities.de/call4abstracts_en.pdf

 

The 4th International Computer Game Conference Cologne will be held May 23-25, 2012 at
Cologne University of Applied Sciences. The interdisciplinary conference is directed at a broad
audience including academic researchers, game designers, teachers, social workers, students, and
journalists. It is organized by the Cologne University of Applied Sciences, the Cologne Game
Lab, and Electronic Arts Germany.

Confirmed keynote speakers include: Tracy Fullerton (University of Southern California) and
Constance Steinkuehler (University of Wisconsin-Madison).
Furthermore, there will be keynotes from Patrick Felicia (Waterford Institute of Technology) and
Kurt Squire (University of Wisconsin-Madison) at a subconference on digital game-based learning
which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research as well as the European
Social Fund (http://www.spitkom.de/).

We encourage the submission of extended abstracts (800-1000 words) from a broad range of
academic disciplines, such as media studies, educational research, and media psychology, as well as
from game design and game development. Above all (but not exclusively) we are interested in the
following main topics: Media Education, Games & Learning, Game Design, Games & Art,
Games & Crossmedia, Social Games, Gamification, and Games & Legal Aspects of Regulations
in Germany and Europe.

Please send your submission as an email-attachment (doc or odt) to André Czauderna (andre.czauderna at fh-koeln.de) and indicate whether you prefer a 15-minute or a 30-minute talk. Submissions are due on
January 15, 2012.

Notification of acceptance will be sent by February 29, 2012. Proceedings will be published in
autumn 2012. The conference is free of charge.

Program Committee:
Björn Bartholdy (Cologne Game Lab/KISD)
André Czauderna (Cologne University of Applied Sciences)
Gundolf S. Freyermuth (Cologne Game Lab/ifs internationale filmschule köln)
Martin Ganteföhr (Osnabrück)
Lisa Gotto (ifs internationale filmschule köln)
Winfred Kaminski (Cologne University of Applied Sciences) (Chair)
Christoph Klimmt (Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover)
Julian Kücklich (Berlin)
Crystle Martin (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Jörg Müller-Lietzkow (Universität Paderborn)
Doris C. Rusch (DePaul University)
Markus Wiemker (RWTH Aachen)
Jeffrey Wimmer (Technische Universität Ilmenau)

Further information:
www.clashofrealities.de
4th International Computer
Game Conference Cologne