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IWIPS 2012

Transforming Through SoLoMo (Social, Local, Mobile)

11th International Workshop on I18N of Products & Systems

(In-cooperation with ACM)

September 5-8, 2012

GOA, India

Visit for more details:  http://www.iwips2012.org/ 



Call for Papers, Case Studies, Research-in-Progress, Late Breaking Research, and Tutorials

 

Trends as reported by KPCB (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers), mobile devices (iPods, iPads , iPhones and Android based devices) have hit critical mass. Smartphone + tablets shipments have exceeded PC shipments. Five countries namely China, USA, Russia, Brazil, and India constitute 46% of the Internet users. Year-on-Year global mobile platform 3G-subscriber growth is around 35%. Farmville and Cityville from Zynga are examples of great new social products ramping up extremely quickly. Real time social features such as Sharing + Location + Friending are accelerating mobile usage growth. Moreover convergence is the new trend. For example, Smartphones are making TV interactive. With constant product improvements, mobile is revolutionizing commerce. This new trend has been called SoLoMo – Social, Local, and Mobile. With trends such as ubiquitous and cloud computing, more affordable devices, personalization, and explosion of apps social, local and mobile will converge. The acceptance and acceleration of SoLoMo have started transforming the ways of peoples’ life.

 

Keeping that in mind, the theme of IWIPS 2012 is Transforming with SoLoMo (Social, Local, Mobile)

 

In 2012, IWIPS is coming to India and will be held from September 5-8 in Goa. In addition to the conference, the location would provide participants a first-hand glimpse of the cultural diversity of GOA - a former Portuguese colony, India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population- renowned for its beaches, places of worship and world heritage architecture, rich flora and fauna, owing to its location on the Western Ghats range.

 

At IWIPS 2012, the participants will consist of designers, practitioners, and researchers, from both academia and industry. The workshop will offer tutorials, keynotes, industrial case studies, panels, story telling sessions, late breaking research and presentations.

 

IWIPS 2012 Call for Submissions


The IWIPS 2012 committee is seeking submissions on the topics of localization and globalization, with an emphasis on this year's theme: Transforming With Social, Local, Mobile (SoLoMo). The objective of the 2012 theme is to focus on the impact of the new trends of SoLoMo on design, development and evaluation of products, applications and services and their relevance to international design teams.  IWIPS 2012 invites several types of submissions, including papers, case studies, research-in-progress and tutorials.  All final camera-ready submissions are due 1st of August 2012, unless indicated otherwise. Accepted submissions (expect tutorials) will be published in the IWIPS 2012 proceedings.

 

Suggested Topics for Submissions

IWIPS 2012 provides an appropriate platform in addressing internationalization and localization issues related to the theme of Transforming with SoLoMo such as usability, product design, user interface design, ethnographic methods, policies, and cultural data collection methods when designing and developing internationally marketed products and systems.

 

Submission Types

Papers - Papers are formal reports of completed research, organized on a modified APA model. The length of the paper should exceed 10 pages in the proceedings format
Case Studies - Case studies are structured descriptions of the lessons learned in applied design, evaluation, or development of products or systems within industry. The length of case studies should be between 4 to 8 pages in the proceedings format.
Tell-a-Story Presentations  - If you have interesting stories (good, bad and ugly) of successes and failures in developing cross-cultural products and services, you may want to submit through this new category of submission. The stories could include your experiences in research in different cultures, methodologies, & product development but not limited to these.  Your STORY submission should provide a description of the story you wish to tell and it’s relevance to the theme of this conference. You have to also mention your method of telling the story (e.g. live theatre, puppet show, film/video etc). A brief mention of the background, procedures and methodology used in your activity is also required.  The length of the Tell-a-Story abstract should be 3 to 4 pages in the proceedings format. Each selected submission will be presented during the IWIPS 2012 either through a special session or at key cultural events.
Research-in-Progress and Late-Breaking Research Paper - Research-in-Progress papers should provide a description of the background, procedures and methodology, anticipated results, and preliminary findings (if any) of ongoing research or applied product design, evaluation or development. The length of the Research-in-Progress papers should be 4 to 6 pages in the proceedings format. (Graduate students are encouraged to submit a paper based on their theses or dissertations.)  Each submission will be presented during the Research-in-Progress & LBR Session and in the IWIPS 2012 exhibit area.
Tutorials - A tutorial is a comprehensive delivery, in an interactive and applied style of a core set of internationalization or localization skills methodologies or procedures relevant to the theme of IWIPS 2012. Tutorials should be interactive and applied in the nature of their delivery. Initial proposals should be 3 to 5 pages in length and do not have to be submitted in the proceedings format.  The final submission will be between 15 to 30 pages, in the proceedings format.
 

Important Dates 2012 Early submission is welcomed

 

Papers and Case studies

Submission deadline

June 1, 2012

Notification to authors

July 1, 2012

Camera ready copies of papers

August 1, 2012

 

 

Tutorials

Initial proposal

June 15, 2012

Notification to authors

July 1, 2012

Final submissions

August 15, 2012

 

 

Tell-a-Story Presentations

Submission deadline

June 15, 2012

Notification to authors

July 1, 2012

Camera ready copies of papers

August 1, 2012

 

 

Research-in-Progress & Late Breaking Research,  Paper & Posters

Submission deadline

July 1, 2012

Notification to authors

July 15, 2012

Camera Ready Final Briefs submission

August 1, 2012

Final Submission  (Interactive Posters)

August 15, 2012

Final Submissions (Traditional Posters)

At Registration



Girish Prabhu, Ph.D.
Director - UBD Innovation 
Strategic Business Development
Srishti Labs, Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology
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