2nd international workshop on blending physical 
and digital Spaces on the Internet (CHANGE: half day)

Workshop Organizers: 
Vlad Tanasescu | The University of Edinburgh (UK)  
Pierre Grenon |KMi and The Open University (UK) 
Arno Scharl | MODUL University Vienna (AT)
Erik Wilde |UC Berkeley (USA)

homepage: http://onespace.ace.ed.ac.uk/2009/

Important Dates:
Workshop paper submission deadline: August 7, 2009
Notification of acceptance: August 17, 2009
Camera ready proceedings: August 24, 2009
Workshop day: September 1, 2009

The Internet and the Web are reshaping our conception of space and place in multiple ways: a blending occurs in which the physical and digital elements become more difficult to isolate, as they are both contributing to each other's sense of space. With the multiplication of network accesses, and therefore of links from physical to digital environments, human activities and processes become often part physical and digital. This trend has to be studied specifically, as it is representative of a radical change in society, initiated and alleviated by the Internet.

Objective: 
The second edition will welcome high‐quality position and research papers about the identification of actual trends in how the Internet contributes to blend and modify the notions of space and time in physical, digital or virtual geographies, with a focus on the blending of digital and virtual images of space. Technologies as well as novel ideas, experiments, and visions originating from multiple disciplines will be welcome.
The range of topics of interest includes but is not limited to: 

• Representation of physical/virtual spaces and topologies 
• Spatiotemporal ontologies 
• Spatial and temporal reasoning 
• Urban computing 
• The 3D and 4D Web 
• Geo‐located services and sensors on the Web 
• Digital Sense of Place and Presence  
• Impact of second‐generation Web mapping applications 
• Mobility and ubiquity 
• Visibility and privacy in the Internet of people and things 
• Prediction of physical world evolution (e.g. traffic, crowds movements, etc.) 
• Application of Linked Data for physical and digital spaces

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