TALLINN UNIVERSITY

14th International Conference on Interactive Storytelling

Interconnectedness and Social Impact.

ICIDS 2021 is an hybrid conference taking place at Tallinn University and online through Worksup.

ICIDS is the premier conference for researchers and practitioners concerned with studying digital interactive forms of narrative from a variety of perspectives, including theoretical, technological, and applied design lenses. The annual conference is an interdisciplinary gathering that combines technology-focused approaches with humanities-inspired theoretical inquiry, empirical research and artistic expression. This year is the 14th edition of the conference. ICIDS is the main academic conference of the Association for Research in Digital Interactive Narratives (ARDIN).

Keynote Speakers

Talks Each Day at 18:30h Eastern European Standard Time (GMT+2)
Indrek Ibrus

"Datafied stories: Linked data as a mode of narration"

Doris Rusch

"Of Magic, Witches and Neuroscience - Designing Games for Integrity and Personal Power"

Sandra Gaudenzi

"Immersion, beyond VR"

Schedule & Programme

Eastern European Standard Time – Time zone in Estonia (GMT+2)
 

ON-SITE visitors in Tallinn University – The conference is required to check infection safety to ensure all attendees have been fully vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19. Please be aware of the obligation to present a certificate of vaccination status or certificate of recovering status.

Schedule

Programme

Paper Sessions
Workshops
Demos
Posters
Doctoral Consortium
On-Site Activities

Proceedings

The refereed proceedings of ICIDS 2021 will be published as a volume in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) “Interactive Storytelling” series. Free proceedings are available for free during this year’s conference. The published proceedings from previous conferences are available too but require a subscription.

ART EXHIBITION

[Re|Dis]Connection

As the world attempts to recover from a global pandemic, issues of disconnection and reconnection are at the forefront of many people’s mind. The horrors (and joys) of being disconnected from the wider world, and the anticipation (or anxiety) around reconnecting with family, loved ones and society at large.These concepts relate to interactive narratives not only in terms of theme, but also methodologies, structures and modalities. This exhibition encourages artists to explore Reconnection and/or Disconnection across disciplines, languages, cultures, technologies, and histories.

Hybrid Opening: Tuesday 7th December @ 17:00

Organization

Organizing Committee

General Co-chairs:
Michael Mateas (UC Santa Cruz)
David Lamas (Tallinn University)

Program Co-chairs:
Alex Mitchell (National University of Singapore)
Mirjam Vosmeer (Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences)

Area Chairs:
Narrative Systems:
Ben Samuel (University of New Orleans)
Boyang “Albert” Li (Nanyang Technological University)

Interactive Narrative Theory:
Frank Nack (University of Amsterdam)
Ruth Aylett (Heriot-Watt University)

Interactive Narrative Impact and Applications:
Vincenzo Lombardo (Università degli Studi di Torino)
Cristina Sylla (University of Minho/ ITI/LARSyS)

The Interactive Narrative Discipline and Contemporary Practice:
Christian Roth (University of the Arts Utrecht)
Lissa Holloway-Attaway (University of Skövde)

Workshops Chair:
Mirjam Vosmeer (Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences)

Art Exhibition Co-curators/Co-editors:
Lynda Clark (InGAME, University of Dundee)
Raivo Kelomees (Estonian Academy of Arts)

Doctoral Consortium Co-chairs:
Sylvia Rothe
Hartmut Koenitz

Virtual Co-chairs:
María Cecilia Reyes
Joshua A Fisher (Columbia College Chicago)

Logistics Chair:
Annegret Kiivit (Tallinn University)

Attending

Useful information

ON-SITE attendees
in Tallinn

The conference will be run as a hybrid event. The physical venue will be Tallinn University. The online version of the conference will be held in parallel, with every effort made to provide an equivalent experience for those attending physically and virtually.

For information on travelling to Estonia, please see: https://www.kriis.ee/en/travelling-estonia-foreigners. For information on current regulations in Estonia related to events, please see: https://www.kriis.ee/en/culture-and-entertainmenthttps://www.ecb.ee/covid-19-information-for-events-in-estonia/.

ON-SITE visitors in Tallinn University – The conference is required to check infection safety to ensure all attendees have been fully vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19. Please be aware of the obligation to present a certificate of vaccination status or certificate of recovering status.

Please be aware that all of this information may change, as the global pandemic is an evolving situation. The exact procedure will be confirmed and further details will be provided closer to the event.

On-site Activities