<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span id="docs-internal-guid-f6171335-8ebf-476c-b153-f0682828888e" class=""><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 26.666666666666664px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">xCoAx 2017: 5th International Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics and X (July 2017, Lisbon)</span></h1><br class=""><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Dates: 6-7 July 2017</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Location: Lisbon, Portugal</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Website: </span><a href="http://www.xcoax.org/" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">http://xcoax.org/</span></a></p><br class=""><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Deadline for submissions: 29 January 2017 </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Confirmed keynote speakers: Olia Lialina, Penousal Machado</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Doctoral Symposium chairs: Frieder Nake and Philip Galanter</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">xCoAx is an exploration of the intersection where computational tools and media meet art and culture, in the form of a multi-disciplinary enquiry on aesthetics, computation, communication and the elusive X factor that connects them all.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Since 2013, xCoAx has been an occasion for international audiences to meet and exchange ideas, in search of interdisciplinary synergies among computer scientists, artists, media practitioners and theoreticians at the threshold of digital arts and culture.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The focus is on the unpredictable overlaps between the chaos and freedom of creativity and the rules and determinism of algorithms, between human nature and machine technology, with the aim to evolve towards new directions in aesthetics.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">In 2017 xCoAx will take place for the first time in Lisbon, in and around the Faculty of Fine Arts, right in the heart of the city center in Chiado. </span></p><br class=""><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Topics:</span></h2><br class=""><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">You are invited to submit theoretical, practical or experimental research work that includes but is not limited to the following topics:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* Computation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* Communication</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* Aesthetics</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* X</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* Algorithms / Systems / Models</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* Artificial Aesthetics</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* Audiovisuals / Multimodality</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* Creativity</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* Design</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* Interaction</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* Games</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* Generative Art / Design</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* History</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* Mechatronics / Physical Computing</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* Music / Sound Art</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* Performance</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* Philosophy of Art / of Computation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* Technology / Ethics / Epistemology</span></p><br class=""><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Important dates</span></h2><br class=""><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Submission deadline: 29 January 2017</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Notifications: 13 March</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Registration deadline for first authors: 17 April</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Delivery of final versions for publication: 17 April</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Doctoral symposium: 5 July</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Exhibition opening: 5 July</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Conference: 6-7 July</span></p><br class=""><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Submission categories</span></h2><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Paper: 5 to 10 page conference paper, following the formatting in the Word template. Revision of papers will be double-blind. Please make sure that the PDF file is completely anonymized (i.e. omits author-related information in body of text or as explicit self-citations, notes and bibliography). Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and allotted 15 minutes presentation time at the conference.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Artwork / Performance: 3-4 page description paper, following the formatting in the Word template. Revision of proposals will be single-blind. Proposals should provide a clear description of the work, one or more URLs for access to relevant media assets, and a technical rider (layout, setup, required equipment). Accepted works will be allotted 7 minutes presentation time at the conference. The proceedings will publish an extended abstract to be provided by the authors after the conference.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Doctoral symposium: 2 page research paper, following the formatting in the Word template. Revision of proposals will be single-blind. The proceedings will publish a revised research paper to be provided by the authors after the symposium.</span></div><br class=""><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:6pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Doctoral Symposium</span></h2><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The symposium will provide students the opportunity to present their doctoral research and receive feedback on their work-in progress from established researchers and from other participants. The symposium aims to foster the discussion of research topics and approaches, and to promote interaction between the research community.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">To apply as a student participating in the Doctoral Symposium you should provide a single document including a research paper and letter of support by your advisor.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The research paper should include: 1) Purpose of the research and its importance to the field; 2) Brief survey of background and related work; 3) Description of the proposed approach; 4) Expected contributions; 5) Progress towards goals.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The letter of support should provide an assessment of the current status of the research and mention areas that could benefit from feedback from other experienced researchers.</span></div><br class=""><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Additional information and submission details</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* All works must be submitted via EasyChair — </span><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=xcoax2015" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=xcoax2015</span></a><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* Submissions must be original and will be rigorously reviewed by an international and multidisciplinary scientific committee, in a process that will assess originality, relevance, artistic and technical achievements;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* Submissions should be presented as .pdf files with all the media files embedded or linked to online resources;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* Final versions for publication should be delivered in .docx with all the images and other media files attached as independent file;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* All images and media assets must be cleared for publication by the authors;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* At least one of the authors of each selected contribution must register to the conference before the first author registration deadline in order for the work to be published in the proceedings;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* xCoAx’s working language is English;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* xCoAx’s conference proceedings (with ISBN) will be published online;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* A selection of works will be published in a forthcoming special issue of CITAR’s Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">* Please contact the program chairs at <a href="mailto:info@xcoax.org" class="">info@xcoax.org</a> with any questions regarding submissions.</span></p><br class=""><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Conference format</span></h2><br class=""><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Wednesday 5, afternoon: Doctoral symposium.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Wednesday 5, evening: Opening of the exhibition, reception cocktail.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Thursday 6: Conference, keynote, performances. Presentations will be organized in panels chaired by a moderator that will lead a final discussion with authors and audience. A guest keynote will close the day.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Thursday 6, evening: Performances.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Friday 7: Conference, keynote, artworks and performances session. The morning will be dedicated to further paper panels, while in the afternoon, the artworks and performances presentations will take place, networking authors and audience. A second keynote address will close the day.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Friday 7, evening: Conference dinner.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Friday 7, night: Closing party.</span></p><br class=""><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Registration</span></h2><br class=""><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Author registration: € 165 — before April 18th. One author per paper. Includes entry to conference and performances, does not include conference dinner.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Reduced registration: € 55 — Non-presenting co-authors, authors without academic affiliation, general public. Includes entry to conference and performances, does not include conference dinner.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Doctoral symposium: € 75 — Includes entry to conference and performances, does not include conference dinner.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Conference dinner: € 25 — Not included in the registration, also open to non-registered accompanying persons.</span></p><br class=""><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Scientific committee</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Alessandro Ludovico, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton / Neural</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Alex McLean, Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Research in Music, University of Leeds</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Alice Eldridge, University of Sussex</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Alison Clifford, University of the West of Scotland</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Álvaro Barbosa, University of Saint Joseph, Macao</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">André Rangel, CITAR</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Andreas Broeckmann, Leuphana Arts Program, Lüneburg</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Andreas Muxel, Köln International School of Design, University of Applied Sciences Cologne</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Andreas Zingerle, University of Art and Design, Linz</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Anne Balsamo, University of Texas at Dallas</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Arne Eigenfeldt, Simon Fraser University</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Carlos Guedes, New York University Abu Dhabi</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Christian Faubel, Academy of Media Arts Cologne</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Cristina Sá, CITAR / Portuguese Catholic University, School of Arts</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Dale MacDonald, University of Texas at Dallas</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Daniel Schorno, STEIM</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Diemo Schwarz, IRCAM</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Francesca Pasquali, University of Bergamo</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Francisco Cardoso Lima, Independent Artist, Aveiro</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Frieder Nake, University of Bremen</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Graeme Truslove, University of the West of Scotland</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Heitor Alvelos, ID+ / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">João Cordeiro, CITAR / University of Saint Joseph, Macao</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Jason Reizner, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Jon McCormack, Monash University</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Julio D'Escriván, University of Huddersfield</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Ken Neil, The Glasgow School of Art</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Linda Kronman, Danube University Krems</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Luís Gustavo Martins, CITAR / Portuguese Catholic University</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Luísa Ribas, ID+ / CIEBA / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Manuela Naveau, Ars Electronica</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Mario Verdicchio, University of Bergamo</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Maria Teresa Cruz, FCSH / UNL</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Martin Kaltenbrunner, Kunstuniversität Linz</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Miguel Carvalhais, INESC TEC / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Mitchell Whitelaw, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Monty Adkins, University of Huddersfield</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Nathan Wolek, Stetson University</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Pablo Garcia, School of the Art Institute of Chicago</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Paulo Ferreira Lopes, Portuguese Catholic University, School of Arts</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Pedro Cardoso, ID+ / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Pedro Tudela, i2ADS / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Penousal Machado, University of Coimbra</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Philip Galanter, Texas A&M University</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Rogério Taveira, CIEBA / FBAUL</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Roxanne Leitão, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Rui Torres, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa, Porto</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Shusha Niederberguer, House of Electronic Arts Basel</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Simone Ashby, Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Susanne Grabowski, compArt, University of Bremen</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Tim Boykett, Time's Up</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Titus von der Malsburg, University of Potsdam</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Thor Magnusson, University of Sussex / ixi audio</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Valentina Nisi, University of Madeira</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Valentina Vuksic, Zurich University of the Arts</span></p><br class=""><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Organizing committee</span></h2><br class=""><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Alison Clifford, University of the West of Scotland</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">André Rangel, CITAR</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Graeme Truslove, University of the West of Scotland</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Jason Reizner, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Luísa Ribas (conference chair), ID+ / CIEBA / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Mario Verdicchio, University of Bergamo</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Miguel Carvalhais, INESC TEC / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Pedro Tudela, i2ADS / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto</span></p><br class=""><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 21.333333333333332px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Contacts</span></h2><br class=""><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><a href="mailto:info@xcoax.org" class="">info@xcoax.org</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">twitter: @xcoaxorg</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:8pt;" class=""><a href="http://facebook.com/xcoax.org" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">http://facebook.com/xcoax.org</span></a></p><br class=""></span></body></html>