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*** Early Bird Registration: 15 October, 2008 ***

Advance Registration Deadline: 7 November, 2008
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               CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

         *** Interactive Storytelling'08 ***
        1st Joint International Conference on
           Interactive Digital Storytelling

        26-29 November 2008, Erfurt, Germany
         http://www.ai.fh-erfurt.de/ICIDS08
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The first joint conference of the two previous European conference series:
- TIDSE ("Technologies for Interactive Digital Storytelling") and
- ICVS ("Virtual Storytelling -- Using Virtual Reality Technologies for Storytelling")

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INVITED SPEAKERS:
*Andrew Stern*: game designer, co-creator of "Façade" and Grand Text Auto
*Marie-Laure Ryan*: narratologist, author of "Narrative as Virtual Reality" and "Avatars of Story"

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS:
Out of 76 submissions, 19 full papers were selected by an international programme committee, completed by short papers, posters and demonstrations. Proceedings are published by Springer Verlag.

WORKSHOPS:
*Pen-and-Paper Role-Playing* and *Impro Theatre*: Learning Interactive Storytelling principles from non-digital interactive storytelling forms
*Authoring Tools*: Comparative insights into the state of the art in creation of Interactive Narratives.

PANELS and DISCUSSIONS:
*Industry panel*: Application of research results to marketable products
*Authoring panel*: Authoring and Creation in Interactive Storytelling

EXHIBITION:
*Demonstrations*: Live impressions of research prototypes and applications
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The conference will be held in Erfurt, Thuringia, in the centre of Germany, during the atmospheric time of its famous Christmas Market in the medieval city centre.
Please have a look at our WEBSITE for updates of the programme and for travel information.
http://www.ai.fh-erfurt.de/ICIDS08

Contact: Prof. Ulrike Spierling
FH Erfurt, University of Applied Sciences
Altonaer Str. 25
99085 Erfurt, Germany
Email: contact@interactive-storytelling.com