7-8 November 2009, İstanbul

Deadline: 1st of August 2009
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The first international amberConference will be held in conjunction with the amber’09 Art and Technology Festival on the 7th and 8th of November 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The conference aims to create a platform of discussion and dissemination for the various themes and topics in which Science, Art and Technology converge.

The theme for this year's event is "Cyborg", a concept that has captured the imagination of the artistic and scientific communities in terms of theoretical, technological and creative outputs.

The conference seeks previously unpublished papers of a maximum of 4500 words within the fields of Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Computer Sciences and Art Papers discussing original artwork.

Topics include (but are not limited to)

•Machinic/Cyborg Art
•Robotics and robotic art
•Cyborg and Performing arts
•Avatars (virtual worlds and virtualenvironments)
•Computer Games
•Wearable and Tactile Technologies
•Artificial intelligence
•Post humanism
•New modes of embodiment
•Agency
•Medicine
•Genetic engineering, biology, clones and hybrids
•Religion, tradition and eternal life
•Militarism
•Gender

Important dates:
A 500 word abstract to be submitted by
1st of August 2009
Notification of acceptance
20th of August 2009
Registration deadline
1st of October 2009
Deadline for full paper (~4500 word) submission
1st of November 2009
Conference
7th and 8th of November 2009
Deadline for final revised paper submission
30th of December 2009
Proceeding book will be published by
February 2010

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