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SUMMARY:Developing new skills in VR
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LOCATION:Splaiul Independentei nr. 204\, Bucureşti (Sectorul 2)\, Romania\, 060024
DESCRIPTION:<p>The "<strong>Developing new skills in VR</strong>"&nbsp\;<strong>student conference</strong>&nbsp\;aims to bring together students and researchers in philosophy of mind\, epistemology\, cognitive science\, philosophy of technology\, in order to advance our understanding of the kind of knowledge we can aquire in VR and whether we can develop new skills or improve skills in VR.</p>\n<p>The conference will take place&nbsp\;<strong>27-28 April 2024</strong>\, between 9 AM-&nbsp\; 9 PM\, local time for Bucharest\, Romania. Regular presentations will be 20 minutes long\, followed by 10 minutes long Q&amp\;A.</p>\n<p>It will have a&nbsp\;<strong>mixed format</strong>\, in that speakers may choose whether they present online only or face to face at the event's location (if so\, their session will enjoy a live audience\, but it will also be streamed to remote participants).</p>\n<p><strong>Topic areas:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Epistemology of Virtual Reality</li>\n<li>Virtually learning and skill development in VR</li>\n<li>Gaining (new) knowledge in VR</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Call for abstracts</strong></p>\n<p>We encourage BA\, MA and PhD students\, as well as early PhD's and postdocs\, to contribute research abstracts related to the event's topic areas. Abstracts should be written in English and should not exceed 300 words.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Abstracts will receive full consideration if sent before <strong>April 13th\,</strong> 2024 at the following address: <strong>developingnewskillsinvr@gmail.com</strong> Word or PDF attachments preferred\, with the message titled "abstract submission".</p>\n<p>All submissions will go through a process of blind peer review. (Please write your identifying details in the body of the email\, and leave the attached abstract anonymized.) We intend <strong>notifications of acceptance to be sent out on or before April&nbsp\; 13th\, 2024</strong>. The conference programme will be announced as soon as review is completed.</p>\n<p><strong>For any questions\, please don't hesitate to email developingnewskillsinvr@gmail.com</strong></p>\n<p>You may register at the same address (or by RSVP here on PhilEvents) on or before April 25th in order to receive the Zoom connection details.</p>\n<p>The conference is organized with the support of undergraduate students in the bachelor&rsquo\;s programme in cognitive science within the Department for Psychology at the University of Bucharest and with the support of graduate students in the doctoral school of theorethical philosophy within the Department for Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Bucharest.</p>
ORGANIZER;CN=Sandra-Catalina Branzaru:
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