[spectre] mobilefest 2007 - call for papers and projects

Sat Apr 7 18:25:40 CEST 2007

*MOBILEFEST 2007 SEMINAR – CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROJETCS*

International Seminar: 21st, 22nd and 23rd November, 2007
Sesc Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil

International Exhibition: 21st-23rd November, 2007
Sesc Paulista Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil

Mobilefest – International Festival of Mobile Arts and Creativity is an 
event that aims to question and discuss the advent of the new mobile 
technologies in their relationships with the various segments of 
society, being the first International Festival of the kind.

The main objective is to provide and multifaceted and heterogenic 
environment of discussions, actions and creations that seek for 
intelligent solutions, through the virtualities of the new mobile 
technologies, to solve or even discuss the issues that trouble 
contemporary societies.

The effort of the event about the new communication technologies is 
based on the perception of its potential growth – there are nearly 3 
billion active mobiles in the nowadays[1] - and the increase of its use 
not only for communication between people but, also in activities of 
education, social inclusion, varied artistic productions, entertainment, 
security, content production and distribution, sociability nets 
configuration, activism actions, health, commerce, advertising, etc.

*History*

The I Mobilefest was launched in November 2006, with an international 
seminar that took place in São Paulo, at Sesc Paulista, with live and 
free transmission via the Internet.

In its first edition, it broached the social, cultural and aesthetic 
implications that the mobile ands mobile technologies have been 
promoting in global scale. The festival discussed the main outlining of 
the relationships between mobile technologies (like mobile, handhelds, 
etc.) and the many segments of the society listed above. Besides the 
discussion, the event is made of technical and cultural activities and 
also includes expositive exhibition and the launch of recognition award 
of the best mobile jobs and applications, the I Mobilefest Awards. The 
seminar gathered 14 foreign artists and researchers and Brazilian 20 
artists and specialists.

*Objectives*

Popularise the mobile technology as to contribute to social inclusion 
though the generalisation of knowledge, its use and possibilities of 
interaction promoted by these new communication media.
Offer the audience the first awarding specialised in recognising works 
that use mobile technology.
Promote cultural interchange among national and international 
researchers and producers of this area.
Incentive the creative thought and production about the new technologies 
aiming to expand the possible hardware e software functions in the 
technology mobile sector.

Stimulate the production of content in the mobile technology segment in 
Brazil in terms of production in the industrial segment as well as from 
the point of view of the independent creator, thus intending to seek for 
balanced ways of relationships between these two players which will not 
mean mutual negation.
Enable the participation of all interested in producing and distributing 
content through the mobile communication networks.

*II Mobilefest - International Festival of Mobile Arts and Creativity / 
2007*

The use of the mobile phone, the main development feature of mobile 
technology, starts in Brazil in 1990, when we had around 667 units. 
Since then, and added to all changes linked to globalisation, opening of 
market shares, more and more accelerated development of new 
technologies, all that already announced since the 80s in the core 
countries, the amount of mobiles has increased exponentially reaching 
6700 no in the following year, 30 thousand in 1992, nearly 50 millions 
in 2004 and, nowadays according to Anatel, Brazil has already almost 100 
million active mobile units (what means 53 mobile/ 100 inhabitants)[2].

It was also during the 1990s that the environmental issue started being 
present in the daily guidelines not only of the mass communication media 
but, as well in the civil associations as a rather relevant topic of the 
main social movements all over the world, and as core subject in several 
universities and specialised research institutes. Among the numerous 
points and dimensions involved in the planet’s environmental problem, 
the climate issue directed everyone’s attention due to uncountable 
environmental disasters caused by weather alterations.

While the technological development takes wide steps, considering the a 
mobile technology as one of the main protagonists of lately, 
environmental issue also grow disputing the news with the high-tech 
market good news.
Many times it seems like a battle in fact, since the productive and 
technological development is takne as one of the main causes of 
environmental problems. Specially about mobiles, one of the shocking 
points between technological development and environmental issue regards 
the garbage generated by disused units and discarded batteries that 
grows as fast as the new technological developments.

However , if less than 150 years ago we only had a telegraphic signal to 
generate an S.O.S, now we have the latest generation networks mobile 
phones with photo and video cameras, GPS and LBS, linked to wireless, 
viral and instant internet that challenging us to find new technological 
solutions and collective actions in favour of the environment.

How can Mobile Technology contribute to democracy, culture, art, 
ECOLOGY, peace, education, health and third-sector?

Considering that, II Mobilefest 2007 intends to dedicate part of its 
activities and reflections upon environmental issue.

*Festival Mobilefest 2007 Theme*

In 2007, besides the more general proposal which leads to the question - 
How can Mobile Technology contribute to democracy, culture, art, 
ecology, peace, education, health and third- sector?– Mobilefest has in 
view special emphasis in ecology, with the theme Environment, trying to 
explore the potentialities of the mobile technologies through the 
proposal “Protecting the environment using mobile technologies”. The 
choice of the theme Environment intends to mobilise the civil society 
before numerous environmental tragedies already under course and, 
because we see this as a very rich experimentation space through the use 
of mobile technologies.

[1] According to forecast by research company Informa Telecoms an Media 
(cf. < http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/bbc/ult272u59649.shtml >).

[2] According to Anatel: 
http://www.atarde.com.br/especiais/telefoniamovel/mat_histbrasil.php

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*MOBILEFEST 2007 – CALL FOR PAPERS*

II MOBILEFEST 2007 is open to receive project and paper proposals to be 
selected to participate in the II Mobilefest International Seminar and 
Exhibition that will take place in the second semester 2007, in São 
Paulo, Brazil.
It is intended that papers and projects presented reflect upon 
Mobilefest theme:
How can Mobile Technology contribute to democracy, culture, art, 
ecology, peace, education, health and third- sector?

REGISTRATION PROCEDURE:
Registrations are open until 31st July 2007 via email
sent to 2007(at)mobilefest.com.br with the following information:

Full name:
Age:
Country:
City:
Land line:
Mobile:
University (not compulsory):
Graduation level (not compulsory):

Category:

( ) democracy
( ) culture
( ) arts
( ) ECOLOGY
( ) peace
( ) education
( ) health
( ) third-sector

Presentations sent should last no longer than 30 minutes.

Projects sent will be selected by categories, marked in the registration 
form.

Registration should include a brief description of the presentation 
proposed (up to 200 words), technical information and participants 
involved, in .rtf, doc or pdf.

Send your work to:
2007(at)mobilefest.com.br

All selected presentations will be broadcasted live via internet and 
will be available on podcast soon after.

DEADLINES – IMPORTANT DATES:
Project sending: 31st July 2007
Notification: 1st September 2007

In case of doubt, please write to

2007(at)mobilefest.com.br