*Author names should not be in the file that contains the body of the paper -they are added following peer
review.*
Mediacity5 Conference
Abstract/Poster/Workshop/Artwork
Introduction
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template file contains specially formatted styles (e.g., Normal, Heading, Bullet, References, Title, Author,
Affiliation) that are designed to reduce the work in formatting your final submission.
Format
Paper Abstracts
Abstracts must be a minimum of one page (500 words) and no longer than two pages (1000 words),
including all additional material such as references, appendices, and figures. The abstracts must include
a title, sufficient space for the author name(s) to appear on the paper, abstract and references.. The 1000
word count includes all text, figures, tables and appendices. Note that this page count excludes the cover
page, abstract, keywords and references. Paper submissions are a two-stage process. Authors are asked
to submit an abstract for consideration. Authors of accepted abstracts will then be asked to submit a
camera-ready paper prior to the conference. These will appear in the Conference proceedings.
Conference full papers will be approx. 5000-6000 words in length and will be peer reviewed.
Posters
Poster submissions should include an abstract of no longer than one page (500 words). The abstract
should state the contribution and originality of the work and make clear how the work differs from
significant prior research. Posters will be shown for the duration of the main conference.
Workshops
Workshops can either be based on sharing knowledge or experience around a particular focused subtopic or can be a skill-sharing event focused around a particular technology or methodology. Workshops
will be half-day events. Proposals should be no longer than two pages and should include: the title, the
list of organisers and their backgrounds, and an abstract of no more than 150 words; as well as the
workshop’s theme, goals and activities; maximum number of participants, means of soliciting
participation, and means of selecting participants.
Exhibition - Urban Interventions
Proposals are invited for artistic and experimental projects that explore the host city as a site of
experimentation and participation. These can be a site-specific project, an event or an installation, but
should focus on artistic and creative approaches to the social smart city approach and how this can have
value and impact for the local citizens and organisations. These interventions can feed off, play with or
supplement the data harvested from the city infrastructure through an ‘Urban API’ being developed by iDAT as a component of its Operating Systems. A small budget will be available for selected projects.
Proposals should be no longer than two pages and should include: a title, a short summary, bios/CV’s of
the artist(s), a 150 word description of the project, a timeline, and an outline of how the project will
engage with the local city and the types of citizen participation.
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Conference Abstract
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Sections
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Sections should not be numbered.
Subsections
Headings of subsections should be in Arial 11-point bold italics with initial letters capitalized (Heading 2).
(Note: for sub-sections and sub-subsections, words like ‘the’, ‘of’, ‘a’, ‘an’ are not capitalized unless it is
the first word of the heading.)
Sub-subsections
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Citations
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Figures, Tables & Captions
Place figures and tables close to the relevant text (or where they are referenced in the text). Captions
should be numbered (e.g., “Table 1” or “Figure 2”), centered and placed above the figure or table. Please
note that the words “Figure” and “Table” should be spelled out (e.g., “Figure” rather than “Fig.”) wherever
they occur. The proceedings will be made available online, thus color figures are possible.
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Acknowledgements (optional)
Please do not add acknowledgements to your submission because it will help identify authors.
Acknowledgements may be added afterwards if papers are accepted.
References and Citations
References must be complete, i.e., include, as appropriate, volume, number, month, publisher, city and
state, editors, last name & initials of all authors, page numbers, etc.
References
All references to be in the Harvard referencing style
(http://plymouth.libguides.com/c.php?g=48936&p=691231).
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Short Title up to 8 words
Castells, Manuel. 2000. The Rise of the Network Society. Information Age, Economy, Society and
Culture. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Diamantaki, Katherina, Charazampoulos Rizopoulos, Dimitrios Charitos, and Dimtirios Tsianos. 2009.
Locunet: Location-Based Games as Media Communication Social Meaning. in A. Adriana De
Souza E Silva and Daniel M. Sutko (eds.), Digital Cityscapes: Merging Digital and Urban
Playspaces. New York: Peter Lang.
Hornecker, Eve, and Martin Stifter. 2006. Learning from Interactive Museum Installations About
Interaction Design for Public Settings. In SIGCHI conference, 135–42. New York: ACM.
Putnam, Robert. 1995. Bowling Alone: America’s Declining Social Capital, Journal of Democracy, 6: 6578.
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