The 27th Annual Visual Communication Conference
THEME: CHOICES!

Deadline for proposals is March 4, 2013
Hosted by the University of Wyoming
June 26-30, 2013
The Sheraton Hotel, Steamboat Springs, Colorado

ABSTRACT/PAPER CALL
The organizers of the 27th Annual Visual Communication Conference invite faculty and students to submit research and creative presentations from the varied and emergent field of visual communication. Topics may include, but are not limited to, graphic design, visual aesthetics, visual rhetoric, semiotics, still and motion photography, documentary and feature films, visual literacy, visual ethics, multimedia and new communication technologies, visual culture, and pedagogy in visual communication. While traditional research is welcome, authors and creators of all accepted submissions must present their work in a visual way.

VisCom brings together a community of visual communication scholars and creative practitioners passionate about the visual. It is a plenary conference where everyone presents to everyone, and presenters are encouraged to stay for the entire time. The sessions take place in a visually stimulating environment with an afternoon off to enjoy the scenery. Works-in-progress are the norm. Finished papers are encouraged.

This year’s conference format will feature four types of presentations:

Standard session: A 15-minute presentation with five minutes for discussion. Presentations will be placed into groups of four to five with a facilitator.

Lightning session: A fast-paced, five-minute presentation of around 10-15 slides followed by 3-5 minutes of discussion. Lightning sessions can tightly focus on a specialized topic that might not warrant a 15-minute presentation or lay out the broad outlines of a work-in-progress at its initial, generative stage.

Creative works session: Short films or other creative works for relaxed presentation, probably in the evening. This category includes any presentation where the author does not actively present his/her material but, instead, provides it for viewing with a Q&A after.

Theme session: Choices!
People interested in the theme session option can share ideas at a discussion forum on the VisCom website at www.viscomm.org ^[1]. Format and time limits are open-ended, depending upon submissions.
Program planners will give collaborative submissions the first priority in the review process.

All abstracts will be blind-judged by program planners Trischa Goodnow of Oregon State University and Michael Holmes of Ball State University. Submit an abstract not to exceed 500 words to http://www.viscomm.org/?page_id=551 ^[2].

The abstract should specify which of the four types of presentations above is being targeted. Also, the abstract should include a statement saying how the presentation will be visual. Proposal acceptances or rejections will be emailed to you by Monday, April 1, 2013. Only registered presenters will be included in the program.

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