Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Semantic Ambient Media Experience, SAME 2013, in Conjunction with the 6th International Conference on Communities and Technologies, 29.6.-2.7., Munich, Germany

The Semantic Ambient Media Experience (SAME) workshop series attracts researchers and practitioners in the field of ubiquitous and pervasive computation to discuss and shape ambient media. Therefore, SAME workshop series becomes a perfect environment to meet creative thinkers for envisioning and creating the future of ambient media in team working. Since sustainability and sustainable urban environments are one of the current goals of different relevant agendas and initiatives, SAME 2013 has as a special challenge how ubiquitous and pervasive computation can be utilized to create sustainable communities – sustainable cities, sustainable community, sustainable energy, sustainable culture –. The success of SAME has led to celebrate it 5 consecutive years. The first SAME took place in 2008 in conjunction with ACM Multimedia 2008 in Vancouver, Canada; in 2009 in conjunction with AmI 2009 in Salzburg, Austria; in 2010 in conjunction with AmI 2010 in Malaga, Spain; in 2011 in conjunction with C&T 2011 in Brisbane, Australia; in 2012 in conjunction with Pervasive 2012 in Newcastle, UK; and this year’s edition in conjunction with C&T 2013 in Munich, Germany. In these proceedings, the workshop organizers present you 8 fascinating papers that investigate very interesting and innovative challenges with the focus on smart technologies, policies, and projects devoted to the issue of sustainable communities to create a better living experience.