Last call - Workshop on "HCI design aspects for applications of m-commerce" - 1st Call for Papers 8 September 2003, in adjunction to MOBILE HCI 03, in Udine (Italy) The topic of the workshop M-commerce is one of the most challenging problems regarding interaction with mobile devices. The workshop intends to explore and analyse the main features in the design of scenarios of mobile commerce for the incoming 3G mobile communication technologies. One of the main problems to the diffusion of m-commerce in Europe was the applications' lack of usability. Furthermore there are other m-commerce related aspects as micro-payments, wireless authentication for proximity transactions, interactive-ads for mobile devices etc that deserve special attention by HCI designers. Mobile scenarios which are a fertile area for new applications and services, require an original approach to user centred interface design. Therefore, new design approaches, HF studies, behavioural theories and evaluation techniques need to arise in order to be able to design interactive m-commerce applications and services that provide the user with a positive experience. This tutorial aims is to sensitise participants to these specific HCI design issues for mobile applications of m-commerce; to share the experience gained in several case studies; to explore the most appropriate techniques of interface design and evaluation in this type of device range and to identify possible areas of exploration to extend the HCI research community in the proposed topic. ------------------------------------------ The activity organization The workshop is designed as a one-day practical activity with relevant theoretical discussion, ending with a poster design session. After the presentations and discussion, participants will be invited to choose a particular format for mobile-commerce (book payment, cinema booking, etc.) and hypothesise a plausible scenario of use (mainly when he is 'on the move' - e.g. in a train, using a pocket PC or a mobile phone) for these services or applications. Each team will be asked to summarize its findings with a poster presentation. ------------------------------------------ Program Committee of the Workshop The workshop organizers will be responsible for facilitating the breakout groups formed and ensuring discussion during the workshop. * Dr. Anxo Cereijo Roibás, University of Brighton a.c.roibas@brighton.ac.uk <mailto:a.c.roibas@brighton.ac.uk> * Stefania Marcoli, H3G stefania@marcoli.it <mailto:stefania@marcoli.it> * Luigi Centenaro, Ericsson luigi@centenaro.it <mailto:luigi@centenaro.it> * Lucia Terrenghi, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology lucia.terrenghi@fit.fraunhofer.de <mailto:lucia.terrenghi@fit.fraunhofer.de> ------------------------------------------ Background of the participants and proposed group size The workshop is intended for practitioners working in the mobile industry (telcos, device manufacturers, service providers, etc.) and for HF academics and students with interests in human computer interaction and mobile commerce. Participants will be asked to submit a brief position paper of 1-2 pages, or a reference to a mobile product in which they have been involved. Participants will be selected on the basis of their interest in and familiarity with the topic. Although not particular skills are required, basic knowledge of interaction design issues are recommendable. A group not bigger than 20 participants will be very suitable to a positive share knowledge and experiences. However, if the interest in this topic significantly increases and request to participate warrant, then it would consider reformatting the workshop to accommodate larger numbers. ------------------------------------------ Participation and Deadlines Workshop candidates are requested to send a position paper (no longer than 4 A4 pages) before the 10th of June to a.c.roibas@brighton.ac.uk <mailto:a.c.roibas@brighton.ac.uk> . Submissions need to be formatted according to the ACM SIG style (guidelines for generating and formatting files are available on Springer-Verlag Internet site at: http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html <http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html> ). ------------------------------------------ Important dates June 10: Workshop submission deadline. July 5: Workshop acceptance/rejection deadline. Also note that the authors of accepted workshop papers can register with a reduced fee, but the deadline for this is July 10. In case of delays, the workshop participants will have to pay a late registration*. July 20: Authors submit to organizers camera-ready versions of papers. September 8: Workshops day at Mobile HCI 2003 *Please note that participants need to register for the whole MobileHCI'03 conference. For registration details and fee see http://hcilab.uniud.it/mobilehci/registration.html <http://hcilab.uniud.it/mobilehci/registration.html> . For more information, see http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/anxo/workshopmhci03.htm <http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/anxo/workshopmhci03.htm> .