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<FONT FACE="Verdana"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>*** Early Registration Deadline: 15 October, 2008 *** <BR>
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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION <BR>
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*** Interactive Storytelling'08 *** <BR>
1st Joint International Conference on <BR>
Interactive Digital Storytelling <BR>
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26-29 November 2008, Erfurt, Germany <BR>
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The first joint conference of the two previous European conference series: <BR>
- TIDSE ("Technologies for Interactive Digital Storytelling") and <BR>
- ICVS ("Virtual Storytelling -- Using Virtual Reality Technologies for Storytelling") <BR>
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INVITED SPEAKERS: <BR>
<B>*Andrew Stern*</B>: game designer, co-creator of "Façade" and Grand Text Auto <BR>
<B>*Marie-Laure Ryan*</B>: narratologist, author of "Narrative as Virtual Reality" and "Avatars of Story" <BR>
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RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS: <BR>
Out of 76 submissions, 19 full papers were selected by an international programme committee, completed by short papers, posters and demonstrations. Proceedings are published by Springer Verlag. <BR>
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WORKSHOPS: <BR>
<B>*Pen-and-Paper Role-Playing*</B> and <B>*Impro Theatre*</B>: Learning Interactive Storytelling principles from non-digital interactive storytelling forms <BR>
<B>*Authoring Tools*</B>: Comparative insights into the state of the art in creation of Interactive Narratives. <BR>
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PANELS and DISCUSSIONS: <BR>
<B>*Industry panel*</B>: Application of research results to marketable products <BR>
<B>*Authoring panel*</B>: Authoring and Creation in Interactive Storytelling <BR>
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EXHIBITION: <BR>
<B>*Demonstrations*</B>: Live impressions of research prototypes and applications <BR>
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The conference will be held in Erfurt, Thuringia, in the centre of Germany, during the atmospheric time of its famous Christmas Market in the medieval city centre. <BR>
Please have a look at our WEBSITE for updates of the programme and for travel information. <BR>
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Contact: Prof. Ulrike Spierling <BR>
FH Erfurt, University of Applied Sciences <BR>
Altonaer Str. 25 <BR>
99085 Erfurt, Germany <BR>
Email: <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>contact@interactive-storytelling.com</U></FONT> <BR>
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