OZCHI 2009 – Design: Open 24 | 7 21st Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group (CHISIG) of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia (HFESA) 23 – 27 November 2009, The University of Melbourne, Australia http://www.ozchi.org/ NEWS Early bird registration deadline extended to Fri 16 Oct 2009. Register now: http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/REGISTER The draft program is now available online. Check out the list of accepted peer reviewed long and short papers: http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/PROGRAM Consider attending one of the pre-conference workshops and tutorials. In most cases you can still attend (without submitting and presenting a paper). Contact the organisers and tick the appropriate box on your registration form. http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/WORKSHOPS Thu 26 Nov is OZCHI Industry Day. Details of the program to be released shortly. http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/INDUSTRY KEYNOTES http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/KEYNOTES Wed 25 Nov - Bill Moggridge, Co-founder of IDEO.com Thu 26 Nov (OZCHI Industry Day) - Patrick Hofmann, Head of User Experience, Google Australia Fri 27 Nov - Yvonne Rogers, Director, Pervasive Interaction Lab, Open University, UK 24 HOUR DESIGN CHALLENGE This year OZCHI will be preceded by a student design challenge in two rounds organised as two 24 hour events. The first round took place online on 12 Sep 2009. The second round will be held at OZCHI on 24 Nov 2009. In both rounds teams of 2-5 students are invited to develop a solution for a state-of-the-art research problem acquiring interaction design and HCI skills. Top entries will be awarded a travel scholarship for the conference (round 1) and prizes sponsored by our industry partners (round 2). For more information visit http://www.ozchi.org/24 Martin Tomitsch, Andrew Vande Moere, The University of Sydney & Jeremy Yuille, RMIT/ACID Student Design Challenge Chairs sdc@ozchi.org WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS Mon 23 Nov 2009 User Requirements Gathering (tutorial) OZeWAI Inclusive Information Society (2 day workshop - day 1 of 2) OZCHI Doctoral Consortium Tue 24 Nov 2009 OZCHI 24 Hour Student Design Challenge Web Accessibility (tutorial) Experimental Design for HCI (tutorial) Hungry 24/7? HCI Design for Sustainable Food Culture (workshop) Street Computing (workshop) Designing for Healthy Living (workshop) Smart Healthcare Applications (workshop) OZeWAI Inclusive Information Society (2 day workshop - day 2 of 2) Please refer to the individual workshop and tutorial pages for further details: http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/WORKSHOPS Lian Loke & Toni Robertson, UTS Workshops, Tutorials and Panels Chairs workshops@ozchi.org CONFERENCE THEME The 2009 conference theme is Design: Open 24/7. Accessibility, inclusivity and dissolving boundaries are core to the Open 24/7 theme for the design of human interaction with and through digital technologies. The integration of digital technologies into our everyday life allows for a seamless transitioning between open and closed, work and leisure, public and private. Open implies participation and collaboration across traditional borders between individuals, organisations and disciplines. OZCHI 2009 provides a forum to discuss all aspects of openness, open borders, open participation, open source and open architecture. Theme-related submissions may address these topics: .. Open always-on real-time ubiquitous and pervasive designs .. Open design and universality versus situatedness, contextualisation and personalisation .. Open source for design – design for open source .. Open mind – new ideas, concepts and approaches from outside HCI .. Beyond open – never closed: design for escapism CONFERENCE TOPICS Submissions in all areas of HCI are encouraged. In addition, we particularly invite authors to address any of the following topics: Augmented Reality | Context and Location Awareness | Education and HCI | Health Care and HCI | Innovative Design Methodologies | Smart Service Delivery | Sustainability | Universal Usability and Accessibility | Urban Informatics | Tangible User Interfaces | Visualisation Techniques | Working across Cultures SPONSORS & SUPPORTERS http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/OZCHI_SPONSORS Thank you: The Hiser Group | ARC HCSNet | Design Victoria | Stamford Interactive | National ICT Australia | Smart Services CRC | CSIRO | Apogee | The University of Melbourne | Australian Information Industry Association | Australian Interactive Media Industry Association See you in Melbourne! Marcus Foth, QUT Conference Chair chair@ozchi.org http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/REGISTER -- Assoc. Prof. Marcus Foth Principal Research Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Victoria Park Rd, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88238 - Office K506, KG m.foth@qut.edu.au - http://www.urbaninformatics.net/