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The Third British HCI Group one-day meeting
"COMPUTERS AND FUN 3"
Wednesday 13th December 2000
The Huntingdon Room, King's Manor
University of York
CALL FOR PAPERS
Please submit your extended abstracts (300-500 words) no
later than November 6th, 2000, to:
Andrew Monk
Department of Psychology
University of York
York
YO1 5DD, UK
Tel: 01904 433148, Fax (+44) 01904 433181,
Email: [log in to unmask]
The abstracts of accepted papers will be published in
Interfaces Magazine.
WHY FUN?
Electronic pills, a message system for gossip and
interactive TV were just some of the inventions discussed
at Computers and Fun 2 last year. Most of the research
effort in HCI and design is aimed at the world of work but
leisure is also a large part of people's lives. As more
researchers get involved in this topic it has become clear
that our current understanding of user concerns, derived
from the world of work, is simply not adequate to this new
design challenge. Fun is set to be a major issue as
information and communication technology moves out of the
office and into the living room.
THE MEETING ON DECEMBER 13TH
Papers are invited relevant to any part of the theme. As
this is a new area these may describe work in progress or
"think pieces" as well as completed work. Possible topics
include, but are not limited to:
Theories of fun
Measuring fun
Electronic communication and fun
Fun for older people
Fun for younger people
Fun in education
See http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~am1/candf3.html for the
latest details.
YORK
The meeting will be held in The King's Manor in the centre
of York and within walking distance of the railway station.
York is less than 2 hours from London King's Cross and 2.5
hours from Edinburgh.
THE COST
The standard fee is 75 pounds (Students 20 pounds; British
HCI Group members 45 pounds). This includes lunch and
refreshments, registration and printed copies of the
abstracts. We will pay the registration and a contribution
towards the travel expenses of one speaker per accepted
paper.
TO REGISTER
Please send a cheque made out to "The University of York"
with full contact details to Patricia Lowson at the above
address.
ORGANISED ON BEHALF OF THE BRITISH HCI GROUP BY:
Andrew Monk
Programme committee:
Steve Emmott (NCR Knowledge Labs, London)
Rachel Murphy (Hewlett-Packard Labs. Bristol)
Marc Hassenzahl (User Interface Design GmbH, Munich)
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