PNC 2023 Annual Conference and Joint Meetings Call for Papers & Posters

May 3, 2023
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PNC 2023 Annual Conference and Joint Meetings
Call for Papers & Posters

Main Theme: Sea Change: Renewal, Reform and Resolve in Global Arts, Sciences, and Business
Dates: November 3rd-5th (Friday-Sunday)
Venue: The University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
PNC 2023 Website: https://sites.google.com/view/pnc2023  

Dear Colleagues,

It is our great pleasure to announce that the PNC 2023 Annual Conference and Joint Meetings (PNC 2023) will take place at the University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan, from November 3rd-5th, 2023. The main theme of the PNC 2023 is “Sea Change: Renewal, Reform and Resolve in Global Arts, Sciences, and Business”.

PNC serves as an opportunity for researchers and developers to facilitate information exchanges among institutions of higher education in the Pacific Rim through computing and communications technology. PNC explores issues of information and technology exchange, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the development of the cultural knowledge contents. The technical program of PNC 2023 will include invited keynote speeches, paper presentations, workshops and a poster session. 

We welcome submissions focusing on but not limited to the following topics:

1.      Sea Change: Spaces and Places Rethought and Renewed
1.1 Fluidity and Liminality in Maritime Studies
1.2 “The Region” in Regional Studies and “the Area” in Area Studies
1.3 Spatial Analysis and GIS  
1.4 Digital Sinology 
1.5 Holographic/Volumetric Video Broadcast/Capture
1.6 Virtual, Augmented, and Other Mediated Realities

2. Sea Change in Techniques and Technologies of Cultural Memory 
2.1 Digital Libraries
2.2 Digital Museums
2.3 Digital Archives
2.4 Digital Heritage

3.      Reform of Pedagogy and the Liberal Arts
3.1 Classrooms of the Future 
3.2 The Technologies of Learning and Teaching
3.3 Information Literacy and the Pedagogy of Teaching Technology
3.4 Language Teaching and Learning
3.5 Machine Translation / Machine Composition
3.6 Deep Learning, Deep Time, and Deep Fakes
3.7 The Technologies of History, Literature, and Philosophy
3.8 The History, Literature, and Philosophy of Technologies
3.9 The Tools of Archeology and the Archeology of Tools

4.      Socio-cultural Data in a Post-pandemic World 
4.1 Socio-cultural Data and Machine Intelligence
4.2 Digitaltwins and Mirrorworlds as Socio-cultural Data
4.3 Imaging Technics, Digital Reproduction, and Digital Replicas

5.      Innovating Businesses in a Post-Pandemic World
5.1 Supply Chains
5.2 Blockchains
5.3 The Metaverse
5.4 Cryptocurrencies
5.5 DAOs and the DAO (道)
5.6 The Business of Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence in Business
5.7 Business Analytics and the Business of Data Curation
5.8 Social Media and Business Ethics

6.      Sea Change: Innovation Reform and Renewal in Sciences, Health, and Wellness
6.1 Climate Change and the Changing Seas
6.2 Biodiversity Studies
6.3 Sustainable Agriculture
6.4 E-health and Wellness Studies
6.5 Mindfulness in an Era of Digital Reproduction
6.6 AI in Healthcare

Submission Categories
For Paper: Abstract Submission (1 page) or Full Paper Submission (6-8 pages)
For Poster & Demo: Abstract Submission (no more than 500 words)

Authors who wish to deliver presentations on conference are required to submit: Abstract (1 page) OR Full Paper (6-8 pages)

*Authors who consider IEEE Xplore Conference Proceedings please choose Full Paper Submission.

Guidelines for Paper Submission
https://sites.google.com/view/pnc2023/call-for-papers-and-posters/paper-submission 

Authors are invited to submit Abstracts or Full Papers through the online submission system by May 31, 2023 (GMT+8).

The acceptance for Abstracts and Full Papers will be announced on July 3, 2023 (GMT+8).

For IEEE Conference Proceedings, please upload the Conference Copyright Form with the Camera-ready (final manuscript) on online submission system ( https://conference.iis.sinica.edu.tw/surl/pnc2023/sub ) by August 1, 2023 (GMT+8).

Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously while being reviewed. 
The full paper length is 6-8 pages, including figures and tables but not references. 
All submitted papers must conform to the IEEE Xplore Format for conference proceedings.

As the reviewing will be double blind, papers must not include authors' names and affiliations. Self-references that reveal the author's identity, e.g., "We previously showed (Smith, 1991) ..." must be avoided. Instead, use citations such as "Smith previously showed (Smith, 1991) ..." Papers that do not conform to these requirements will be rejected without review.

Papers should not refer, for further details, to documents that are not available to the reviewers. For example, do not omit or redact important citation information to preserve anonymity. Instead, use third person or named reference to this work, as described above (“Smith showed” rather than “we showed”).

Kindly note that there will be NO hybrid sessions in this event.  
Most sessions will be in-person in Okinawa with no live-streaming.

Guidelines for Poster Submission
https://sites.google.com/view/pnc2023/call-for-papers-and-posters/paper-submission

There are two categories of PNC 2023 Poster Session: Poster Competition and Poster Demonstration. Authors are invited to submit the abstracts (no more than 500 words) through the online submission system  ( https://conference.iis.sinica.edu.tw/surl/pnc2023/sub )  by May 31, 2023 (GMT+8). 

I. Poster Competition
For the poster competition, the participants are required to give a brief in-person presentation in Okinawa. The best poster award will be selected after evaluation by the Poster Judge Committee with following criteria and grading standards:

(1) Validity of Method and Data (25%)
(2) Novelty in Ideas, Concepts or Techniques (25%)
(3) Importance of Contribution (25%) 
(4) Clarity of Description and Design of Poster (25%) 

II. Poster Demonstration
For demonstration only. The participants are welcome to take this opportunity to show research results that are related to the conference main theme.

Important Dates:
Submission Deadline: May 31, 2023
Notification of Acceptance: July 3, 2023
Final Submission (Camera-ready): August 1, 2023
Conference Date: November 3-5, 2023

Hosts
The University of the Ryukyus, Japan
Pacific Neighborhood Consortium (PNC)

Co-hosts
Academia Sinica
Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI)
Ministry of Education, Taiwan

About Pacific Neighborhood Consortium (PNC)
Since 1993, the PNC has been committed to enhancing digital research and interaction among researchers, educators, and professionals around the Pacific Rim nations. The importance and contribution of the PNC has been widely recognized by the digital and information technology community. To learn more about the PNC, please visit the website at https://www.pnclink.org/

PNC Secretariat
P.O.Box 76 Academia Sinica, Taipei 115962, Taiwan
Tel: +886-2-2652-1885#309 & 306
Email: pnc@gate.sinica.edu.tw
PNC Website: https://www.pnclink.org
PNC 2023 Website: https://sites.google.com/view/pnc2023