This may be of interest to some of you! -Coye --------------- Call for Participation for CSCW 2016 workshop: CSCW and the "Sharing Economy”: The Future of Platforms as Sites of Work, Collaboration and Trust Key Information Format: 2-4 pages in ACM Extended Abstracts Format Submission: by email to futureofplatforms.cscw2016@gmail.com Submission Deadline: December 11, 2015 Notification: January 7, 2016 Workshop: February 27, 2016, in San Francisco, CA, USA Website: https://futureofplatforms.wordpress.com Networked platforms for peer-to-peer exchange and on-demand labor, along with the practices that they foster, are attracting increasing attention from CSCW scholars. This one‐day workshop will focus on the future of platforms as sites of work, collaboration and trust. We will explore how the emerging domain of research on the “sharing economy” could help advance broader conceptual and theoretical efforts within CSCW, while also more effectively utilizing prior work to inform research agendas and efforts in this sub-area of CSCW and beyond. The event will consist of diverse activities, with an emphasis on in-depth conversations, community building, and support for establishing new collaborations. Judd Antin, Director of Experience Research at Airbnb, will give a keynote address. Those interested in participating should submit a 2-4 page position paper in ACM Extended Abstracts Format that addresses the workshop theme. (For further details: https://futureofplatforms.wordpress.com/theme/) We welcome submissions from those interested in participating, regardless of their perspectives and disciplines of origin. We encourage the submitters to discuss their interest in the theme, welcoming reports of (preliminary) empirical results, theoretically oriented pieces, as well as short manifestos regarding next steps for working on the topic. To promote broader participation, particularly from the industry, we offer the option of submitting alternative materials of rough equivalence (e.g., a design portfolio, white paper, or similar). Selection Criteria: Submissions will be peer-reviewed with the help of our program committee. They will be accepted based on the relevance and development of their chosen topic, as well as their potential to contribute to the workshop discussions and goals. Up to twenty-five participants will be invited to participate in the workshop based on reviews of the position papers or alternative materials. At least one author of each accepted paper or creative work must attend the workshop. Additional authors will be accommodated where possible (depending on the volume of submissions). Participants will be expected to read all accepted position papers in preparation for the workshop. How to Submit: Submissions and questions should be directed to futureofplatforms.cscw2016@gmail.com on or before the submission deadline. More details on the workshop can be found at: https://futureofplatforms.wordpress.com/ Please submit your position paper in PDF format by December 11th, 2015. Archival Copies: Submitted abstracts will be archived on the workshop’s website, but will not appear in the CSCW proceedings. Authors will maintain all copyright over their work. Organizers: Airi Lampinen, Mobile Life Centre @ Stockholm University Victoria Bellotti, Palo Alto Research Center Coye Cheshire, School of Information, University of California, Berkeley Mary L. Gray, Microsoft Research New England/Indiana University -- Coye Cheshire Associate Professor School of Information UC Berkeley coye@berkeley.edu http://ischool.berkeley.edu/~coye