--- A friendly reminder that submissions close 1st September 2008 --- CALL FOR SHORT PAPERS, INDUSTRY CASE STUDIES, DEMOS & DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM - OZCHI 2008: Designing for Habitat & Habitus Annual conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group 8 - 12 December 2008, Tropical Far North Queensland, Australia http://www.ozchi.org/ OZCHI is the annual conference for the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group (CHISIG) of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia, a non-profit event. It is Australia's leading forum for work in all areas of Human-Computer Interaction. OZCHI attracts an international community of practitioners, researchers, academics and students from a wide range of disciplines including user experience designers, information architects, software engineers, human factors experts, information systems analysts, social scientists or managers. Accepted papers are published in the ACM Digital Library. We look forward to your involvement at this year's OZCHI conference. The main conference will be from Wednesday 10 to Friday 12 December 2008, and will be preceded by two days of Workshops, Tutorials and a Doctoral Consortium on Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 December 2008. The conference is located at James Cook University's Cairns campus in the tropics of Far North Queensland, Australia, with accommodation at the Palm Cove resort. Conference Chair: Nic Bidwell Email: conf.chair@ozchi.org =============== IMPORTANT DATES Short Papers/Case studies/Demos/Doc consortium: 1st September 2008 Notification of Acceptance Long Papers/Tutorials/Workshops: 22nd August 2008 Short Papers/Panels/Doc consortium: 29th September 2008 Camera-ready papers due: 10th October 2008 ================= CONFERENCE TOPICS We invite contributions on all topics related to Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) including practical, technical, empirical and theoretical aspects. General-theme Conference Topics Augmented Reality and Tangible UIs Collaborative System UIs Computer-Mediated Communication and Online Communities Design Methods End-User Programming and Adaptation Ethnography and design-oriented fieldwork Ethnomethodology in systems design Evaluation Methods HCI Education Human Factors in Health Care Informatics Human-centred software engineering Hypermedia and Web Design and Usability Intelligent User Interfaces and User Modelling Location-aware Interaction Service-oriented architectures (SOA) Social computing Theoretical approaches to design Ubiquitous and Context-Aware Computing Universal Usability & Accessibility Video methods in interaction design Virtual Reality and 3D Interfaces Visualization Techniques Special-theme Conference Topics Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the role of technology in supporting and enhancing our life-experiences and relationships within the environments we inhabit. This extends across work, domestic, and playful settings and the experienced and sensed life that, for example, enchants and provides vibrancy, communal trust, identity and a sense of self. OZCHI'08 will explore developing technology and interactions for rural and dispersed populations, supporting those working, living and travelling to remote regions and responding to issues of community, environmental and economic sustainability. Cultural and Diversity Aspects of HCI Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing beyond the City Felt-life, Affective HCI, Emotion, Motivational aspects Simple technologies in a complex world Methods for design and evaluation across cultural boundaries =========== SUBMISSIONS Submissions will be accepted in various categories as described below. All submissions must be written in English. Accepted long papers, short papers and doctoral consortium, and summaries for posters, industry case studies, panels and demonstrations will be available in the published proceedings. At least one author of any accepted submission must register and attend the conference, for publication in the proceedings. For all guidelines and submission details, please see the conference web site: http://www.ozchi.org/. Additionally, for long and short papers, please follow the detailed instructions in the paper template available from the website. Both long and short papers will undergo a double blind review process by an international panel and evaluated on the basis of their significance, originality, and clarity of writing. SHORT PAPERS Short-length papers up to 4 pages should present ideas that could benefit from discussion with members of the HCI community. These papers may include work-in-progress, experiences of reflective practitioners, and first drafts of novel concepts and approaches. Short papers are subject to the same peer review process as long papers and will be included in the ACM Digital Library. CASE STUDIES Case study submissions should be a maximum of 2 pages (including figures) indicating any infrastructure and equipment requirements. The sessions are reflective pieces by practitioners or academics about an experience related to HCI. DEMONSTRATIONS Demo submissions should be a maximum of 2 pages (including figures) indicating any infrastructure and equipment requirements. Demo sessions offer interactive opportunity to showcase research prototypes, finished devices, processes, methods, services and industry applications. We invite demos of all approaches across the full range of HCI related topics, these may be related to submitted papers or completely independent of the other content in the conference. We encourage you to make your demo visually, or otherwise, appealing and present it in an innovative way. Short-Paper/Case Studies/ Demonstration Co-Chairs: Carrie Lui & Ralf Muhlberger Email: sd.chair@ozchi.org DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM The Doctoral Consortium is scheduled prior to the main conference program on the 9th December 2008.The Doctoral Consortium offers PhD students a special forum where they can present and discuss their research plans and progress with peers and established senior researchers. PhD candidates wishing to attend the consortium should submit a research proposal in the format given on the OZCHI08 website by the date below. Positions at the consortium will be offered based on a review of the submitted proposals. Doctoral Consortium Chair: Wally Smith Email: doct.chair@ozchi.org We look forward to welcoming you to an exciting conference in the tropics. Best regards, Frank Vetere, Christine Satchell and Connor Graham OzCHI Program Committee Co-chairs prog.chair [at] ozchi.org -- Dr Marcus Foth Australian Postdoctoral Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88195 - Office Z6-511 m.foth@qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/publications/