*** TVX 2015 ***
ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for Television & Online Video
3rd – 5th June 2015
http://tvx2015.com/

Hosted by iMinds Digital Society Department at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Brussels, Belgium
Jointly organised with the International Symposium on Media Innovations (ISMI) and the Private Television Conference

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IMPORTANT DATES:

-- November 15, 2014: Course and Workshop proposals
-- January 12, 2015: Full and Short Paper submissions
-- March 2, 2015: WiP, TVX in Industry, Demo, Doctoral Consortium

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TVX is the ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for Television and Online Video. TVX is the leading international conference for presentation and discussion of research into online video and TV interaction and user experience. The conference brings together international researchers and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines, ranging from human-computer interaction, multimedia engineering and design to media studies, media psychology and sociology. In addition to standard research paper presentations the conference includes a wide range of formats for presentation and discussion of research, including Industry Papers, Demos, Works-in-Progress, and also provides the opportunity to participate in the Doctoral Consortium and to run and attend courses and workshops on specialist topics in TV and online video interaction and user experience.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

-- Content Production: traditional & novel content production for the new media landscape, including cross-platform services and interactive storytelling, and personalisation.
-- Systems & Infrastructures: system designs and architectures and their evaluation, including delivery, transmission, and synchronization of media.
-- Interaction Technologies & techniques: including gestural and multi-sensory, multi-display systems, and interaction for device ecosystems.
-- Experience Design & Evaluation: TV and online video design and evaluation research, including social and shared experiences.
-- Media Studies: including consumption practices and theoretical and practical ethical, regulatory, and policy issues.
-- Empirical Methods: novel methods for evaluating TV and online video experience, and audience measurement.
-- Data Science for TV & Online Video: advances in techniques for collaborative filtering, interactive/synchronous environments, collective intelligence and crowd-sourcing, and location-based and context-aware applications and services.
-- Business Models & Marketing: research and practice around novel business models and marketing strategies for the new media landscape of television and online video. Studies around novel ways of advertisement models and strategies.
-- Innovation & Visions of Future TV & Online Video: research on innovative design strategies, new concepts, and prototype experiences for television and online video, including case studies and media artworks and performances.

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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Contributions must describe unpublished original work, emphasizing completed or advanced research, and a parallel submission to other venues should be clearly indicated to the program committee. Research paper submissions are double-blind and will be reviewed by at least three program committee members.

For detailed submission guidelines, including the use of the ACM SIGCHI PCS submission system see: http://tvx2015.com/participation

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MENTORING PROGRAM

Along the inclusion and accessibility strategy at TVX2015, we also provide a mentoring opportunity. During the TVX submission process, we can provide the opportunity to bring the experience of established researchers to new researchers. In the mentorship program we get you in contact with a specific member of the community who will provide feedback and support for your submission.

Please find more information on how to ask for mentoring, becoming a mentor, and our existing mentors: http://tvx2015.com/inclusion-accessibility/mentoring-program/

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CONTACT

For up-to-date information and further details visit: http://tvx2015.com/
For questions, please contact us on: info@tvx2015.com

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ORGANISATION COMMITTEE

GENERAL CHAIRS
David Geerts, iMinds / KU Leuven, Belgium
Lieven De Marez, iMinds / UGent, Belgium
Caroline Pauwels, iMinds / VUB, Belgium

PROGRAM CHAIRS
Frank Bentley, Yahoo Labs, USA
Christian Timmerer, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria

WORK IN PROGRESS CHAIRS
Hokyoung Blake Ryu, Hanyang University, South Korea
Jeroen Vanattenhoven, iMinds / KU Leuven, Belgium

WORKSHOP CHAIRS
Rene Kaiser, Joanneum Research, Austria
Noor Ali-Hasan, Google, USA

COURSE CHAIRS
Pedro Almeida, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Santosh Basapur, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA

DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM CHAIRS
Marian Ursu, University of York, UK
Teresa Chambel, University of Lisbon, Portugal

TVX IN INDUSTRY CHAIRS
Katia Aerts, Mike Matton, VRT, Belgium

DEMO CHAIRS
Tom Bartindale, Culture Lab, Newcastle University, UK
Rinze Leenheer, iMinds / KU Leuven, Belgium

INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY CHAIR
Reuben Kirkham, Culture Lab, Newcastle University, UK
Tom Evens, iMinds / UGent, Belgium

LOCAL PRODUCTION CHAIR
Jonathan Huyghe, iMinds / KU Leuven, Belgium