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                  CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS

          3rd ACM International Conference on Digital
          Interactive Media in Entertainment and Arts
                         DIMEA 2008

                    10-12 September 2008
      Athens Information Technology (AIT), Athens, Greece
                   http://www.dimea2008.org

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The DIMEA 2008 Organising Committee invites proposals for Special Sessions
at DIMEA 2008 - the 3rd International Conference on Digital Interactive
Media in Entertainment and Arts, to be held on September 10-12, 2008 at
Athens Information Technology (AIT) in Athens, Greece.

DIMEA 2008, organised in cooperation with ACM, is the premier forum for the
presentation of societal, business and technological advances and research
results in cross-disciplinary areas related to the use of digital
interactive media in entertainment, arts and creative technologies. This
conference is dedicated to building common ground between research, design
and development, learning and collaboration, demonstrating new areas of
application, and incorporating leading edge technologies, designs and models
in digital gaming.

DIMEA 2008 Special Sessions are aimed to provide an opportunity for
presentation of case-studies and research directions and for exchange of
ideas in specific technical fields and application areas of digital
interactive media in entertainment and arts.

GENERAL RULES
Each Special Session should consist of 4-5 papers following the same style
as regular DIMEA papers. To ensure high quality of the contributions, all
papers submitted to an approved Special Session will be reviewed using the
same procedure and criteria as regular papers. At least one author for each
accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper during
the Special Session.

The organizers' role is to prepare and distribute the call for papers,
suggest reviewers for the Session, post recommendations for the approval or
rejection of papers based on the collected reviews, and chair the Session.

The submission and review of papers for the approved Special Sessions will
be conducted through the same on-line system used for regular papers. The
final approval of papers will be performed by the Technical Program Chairs
of DIMEA 2008 based on the recommendations of the Special Session
organizers.

If the number of papers submitted or accepted for a Special Session is not
sufficient, the Special Session will be cancelled and papers will be
transferred to the regular Sessions.


STRUCTURE OF PROPOSALS AND EVALUATION PROCEDURE
The following information should be included in each Special Session
proposal:
--Title of the proposed Session;
. An introduction stating the importance of the topic and the rationale for
the proposed Session;
-- Information about organizer(s) including brief bio and contact
information;
-- Tentative/confirmed list of papers (titles/affiliations /authors) to be
submitted to the Special Session (optional).
Each proposal will be evaluated based on the significance of the topic and
its relevance to DIMEA, potential interest to the conference attendees and
the degrees to which the Session may bring together key researchers in the
area, further develop the area, and introduce the area to the larger
community.
Submission Procedure for Special Sessions Proposals:
Prospective organizers should submit proposals adhering to the above
requirements by email to both Special Sessions Chairs:

- Dr. Krzysztof Walczak (walczak@kti.ae.poznan.pl)
- Dr. Nikos Nikolaidis (nikolaid@aiia.csd.auth.gr)


More information can be found at: http://www.dimea2008.org/

IMPORTANT DATES:
-  Proposals for Special Sessions
o       Submission: February 29, 2008
o       Notification: March 7, 2008

-  Papers for Special Sessions
o        Submission: April 30, 2008
o        Notification: May 30, 2008
o        Camera-ready: June 15, 2008