<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="CM9" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 24pt;"> </span></b>Due to popular request, the new deadline for paper submission is Tuesday, June 30, 2015:</p><br class=""><br class="">Submission deadline: <br class=""><br class="">Full, and short papers: Tuesday, June 30, 2015<br class=""><br class="">Extended abstracts Friday, July 31, 2015<br class=""><br class="">Workshop, tutorial, panel and demo proposals Friday, July 31, 2015<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">See the CFP below for more information.<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Looking forward to getting your submissions and to seeing you at IEEE GEM 2015 Conference & Experience.<br class=""><br class="">Elena, Bill, Nahum, Jim, & Johannes<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><p class="CM9" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 24pt;">IEEE Games, Entertainment, & Media (GEM) 2015<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="" style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Chalkduster;">Conference </span><span class="" style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Symbol;">·</span><span class="" style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Chalkduster;"> Experience<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">Continuing the tradition & broadening the scope of the<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 18pt;">IEEE</span></b><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></b><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 18pt;">International Games Innovation Conferences (IGIC)</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><b class=""> </b></p><p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 16pt;">October 14-16, 2015, Toronto, Ontario, Canada<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">University of Toronto Chestnut Conference Centre<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><i class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Bradley Hand Bold';">Recent Memories:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://schmooz.typepad.com/sociosphere/2015/06/ieee-games-entertainment-media-2014-conference-experience.html" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Bradley Hand Bold';">IEEE GEM 2014 – Conference & Experience</span></i></b></a><b class=""><i class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Bradley Hand Bold';"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'American Typewriter';"><a href="http://schmooz.typepad.com/files/04mce03-gershon-proof_v3.pdf" class="">http://schmooz.typepad.com/files/04mce03-gershon-proof_v3.pdf</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br class=""></p><p class="Default"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 18pt;">Call for Papers<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><h1 class="">Overview <o:p class=""></o:p></h1><p class="CM9" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.55pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">The IEEE Consumer Electronics Society is pleased to announce the Second IEEE Games, Entertainment and Media (GEM) Conference and Experience. The venue will provide an opportunity for the demonstration and study of the ways in which games and game technologies are transforming the educational, health, and cultural landscape. The exhibition area will allow researchers, developers and industry professionals to demonstrate how they are using these technologies in research, as teaching tools and as means of modifying behavior in any number of fields and will allow the participants to personally experience these technologies<span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:Nahum" datetime="2014-04-08T15:20" class="">.</ins></span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.55pt;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.55pt;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.55pt;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="CM9" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.55pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">The IEEE GEM 2015 conference & experience is also a platform for disseminating innovative research and development work on game, entertainment, and media technologies, applying lessons learned, and developing new ideas through audience interaction. Participation from all sectors including academia, industry, and government is welcome. The IEEE GEM 2015 conference & experience brings together researchers, developers, industry, and government partners for formal and informal engagement and examination of emergent features of computer game development for entertainment, for learning/teaching, for serious purposes, and to impact society. IEEE GEM 2015 also provides an important forum for future game, entertainment, and media development talent to gain perspective on the knowledge, skills and attitude required to succeed in the game development world.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.55pt;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="CM9" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.55pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">The conference & experience will take place at the University of Toronto Chestnut Conference Centre in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><h1 class="">Keynote Speakers<o:p class=""></o:p></h1><p class="Default"> Confirmed keynotes include: <o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">Steve Mann – </span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">The “father of wearable computing”</span><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(28, 28, 28);">Jason Della Rocca</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(28, 28, 28);"> - </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">Former<b class=""> </b></span><a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_director" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">executive director</span></a><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> of the </span><a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Game_Developers_Association" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">International Game Developers Association</span></a><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> (</span><a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGDA" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">IGDA</span></a><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">Azam Khan</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;"> - Director, Complex Systems Research at Autodesk & Head of Environment & Ergonomics Research Group<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">Dan R. Schelis</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 14pt;">, </span><span class="" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: white;">CEO & co-founder at Innovations in Balance</span><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="Default">More to come….<o:p class=""></o:p></p><h1 class="">Scope of the Conference <o:p class=""></o:p></h1><p class="CM9" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.55pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Through exciting and thought provoking demonstrations and presentations from leaders in academia and industry, peer reviewed research presentations, workshops, and exhibitions of posters, games, and the latest game, entertainment, and media technologies and systems available from industry leading vendors, the IEEE GEM 2015 conference & experience will address a variety of topics including new developments and industrial applications in all areas related to games</span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">, play, entertainment, art, media, health, education, training, social change, and gamification are invited, including but not limited to the following:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Multi-player Games:</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> networked games, location awareness, infrastructure, performance, latency, architecture, security.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Game Platforms:</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> mobile/handheld, computers, consoles, cloud-based gaming.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Beyond Entertainment:</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> health, exercise (exergaming), education, training, business, advertising, social change, usability beyond games, serious gaming, gender issues in game design and development, gamification, assessment, usability strategies and methodologies.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Design, Development and Production of Games, Entertainment, and Media:</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> game design, entertainment and media tools, interdependencies of software & hardware, graphics, animation, content generation, artificial intelligence, cinematography, animation and motion capture for games and entertainment.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies for Games, Entertainment and Media:</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> decision-making, learning and adaptation, game AI design components, strategic AI and collective behavior, AI in content creation, player profiling for improved AI.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Mixed, Augmented and Virtual Reality Systems for Games, Entertainment, and Media<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><div style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Interfaces for Games, Entertainment, and Media:</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> interoperability, wearable devices, biometrics, 3D effects, haptics, gaze, proximity, audio, gesture, multi-modal interactions. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">User/player centered design<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Technology: </span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">multi-core processors, mobile SoC, stereoscopic 3D, 3D graphics, storage, vision, imaging, wireless, robots, entertainment system architectures. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">User Experience of Games, Entertainment and Media:</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> playing experience, immersion, engagement, playability & usability, behavioral impact, social impact, player modeling, learning, lessons from games, entertainment and media, experiences and lessons learned from game and entertainment development in academia and industry, bridging the academia-industry gap.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Interaction. </span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Integration of interaction and multimedia capabilities in entertainment systems, interactive television and broadcasting, interactive art and entertainment<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Play:</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> Theories of play, historical evolution of play, relationship between electronic and non-electronic forms of games and toys, psychological, play across the lifespan, impact of computers on play, player-audience interactions.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Game Design and Development Education:</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> curriculum design, course design, survey of existing programs, informal education, strategies for developing technology transfer, copyright and IP protection for educators and students.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 14.2pt; text-align: justify;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);">Cultural Issues in Entertainment, Games, and Media: </span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Psychological, social, and cultural differences in perception and participation. Cross-cultural and intercultural approaches, communities, social interaction and social capital in games, entertainment and media, impact of game, entertainment, and media technologies on users, culture, and society.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><h1 class="">Submission Types <o:p class=""></o:p></h1><p class="CM9" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.55pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">We invite submissions of various types including papers, workshops, courses, tutorials, panels, and demos in all areas of gaming that fall within the scope of the conference.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.55pt;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.55pt;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Demos<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.55pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">This is an opportunity to show colleagues your innovative use of game technologies in your research, teaching or product development. You will be provided with a space in which to set up your system and encouraged to allow as many participants as possible to see it in action. We are especially interested in demos that support papers being presented in sessions. </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Demo proposals are restricted to a maximum of one page in length and may also include an (optional) accompanying poster. Demo proposals must include the following information:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Title.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Synopsis of what you are demonstrating (e.g., use of the Kinect and customized algorithms to train and monitor recovering stroke patients), and supporting materials which demonstrate the validity of your approach.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Contact information (name, affiliation, phone number, email) of the demo presenter.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Relevant bio information of the panel leader(s) and any known participants.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Description of the demo.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Anticipated audio/visual and other equipment needs (and equipment you will be bringing). <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Whether or not a poster will also be included.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.55pt;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Papers<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.55pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Paper submissions must present original, unpublished research or experiences. Papers under review elsewhere MUST NOT be submitted to the IEEE GEM 2015 conference. </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Papers should properly place the work within the field, cite related work, and clearly indicate the innovative aspects of the work and its contribution to the field. The following categories of papers will be accepted:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Long (Full) papers (5-8 pages):</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Should present original reports of substantive new/original work. Eight page maximum. Accepted full papers will be presented in the form of a 20 minute presentation at the conference. Individual presentations will be grouped by topic into sessions by conference organizers.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Short papers (3-4 pages):</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Should present interesting recent results or novel thought-provoking ideas that are not quite ready for a regular full-length paper. Four page maximum. Accepted short papers may be presented in the form 20 minute presentation at the conference or as a poster (to be determined by the conference organizers). <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Extended Abstracts (1-2 pages):</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Industry projects and outlook, late-breaking advances and work in progress reports from ongoing research are encouraged to be submitted as posters – two page maximum. Accepted papers will be presented in the form of a poster presentation at the conference. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.55pt;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.55pt;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Workshops<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">We invite workshop proposals in all areas of gaming that fall within the scope of the conference and particularly welcome proposals that will focus on and promote discussion on new and emerging trends. Workshops will be held on October 14, 2015 (the first day of the conference). Proposals are restricted to a maximum of four pages in length and must include the following information:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Workshop title.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Contact information (name, affiliation, phone number, email) of the organizer(s).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Workshop objective/purpose.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Indicate whether you would like your workshop to be scheduled for half or full day. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Background and relevance of the topic.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Expected workshop outcomes (publications, activates, “take-home” skills development, etc.). If the workshop will involve a separate call for papers, it can be done independent of the IEEE GEM 2015 conference and the resulting papers may be published in special issue journals, online, etc.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Relevant bio information of the workshop leader(s).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Names of potential participants and expected number of participants (if available).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Due dates (schedule of submission and review of submitted material for your workshop). <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Anticipated audio/visual and other equipment needs. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Courses and</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> <b class="">Tutorials<o:p class=""></o:p></b></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Courses and tutorials will be held on October 14, 2015 (the first day of the conference). We encourage hands-on activities for course/tutorial participants. Course and tutorial proposals are restricted to a maximum of two pages in length and must include the following information:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Course/tutorial title.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Contact information (name, affiliation, phone number, email) of the organizer(s).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Course/tutorial objective/purpose and expected outcomes.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Duration of the course/tutorial. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Background and relevance of the topic.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Relevant bio information of the course/tutorial leader(s).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Anticipated audio/visual and other equipment needs. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Panels<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Panel proposals are restricted to a maximum of one page in length and must include the following information:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Title.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Contact information (name, affiliation, phone number, email) of the panel organizer(s).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Panel topic and objective/purpose and expected outcomes.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Duration of the panel. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Relevant bio information of the panel leader(s) and any known participants.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Anticipated audio/visual and other equipment needs. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Visual Art<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Artists will have an opportunity to present work and research in exhibition and/or lecture format. Visual art submissions may include a link to the artist’s portfolio and a written statement, restricted to a maximum of one page. Statements should include the following information:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Artwork / Presentation Title.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Contact information (name, affiliation, phone number, email) of the artist.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Link to artist’s portfolio.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Relevant bio information of the artist and any known collaborators.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Anticipated audio/visual and other equipment needs. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><h1 class="">Submission Formatting <o:p class=""></o:p></h1><p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">All submissions (papers, workshop, course, tutorial, panel, and demo proposals) must adhere to IEEE formatting -- Portable Document Format (PDF) formatted in two-column conference style. Please see the IEEE proceedings template available via the following URL: <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html</span></a><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">All full paper, short paper and extended abstract submissions will follow a double-blind review process whereby the authors will not know the names of the reviewers of their papers, and the reviewers will not know the names of the authors of the papers they are reviewing. To facilitate a double-blind review, for your initial submission, we are asking that author information (name(s), affiliation(s), etc.) be removed (please ensure that you do leave some empty space at the beginning of your initial manuscript after the title to allow author information to be added to the care-ready (final) submission). Furthermore, avoid phrases such as “we previously proposed…” or “our previous work…” that may identify the authors, remove information that may identify the authors in the acknowledgements, avoid providing links to websites that may identify authors, and if supplying any supplemental material, avoid including information that may identify the authors.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">All submissions will be peer reviewed and evaluated based on originality, technical and/or research content/depth, correctness, relevance to the conference, contributions, and readability. All accepted papers (full, short, and extended abstracts), workshop, tutorial and demo proposals will be included in the distributed conference proceedings and the online IEEE Xplore digital library. At the time of the camera-ready submission, authors of accepted papers will also be required to complete a copyright form.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Selected accepted papers will be invited to expand to full length for submissions to the <i class="">IEEE Transactions of Consumer Electronics</i>, and possibly other journals (these selected papers must comply with the requirements of their respective journals).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="CM6" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Please submit your paper or workshop, tutorial, and demo proposals via the EasyChair conference system available via the following URL: </span><i class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></p><p class="Default"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieee-gem2014" class="">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieee-gem2014</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><h1 class="">Conference Organization <o:p class=""></o:p></h1><div style="margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="Default"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Conference Chair <o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Default"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Elena Bertozzi, Quinnipiac University<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="Default"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Conference Co-Chair</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Bill Kapralos, University of Ontario Institute of Technology<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="Default"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Conference Co-Chair</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Nahum Gershon, MITRE<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="Default"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Program Chair<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Default"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Jim Parker, University of Calgary<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="Default"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Art Chair<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Default"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Johannes DeYoung, Yale University<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><h1 class="">Important Dates<o:p class=""></o:p></h1><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.55pt;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="CM9" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 11.55pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Submission deadline: <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 11.55pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Full, and short papers: Tuesday, June 30, 2015<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Extended abstracts Friday, July 31, 2015<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Workshop, tutorial, panel and demo proposals Friday, July 31, 2015<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="Default"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Notification: <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 11.55pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Full, and short papers: Friday, August 14, 2015<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Extended abstracts Friday, August 21, 2015<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Workshop, tutorial, panel and demo proposals Friday, August 21, 2015<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="Default"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Final submission: <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="CM9" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 11.55pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Full, and short papers: Monday, August 17, 2015<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Extended abstracts Friday, August 28, 2015<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Workshop, tutorial, panel and demo proposals Friday, August 28, 2015<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><h1 class="">Conference Venue <o:p class=""></o:p></h1><p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">The IEEE GEM conference & experience is being held at the University of Toronto Chestnut Conference Centre (89 Chestnut Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1R1, Canada), in the heart of downtown Toronto, near Toronto’s iconic city hall, and in close proximity to the University of Toronto’s main campus.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><h1 class="">For Further Information <o:p class=""></o:p></h1><p class="CM6" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Please consult the official IEEE GEM 2015 website at </span><a href="http://www.ieee-gem.org" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">www.ieee-gem.org</span></a><u class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; color: blue;"> </span></u><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">for updates and additional conference information. General inquiries about the conference & experience can be directed to </span><a href="https://email.uoit.ca/owa/?ae=Item&t=IPM.Note&a=New&to=ieee-gem2014%40easychair.org&nm=ieee-gem2014%40easychair.org" class="">ieee-gem2014@easychair.org</a><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="CM6" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="159" class="" style="width: 158.95pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"><p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" width="185" height="55" src="file://localhost/Users/schmooz/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0clip_image006.gif" alt="Description: http://www.ieee.org/documents/ieee_mb_blue.jpg" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_5" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></p></td><td width="159" class="" style="width: 158.95pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"><p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><img border="0" width="69" height="67" src="file://localhost/Users/schmooz/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0clip_image008.gif" alt="Description: icon-with-text2" v:shapes="irc_mi" class=""></span><o:p class=""></o:p></p></td><td width="159" class="" style="width: 159pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"><p class="Default" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;"><img border="0" width="161" height="51" src="file://localhost/Users/schmooz/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0clip_image010.gif" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_7" class=""></span><o:p class=""></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p class="Default"><b class=""> </b></p></div></div></body></html>