SignWriting Symposium 2014: CALL FOR PAPERS

SignWriting Symposium 2014
CALL FOR PAPERS


SignWriting Symposium 2014 CALL FOR PAPERS! LIVE ONLINE July 21-24, 2014 Abstracts & Papers, Slide & Video Presentations on SignWriting in Education, Literature, Software & Research
The purpose of the SignWriting Symposium Online is to bring people together to share SignWriting projects, not only during the Live Presentation July 21-24, 2014, but also in a Symposium Web Archive that will remain on the web for furture generations.

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS Submit Abstract Title & Category by April 9, 2014 Submit One-Page Abstract by May 5, 2014 Submit Presentation by July 7, 2014 Online live presentation: July 21-24, 2014 Proceedings published in a web archive: September, 2014 Proceedings published in a PDF book: October, 2014 There are no limits to the amount of presentations one author can submit. Feel free to submit as many as you wish. ABSTRACTS 1. One-Page Abstract deadline: May 5, 2014. 2. Write an abstract that describes your presentation in one page or less. 3. At the top of your abstract, please state: a. TITLE of presentation b. AUTHORS c. AFFILIATIONS of authors (if no affiliations, leave blank) d. CONTACT INFO (email, web, affiliation address, country) e. LANGUAGES used in presentation, both sign and spoken languages (can be presented in multiple languages) f. STATE A CATEGORY that best fits your submission: • SignWriting in Education • SignWriting in Literature • SignWriting in Software • SignWriting in Research 4. Send your Abstract to both these email addresses: symposium@signwriting.org and sutton@signwriting.org 5. Acceptance notices will be sent shortly after your Abstract is received and reviewed. 6. Abstracts will be posted on a SWS-2014 web page, which is still under construction. PRESENTATIONS 1. Presentations deadline: July 7, 2014 2. Your presentation can be ANY length you choose, just as long as it is about SignWriting. 3. There are three Presentation Venues: written papers, slide presentations and video presentations. a. Written Papers accepted in the following formats: • .pdf • .doc • .docx • .txt • .rtf • .rtfd b. Slide Presentations accepted in the following programs: • PowerPoint • Keynote • GoAnimate • Google Docs • SlideRocket c. Video Presentations accepted in the following formats: • .mov • .avi • .wmv • Flash • WebM • MPEG-4 4. Software demonstrations through download links can also accompany any of the above three venues. 5. You can present in one, two or all of the above three venues. SYMPOSIUM LIVE ONLINE You are welcome to join us live on the Symposium dates: July 21-24, 2014, on the web. We will provide a schedule of online events, and information on how to use the software to present online, if you wish to participate live on the web. But there are no requirements to present live. Your written papers, slide presentations and video presentations will represent your work, with or without your live participation. Before the presentation deadline, we will announce how to post your presentations on the web directly. We look forward to reading and viewing your work with SignWriting, and to possibly meet you in July, online or in person... Valerie Sutton SWS-2014 Chair Steve Slevinski SWS-2014 Chair Adam Frost SWS-2014 Chair Nancy Romero SWS-2014 Chair SignWriting Symposium Submissions symposium@signwriting.org SignWriting Symposium 2014 Web Page https://www.signwriting.org/symposium/2014 SignWriting Symposium 2014 on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/signwritingmeetup