We are a group of researchers in the HCI field working on the topics related to 
urban futures. We have organised a community for researchers and practitioners 
“The Urban Future is Now” and would like to invite participants to join our 
first hybrid workshop. All participants interested in the topic are welcomed 
regardless of the seniority level or location! We would appreciate your 
contributions, participation or spreading the word about our workshop!


If you are not yet actively ready to join the workshop, but want to stay in the 
loop for the upcoming events, join our newsletter of upcoming events: 
https://forms.gle/RJLVVX3S61s8cHXE8 or email 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> for 
collaboration possibilities.

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION


The Urban Future is Now: Uniting Powers for Inclusive and Sustainable Design of 
Smart Cities<https://urban-future-now.pubpub.org/muc-24>

🗓️ 3rd of September, Tuesday, 9:00-14:00

📍 Hybrid / Mensch und Computer 2024, Karlsruhe, 
Germany<https://muc2024.mensch-und-computer.de/en/>

🔗 urban-future-now.pubpub.org/muc-24<https://urban-future-now.pubpub.org/muc-24>

Submissions: Motivation letters/Creative contributions/Workshop papers

Deadline: the 15th of June 2024 via the Google 
Form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOaZ4K5I-KBYq2Y0xgnJS_NBenq7hheU_ab9ZPnYLEsrCYfw/viewform?usp=sf_link>


Abstract

The rapid urbanisation and smartization of the world brings challenges of 
designing urban futures that contribute to a sustainable and inclusive city 
environment. Additional complexity arises from space and infrastructure 
constraints, the diverse user range and involvement of multiple stakeholders in 
the design process. While these technologies -- once created -- would shape the 
future of cities and human- and non-human-citizens in the long run, we identify 
a lack of experience and knowledge exchange in the respective community 
regarding the addressing of smart city challenges from more than purely 
technical or topic-specific perspectives. With this workshop, we aim to gather 
researchers and practitioners from the fields of Urban Informatics, Smart 
Urbanism, and Human-Computer Interaction to openly share experiences and to 
outline the design challenges that should be addressed first, with the values 
of sustainability and inclusion as objectives for smart urban futures.



Call for Participation

This half-day hybrid workshop aims to bring together researchers and 
practitioners for outlining the current challenges and approaches towards 
inclusive and sustainable urban design and smart cities.

Participants can choose one of three contribution modes:

  1.  Motivation letters up to 2 pages
  2.  Creative contributions to be presented at the workshop within the 
timeframe of 5-10 minutes (posters, pictorials, videos, talks, presentations, 
interactive activities)
  3.  Workshop papers in the standard ACM article format up to 4 pages in 
two-column layout.



We welcome everyone interested or actively involved in the topics of Urban 
Informatics, Smart Urbanism, Urban HCI, or Sustainable and Inclusive Design. We 
expect submissions that are novel, reflexive, critical and share perspectives 
or experiences on the topic with the community.



All accepted creative submissions (2) will be published on the community 
platform, while accepted papers (3) will be published on the GI library. 
Submissions are accepted via the Google 
Form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOaZ4K5I-KBYq2Y0xgnJS_NBenq7hheU_ab9ZPnYLEsrCYfw/viewform?usp=sf_link>
 until the 15th of June 2024. At least one author of each accepted submission 
must register for the conference (attendance onsite or hybrid) with a 
workshop/day/full ticket. Additionally, we encourage everyone interested in the 
topic, regardless of attendance at the conference, to contribute to the 
discussion and community via the pre-conference online activities which will be 
announced later on this page.


For all submission questions email 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>

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Organisers:

Margarita Osipova (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar)

Konstantina Marra (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar)

Tanja Aal (University of Siegen)

Konstantin Aal (University of Siegen)

Eva Hornecker (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar)

Luke Hespanhol (The University of Sydney)


Looking forward to your submissions and thanks in advance for your support!


--
Dr. Konstantin Aal
PostDoc and Team Leader “Community and Activism”
pronouns: he/him/his

I support flexible work arrangements and do not expect you to reply outside 
your agreed working hours.

Information Systems and New Media
SFB 1187 "Medien der Kooperation"
University of Siegen

Kohlbettstr. 15, 57072 Siegen
Raum. US-E-102
Tel. +49 (0)271 / 740 3383
Mob. +49 (0)176 / 30 780 007

http://www.uni-siegen.de/fb5/wirtschaftsinformatik/index.html.en?lang=en
https://scholar.kosta.phd



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