Call for Workshop Proposals We are seeking for people who are excited about the role of media and technology in the urban environment, and want to share this excitement with an interdisciplinary audience. The Media Architecture Biennale (http://mab14.org/) is a biannual event, featuring workshops, a conference and an exhibition, that attracts interaction designers, lighting designers, architects, artists, researchers and practitioners. The workshops at the Media Architecture Biennale are an interactive, dynamic forum leading up to the conference and exhibition, with an opportunity for exchanging ideas, forming communities, sharing knowledge, getting in touch, networking, inspirations, prototyping … etc. The next Media Architecture Biennale will be held in Aarhus, Denmark, 20-22 November 2014. We welcome workshops on academic research and industry themes. Topics of interest include: Urban HCI Urban prototyping Urban lighting Participatory media architecture Digital cities Media facades Hacking urban spaces Digital street art Lighting technologies and products Industry case studies involving media architecture Types of workshops: Theoretical discourse / urban observations Hands-on activities / co-creation / prototyping Show-and-tell / products and projects / Q&A As inspiration have a look at the workshops held at the MAB 2012: http://mab12.mediaarchitecture.org/workshops/ Preparing your submission: 2-page proposal (ACM Extended Abstracts format) describing: Workshop title & theme How does your workshop integrate with the Media Architecture Biennale ? Target audience Type and format of audience engagement (e.g., co-creation, theoretical, prototyping, etc.) Workshop length (half-day or full-day) Rough schedule draft Materials required Send your workshop proposal as PDF via e-mail to [log in to unmask] by April, 27th 2014. --------------------------------------------------------------- For news of CHI books, courses & software, join CHI-RESOURCES mailto: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe from CHI-ANNOUNCEMENTS send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] For further details of CHI lists see http://listserv.acm.org ---------------------------------------------------------------