Workshops are sessions dedicated to actively engaging participants in different and novel types of activities and themes. Workshop submissions will include sessions that actively engage participants in activities around (e.g., problem definition, small discussion groups, mapping themes, do-it-yourself, hands-on group work, etc.). Workshop topics can respond to any area of interest of PD (e.g., theoretical reflections, methodologies, practices, etc.).

For PDC 2024, workshops can be in-person or hybrid (in-person and online); purely online Workshops are not possible. Workshops can take place in sessions for half the day or full day during the conference. You can check our previous hybrid workshops from PDC 2020 and PDC 2018.

You can submit your paper via the ConfTool submission system.

Important dates

All times are in Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone.

• 18th February 2024 – Submission deadline
• 26th March 2024 – Notification to authors (Accept or Reject)
• 31st May 2024 – Camera-ready deadline for accepted submissions.

Submissions and Review Process

Submissions to Workshops should be made through the Conftool system, using the PDC simplified template as explained in the Submissions Formatting page.

Submissions will be reviewed for applicability to the conference by the workshop chairs using the following criteria

• relevance of the workshop topic to PD and the conference theme
• interactivity of the format
• potential to draw a variety of participants
• relevance to PD Places audiences, if applicable

Paper formatting and Length

Use the PDC template and structure your proposal so that it includes:

• Names of organisers and affiliations
• Workshop title and goals
• Proposed format, methods or techniques used to structure the workshop
• How participants will contribute
• Relevance to PD and/or conference theme
• Importance of running the workshop at PDC
• Expertise of the organisers in delivering the workshop
• Workshop duration (half-day or full-day) and format (in-person only or hybrid).
• Minimum and maximum number of participants and plans for recruitment, including dates for workshop submissions (check conference dates)
• Planned outcomes / outputs of the session (e.g., journal publication, research proposal, future collaborations, exhibition)
• Any specific equipment and set-up required for the workshop.

Submissions should be written in English and include no more than 2500 words. References do not count towards the word limit.

Accepted workshop proposals will be published in Vol 2 of PDC Proceedings published by ACM International Conference series.

For further queries please contact the Workshop Chairs

• Naska Goagoses (Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg)
• Asnath Paula Kambunga (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
• Daniel Tan Yong Wen (University of Technology Sarawak, Malaysia)

Contact: workshopschairs@pdc2024.org