About CreateWorld 2009

"Mobile Me - Creativity on the Go"

Given the success of the last event, the AUC will be holding CreateWorld 2009, a 3 day performance, presentation, and professional development event, specifically for Academic and Higher-Education Technical staff in the digital arts disciplines.

Invited speakers and keynotes this year include New Yorks' Prof William Duckworth and Nora Farrell speaking on their Sonic Babylon project and Industrial Designer Andrew Scott on the design history of the iPod. UQs' Dr Robert Davidson (who played with "Topology" in previous CreateWorlds) will be performing a one man show. This year we have included key industry players in the arts such as Justin Macdonnell, Executive Director of ANZarts Institute and National Gallery of Victorias' Jean-pierre Chabrol.

CreateWorld 2009 will be held on 30 November– 2 December 2009 at Griffith University’s Brisbane South Bank Campus. The conference will feature a wide range of academic and technical presenters from the University and industry sectors as well as hands-on technical workshops. There will be a range of keynotes and the very popular panel sessions. For an overview of the dynamic nature of the conference, visit last years' recordings at http://createworld2008.edublogs.org/

Who should attend?

CreateWorld 2009 is aimed specifically at academics, research teams and technical staff across the digital arts. Sesssions include presentations of new media work, techniques and approaches in practice-led research fields including photography, cyber-arts, music, e-learning, film, animation and design.

Themes

• Foundations, Perspectives and Points of View -  the development of new frameworks for research in digitally supported performance, art and play
• Spaces and Places - background and context for the creative arts, gameplay, and interactive entertainment
• Craft  - making it work, the means, the tools, the process, the players
• Playing to learn, learning to play - relationships between play, performance and learning

Call for Papers

Because this conference is attended by both academic and general staff, the option is for you to state whether you wish to submit as a peer reviewed paper or not. Without such a comment it will assumed submissions are NOT to be peer reviewed. An international review panel is in place for those requiring review.

Full Papers should be submitted in either Apple Pages or Microsoft Word format.   Page Format is not specified, as all papers will be re-formatted for final publication.  Referencing style should be Author.Date Generic or similar.  There is no word or page limit.

Proposed presentations, workshops, events, non-reviewed papers: October 30th, 2009
Submissions (peer review papers): November 6th, 2008
Final submissions (peer review papers): November 20th, 2008

Submissions to: Michael Docherty at QUT

AUC Subsidy



The AUC will be offering a subsidy to 4 attendees per member University covering return economy airfares to Brisbane, twin-share accommodation for three nights (four nights for WA, NT & SA attendee's) as well as a discount on the registration fee. More information on subsidy levels

Accommodation & Travel

Delegates will need to organise their own flights and accommodation to attend the event. The AUC will provide options for hotels close to the venue as well as links to airlines. More information on accommodation and travel

Registration

Conference registration is limited to 4 subisdised delegates per AUC Member University due to space and catering requirements. Your local AUC Representative will allocate the available spaces and provide details on how to register for the conference.

Registration for CreateWorld 2009 is now open.