-- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions (2nd call): 27 April 2009 --

IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE VISUAL COMMUNICATION 2009: Creative Industries, Photography and Culture
Algarve, Portugal, 19 to 21 June 2009
(http://www.vc-conf.org/)
part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems
(MCCSIS 2009)
Algarve, Portugal, 17 to 23 June 2009
(http://www.mccsis.org)


* Keynote Speaker (confirmed):
Dr Roberto Muffoletto, Coordinator New Media & Global Education, College of Education Appalachian State University, USA

* Conference background and goals
The IADIS Visual Communication (VC) 2009 conference aims to address the main issues on Visual Communication, Photography and Technology.

* Format of the Conference
The conference will comprise of invited talks and oral presentations. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a book and CD-ROM with ISBN, and will be available also in the IADIS Digital Library (accessible on-line).

* Best Papers
Selected authors of best papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers to selected journals (i.e. IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems - ISSN: 1646-3692) including journals from INDERSCIENCE Publishers.

* Types of submissions
Full and Short Papers, Reflection Papers, Posters/Demonstrations, Tutorials, Panels and Doctoral Consortium. All submissions are subject to a blind refereeing process.

* Topics related to Visual Communication: Creative Industries, Photography and Culture are of interest. These include, but are not limited to the following areas and topics:

- Visual Communication (main area)
- Visual Language / -Literacy / -Rhetoric
- Persuasive Communication
- Semiotics
- Genres
- Epistemic, episodic and the conceptual
- Storyline and Hyperstructure

- Psychology (Main Area)
- Visual / Subliminal Perception
- Gestalt, Cognitive Style
- Etnographic / Historical Themes
- Galleries
- Imagery Software

- Photography (main area)
- Journalism, Documentary and Autonomous
- Graphics, Art and Design
- Spatial Composition
- Daylight Studio
- Autobiographic
- Portrait, landscape, fashion, architecture
- Creative Imagery
- New Generation Cameras
- Didactic Careers
- International Consortia for EU Projects

- Technology
- Light, colour, lenses, 3D scanning and printing
- WWW-based Image Spaces
- Flickr, MySpace,
- Archiving

* Important Dates:
- Submission Deadline (2nd call): 27 April 2009
- Notification to Authors (2nd call): 15 May 2009
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (2nd call): Until 25 May 2009
- Late Registration (2nd call): After 25 May 2009
- Conference: Algarve, Portugal, 19 to 21 JuNE 2009

* Conference Location
The conference will be held in Algarve, Portugal.

* Secretariat
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE VISUAL COMMUNICATION 2009
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3
1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: secretariat@vc-conf.org
Web site: http://www.vc-conf.org/

* Program Committee
Visual Communication 2009 Conference Program Chair:
Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands

General MCCSIS Conference Co-Chairs:
Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal
Nian-Shing Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan