CfP Workshop on Pervasive Advertising

We organize at this year’s Pervasive computing conference in Nara, Japan a workshop on Pervasive Advertising – http://pervasiveadvertising.org
We expect that there is a lot of interesting research going on in the area and it is clearly a controversial topic. Being an optimist – I see the new options that arise. In particular a future with less annoying advertisements is one hope 🙂
But many people are focusing on the risks that arise – an interesting positing with some criticism of our workshop objective can be found at the near future laboratory  I do not share their views 🙂
To me the idea that if you do not research it, it does not happen seems not a very viable option. I still think with research we can shape the future!
I am already looking forward to the submission and to the workshop. You have a contribution? Deadline is Feb, 11 2008.

One thought to “CfP Workshop on Pervasive Advertising”

  1. “If you are not offending people who ought to be offended, you’re doing something wrong.”

    Noam Chomsky

    When I mentioned the other post and the workshop to a colleague she pointed me at this future for of advertising.

    http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/category/futurama/

    In Futurama, our characters are thoroughly inundated by advertising, especially subliminal advertising that comes out of your pillow into your dreams.

    – Futurama creator Matt Groening, February 1999

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