Please see below for details. Note that there are several research tracks including a Wikipedia Research track.

OPENSYM 2015, THE 11TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON OPEN COLLABORATION

August 19-21, 2015 | San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

http://opensym.org/os2015 | ACM SIWEB and ACM SIGSOFT supported



ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

The 11th International Symposium on Open Collaboration (OpenSym 2015) is
the premier conference on open collaboration research and practice,
including free/libre/open source software, open data, IT-driven open
innovation research, wikis and related open collaborative media, and
Wikipedia and related Wikimedia projects.

OpenSym brings together the different strands of open collaboration
research and practice, seeking to create synergies and inspire new
collaborations between computer science and information systems
researchers, social scientists, legal scholars, and everyone interested
in understanding open collaboration and how it is changing the world.

OpenSym 2015 will be held in San Francisco, California, on *August
19-21, 2015*.

This is the general call for papers and includes the

- research track call for submissions,
- industry and community track call for submissions, and
- doctoral symposium call for submissions.

OpenSym is held in-cooperation with ACM SIGWEB and ACM SIGSOFT. As in
previous years, the conference proceedings will be archived in the ACM
digital library.



RESEARCH TRACK CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The conference provides the following peer-reviewed research tracks.

- Free/libre/open source software research, chaired by Carlos Jensen of
Oregon State University and Gregorio Robles of Universidad Rey Juan
Carlos. This track seeks papers on all aspects of FLOSS. For detailed
topics and the research track committee please see http://wp.me/Pezfy-IU.

- IT-driven open innovation research, chaired by Ann Majchrzak of
University of Southern California and Arvind Malhotra of University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This track is devoted to research on the
process of expanding research and development activities beyond the
boundaries of single company structures. For detailed topics and the
research track committee please see http://wp.me/Pezfy-J3.

- Open data research, chaired by Carl Lagoze of University of Michigan.
This track contributes to the increasing awareness on Open Data in
research. For detailed topics and the research track committee please
see http://wp.me/Pezfy-J5.

- Wikis and open collaboration research, chaired by Kevin Crowston of
Syracuse University. This track is dedicated to the science and
application of wikis and open collaboration technology outside of the
context of Wikipedia. For detailed topics and the research track
committee please see http://wp.me/Pezfy-J7.

- Wikipedia and related projects research, chaired by Claudia
Müller-Birn of Freie Universität Berlin and Aaron Shaw of Northwestern
University. This track addresses research specifically on Wikipedia and
associated projects. For detailed topics and the research track
committee please see http://wp.me/Pezfy-J9.

Research papers present integrative reviews or original reports of
substantive new work: theoretical, empirical, and/or in the design,
development and/or deployment of novel concepts, systems, and
mechanisms. Research papers will be reviewed by a research track program
committee to meet rigorous academic standards of publication. Papers
will be reviewed for relevance, conceptual quality, innovation and
clarity of presentation.

Authors can submit full papers (5-10 pages), short papers (2-4 pages),
and research posters (1-2 pages). For more details on paper types please
see http://wp.me/Pezfy-Je.

Submission deadline for all research contributions is *March 29th, 2015*.

Authors submit through EasyChair at
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=opensym2015. Submissions and
final contributions must follow the ACM SIG Proceedings template found at
http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates.

OpenSym seeks to accommodate the needs of the different research
disciplines it draws on. Authors whose submissions have been accepted
for presentation at the conference have a choice of having

- their paper become part of the official proceedings, archived in the
ACM Digital Library,
or having
- only a short abstract included in the proceedings (rather than the
full submitted paper) in order to preserve future publication possibilities.



DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

OpenSym seeks to explore the synergies between all strands of open
collaboration research. Thus, we will have a doctoral symposium, in
which Ph.D. students from different disciplines can present their work
and receive feedback from senior faculty and their peers.

Submission deadline for doctoral symposium position papers is *May 3rd,
2015*.

Authors submit through EasyChair at
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=opensym2015. Submissions and
final contributions must follow the ACM SIG Proceedings template found
at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates.

More information is available at http://wp.me/Pezfy-Jh.



INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY TRACK CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

OpenSym is also seeking submissions for experience reports (full and
short), tutorials, workshops, panels, non-research posters, and demos.
Such work accepted for presentation or performance at the conference is
considered part of the industry and community track. It will be put into
the proceedings in an industry and community track section; authors can
opt-out of the publication, as with research papers, but will still have
to provide an abstract (less than one page) for the proceedings.

Submission deadline for industry and community track papers is *April
19, 2015*.

Authors submit through EasyChair at
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=opensym2015. Submissions and final
contributions must follow the ACM SIG Proceedings template found at
http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates.

More information is available at http://wp.me/Pezfy-Jh.

THE OPENSYM CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE

OpenSym 2015 will be held in San Francisco, California, on August 19-21,
2015.
Research, industry, and community presentations and performances will be
accompanied by keynotes, invited speakers, and a social program in one
of the most vibrant cities on this planet.

The open space track is a key ingredient of the event that distinguishes
OpenSym from other conferences. It is an integral part of the program
that makes it easy to talk to other researchers and practitioners and to
stretch your imagination and conversations beyond the limits of your own
sub-discipline, exposing you to the full breadth of open collaboration
research. The open space track is entirely participant-organized, is
open for everyone, and requires no submission or review.

The general chair of the conference is Dirk Riehle of
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg. Feel free to contact
us with any questions you might have at info@opensym.org.
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