ELO (Un)linked 2024

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The program is now final!.

Thank you for joining us for the annual Electronic Literature Organization Conference and Media Arts Festival (ELO), to be hosted fully online July 18-21, 2024 by a team based at the University of Central Florida with collaborators around the world.

ELOnline 2024’s theme is (Un)linked. We particularly encourage submissions that center on the web as a contested platform of community and computational creativity, with attention to both dystopian shifts (such as the slow demise of the platform formerly known as Twitter) and hopeful futures.

Conference at a Glance

We are excited to offer a four-day program this year, with four keynotes "linking" ELO theories and practices to other communities and conversations. The schedule is broken into three tracks:

• Algorithms & Imaginaries
• Hypertexts & Fictions
• Narrative & Worlds

You can also view the full schedule - note that since this lists everything happening in every timeslot, you'll need to check the location to confirm which Zoom room to join. Zoom room links for the three tracks will be circulated only to registered participants the week of the conference.

For planning, here's the conference overview: all bolded featured and plenary sessions will be in the Algorithms & Imaginaries Zoom Room.

Time (Eastern US)	Thursday July 18	Friday July 19	Saturday July 20	Sunday July 21
9:15 AM		Sessions	Sessions	Sessions
10:30 AM		Sessions	Sessions	Sessions
11:45 AM	Break
12:30 PM	Welcome	Break
1:00 PM	Keynote: Chris Klimas	Keynote: Edmond Chang	Keynote: Hartmut Koenitz	Keynote: Anne Sullivan
2:15 PM	Sessions	Sessions	Sessions	Sessions
3:30 PM	Sessions	Plenary Panel	ELO Town Hall	Plenary Panel
4:45 PM	Sessions	Sessions	Sessions	Closing and Awards
6:00 PM	Break
19:00	Exhibition Opening	Performances	Performances

Each session is scheduled for an hour, with a fifteen-minute break to allow time for the next presenters to prepare and test their slides and audio. Please be respectful of the time: if you are presenting a paper, you are allotted 10-12 minutes in the one-hour session block. Panels and workshops have the full hour timeslot. Performances are scheduled in 15 minute blocks. A volunteer moderator will be in every session to assist with technical problems, conduct concerns, recording, and timing.

Cost and Impact

This fully online iteration of ELO is developed in response to concerns raised both within the community and more broadly regarding the environmental impact, accessibility, and affordability of academic conferences. Our approach is intended to reflect an intentional, impact-conscious, approach using established platforms (Zoom, Discord, and the STARS Repository) and minimizing cost both to the organizers and participants.

Membership is not required to submit to the conference. However, all conference participants (presenting and attending!) are required to join the ELO, with membership fees payable directly to the organization. There is no additional conference registration fee beyond dues: however, those able to do so are encouraged to donate to ELO in lieu of registration.

Questions?

Please direct all queries to the conference co-chairs: Anastasia Salter () and John Murray () or exhibition and performance questions to Lyle Skains ()

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