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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">======================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> Call for Participation UbiComp/ISWC 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> Workshop on Imagining Phygital Collaboration at a Distance:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> Design Fiction for Hybrid Prototyping<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> October 13, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> Espoo, Finland (Aalto University FabLab)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">======================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Rethink remote collaboration in FabLabs through future quick-start guides.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This one-day workshop uses Design Fiction to explore hybrid prototyping futures.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Participants will co-create narrative tools (quick-start guides) to imagine postdigital distributed collaboration.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">----------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Workshop Overview<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">----------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hybrid collaboration in distributed FabLabs raises challenges of tool integration, co-presence, and asynchronous work.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This workshop invites participants to explore future hybrid settings through Design Fiction.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Participants will:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Reflect critically on hybrid co-presence in ubiquitous computing
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Explore postdigital futures of collaborative fabrication
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Co-design conceptual tools for hybrid collaboration
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Contribute to a collective post-workshop publication
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We welcome researchers, practitioners, PhD candidates, engineers, and designers interested in hybrid collaboration, HCI, learning technologies, and speculative methods.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">----------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Important Dates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">----------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Application deadline: September 15, 2025
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Notification: September 22, 2025 <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Workshop: October 13, 2025 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">IMPORTANT: Participation requires registration for UbiComp/ISWC 2025 (conference or workshop pass).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">More information & application: <a href="https://www.unige.ch/designfiction2025/">
https://www.unige.ch/designfiction2025/</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Contact: <a href="mailto:nathalie.borgognon@unige.ch">nathalie.borgognon@unige.ch</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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