MindTrek Scientific Conference Call for Papers is now open. The Academic Conference is organised in co-operation with ACM SIGMM, and ACM SIGCHI. The Academic Conference is a part of the MindTrek Conference, taking place 30.9.-2.10. at hotel Rosendahl, Tampere, Finland.


September 30 is the main academic day, and it will feature three tracks: Social Media, Ambient & Ubiquitous Media and Digital Games.

MindTrek has been arranged since 1997, and has become the biggest annual international digital media event in Northern Europe. MindTrek has three elements, the international conference (over 900 participants from 30 countries 2008), the MindTrek Awards, and MindTrek Public Events.

TAMK University of Applied Sciences is founder of MindTrek together with other Tampere universities and companies.

TAMK is represented in the Organising Committee of the Academic Conference by Dr Pertti Näränen, who is the Workshop Chair.

Academic MindTrek

Photo: Hotel Rosendahl, the venue of MindTrek Conference