Selected Workshops
Workshop submissions are now CLOSED (deadline was 1 March 2006).
The names of and links to accepted workshops will be announced here as soon as the review and selection of the workshop submissions has been completed. Stay tuned!
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Time: 12th of September 2006
Deadline: 1st of March 2006
Message from the Workshops Co-Chairs
Workshops provide a valuable opportunity for small communities of people to debate and advance emerging topics in Mobile Human-Computer Interaction. The purpose is to provide an informal setting where participants have the opportunity to discuss in an atmosphere that fosters the active exchange of ideas. We especially invite submissions that identify and elaborate advanced mobile interaction topics.
Submission may cover basic research, applied research, HCI practice, new methodologies, emerging application areas, and design innovations. Workshops often result in edited books or special issues of journals, or become recurrent events as it was for mHCI.
Contact us
Giulio Jacucci (firstname.lastname@hiit.fi)
Timo Jokela (firstname.lastname@oulu.fi)
or workshops[at]soberit.hut.fi
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About Workshops
Workshops will be held on 12th of September 2006. A workshop may be one whole or a half day in length. To encourage interaction, each workshop will be limited to 30 participants and ample time must be allotted for general discussion. Accepted workshops might be cancelled if too few attendees register for the workshop to support the costs of running it.
Focused interaction among participants is important, so participants must have informed positions based on prior experience.
How to Submit a WS Proposal
Workshop proposals should be a maximum of 4 pages and should contain the following information:
• A brief technical description of the workshop, specifying the workshop goals and the technical issues that will be its focus.
• A discussion of why and to whom the workshop is of interest.
• A preliminary workshop agenda and a proposed schedule for organizing the workshop. This should include a brief description of how the organizers intend to encourage an atmosphere appropriate for a workshop.
• (If available) a list of tentatively confirmed attendees.
• (If available) a list of related workshops held within the last three years and their relation to the proposed workshop.
• The names and email addresses of the proposed workshop organizing committee. These people must be knowledgeable about the technical issues to be addressed and cannot all work at the same institution.
• The name of the primary contact for the organizing committee.
• A description of the qualifications of the individual committee members with respect to the Mobile HCI field.
• (If available) a list of workshops previously arranged by members of the proposed committee.
Submission Guidelines
• Submission deadline: CLOSED (1st of March 2006)
• Submitt by email to workshops[at]soberit.hut.fi
• Format max 4 pages Link to writing instructions / ACM format
• Notification of acceptance by week 16 (starting April 17th 2006)
Upon Acceptance
If the proposal is accepted workshop organisers will receive further instructions to manage the workshop before and during the conference. In particular organisers of accepted workshops will need to
• Prepare an extended abstract submitting a 2-page description of the workshop for inclusion in the mobileCHI 2006 proceedings
• Call for participation, prepare a 250-word Call for Participation suitable for publication on the mobile HCI 2006 web site
• Organise for candidate participants to send position papers, select publicize their workshop , select, invite, and confirm participants
• Send the list of confirmed participants to the Workshops Co-Chairs
• Distribute position papers and other pre-workshop materials to participants in advance of the workshop
• Develop a final agenda of workshop activities
Developing an external web page with additional information about the workshop for potential participants is encouraged.