2001 workshop HCI for
older people and people with disabilities
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CALL FOR PAPERS

IFIP WG 13.3 "HCI & Disability" is organising in conjunction with INTERACT
2001 a workshop on:

Issues on the application of guidelines to the design of HCI systems for
older people and people with disabilities.

INTERACT 2001, the Eighth IFIP TC 13 Conference on Human-Computer
Interaction,
takes place in Tokyo, Japan, in July (see www.interact2001.com)

Workshop Date: 10 July 2001


1. WORKSHOP BACKGROUND
This workshop is intended for people interested in the diverse issues
related to the use of guidelines for the design of interfaces accessible by
people with disabilities. We hope to collect information and experiences
about tools, methods and good use examples to help people to apply
guidelines to achieve interface "design for all".
This is the third of a series of workshops held within INTERACT
conferences, devoted to "HCI guidelines for people with disabilities"
organised on behalf of IFIP WG 13.3 "Human-Computer Interaction and
Disability".


2. OBJECTIVES
In order to reach this objective, it is necessary to make designers and
developers aware of the existence of guidelines that can help them in
fitting their products to the "design for all" effort. The workshop will
focus on ways to achieve this. Currently there exist relevant guidelines
dedicated to software and hardware designers. It is necessary to study
them, to find examples of good use, and to promote the development of
methods and tools to adequately use guidelines.
* to discuss the use of guidelines to achieve "design for all"
* to review the applicability of existing HCI guidelines for accessibility
* to collect examples of good use to promote the use of guidelines
* to present methods and tools appropriate to work with guidelines
* to study the interactions between guidelines, norms, standards and
legislation


3. TARGET AUDIENCE
The workshop is intended for people interested in the diverse issues
related to the use of guidelines for the design of interfaces accessible by
people with disabilities. It is especially focused to HCI designers
interested in the application of the "design for all" philosophy through
the application of guidelines.

4. EXPECTED OUTCOMES
The access of people with disabilities to the new information and
communication technologies is crucial on many grounds. Certainly, society
is evolving in a direction where these technologies are part of everyday
life and a two-speed society is not acceptable. At the same time, such
technologies offer substantial help in the process of improving the way of
life for people with disabilities. The rational way to avoid the exclusion
of people with disabilities is to make these technologies accessible from
the very start of the design. The required effort is in general minor as
long as the problem is considered early enough.
It is felt that the WG can make a contribution in helping designers
worldwide find relevant guidelines to include the needs of elderly and
disabled users. There exist interesting precedents in this line, like the
different documents issued by TRACE CENTER (trace.wisc.edu), University of
Madison, Wisconsin, USA, or the guidelines for accessibility to the
Internet issued by WAI/W3C (www.w3.org/WAI/).
Thus, this workshop, aims to collect and discuss experiences in the use of
previously issued sets of guidelines, and to establish criteria to be able
to develop a reviewed classification of guidelines. To achieve previously
mentioned goals a call for papers about experiences using different sets of
guidelines and related methods and tools will be issued. These materials
will be analysed under the prism of user needs awareness, methodological
issues consideration, evaluation procedures, etc.
In this workshop a book related to the use of guidelines in HCI for people
with disabilities that will be soon published will be presented. This book,
edited by WG 13.3 members, will be used as working material for the workshop.


5.  INVITATION

We cordially invite interested participants to submit 5 to 10-page position
papers to this workshop on Issues on the application of guidelines to the
design of HCI systems for older people and people with disabilities,
stating their experiences and position with respect to applications of
guidelines for inclusive design.
Position papers will be reviewed by members of IFIP WG 13.3. Notice of
acceptance or rejection will be received before 10 June (deadline for early
registration to Interact 2001). Criteria for acceptance of papers will be:
evidence of experience working with HCI and people with disabilities,
and/or evidence of experience working with HCI and 'design for all', and/or
provision of examples of good practice, methods, tools in working with
guidelines, and an interest and commitment to the 'design for all'
philosophy, or an interest to learn more!


6.  SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

Please submit electronic versions of position papers (5 to 10 pages) in
Rich Text Format (rtf), following the INTERACT 2001 short paper format, to:
Julio Abascal at [log in to unmask], not later than 20 May 2001. Additional
supporting material is welcomed and may be submitted.

See the style guides on the INTERACT 2001 website
(http://www.interact2001.org/IforA/styleandutil.html for the paper format.


7.  WORKSHOP ORGANISATION

7.1 Schedule and Activities
July 10th, 2001.

Morning sessions:
Introductions.
Formal presentation of the workshop.
First session: Methodological issues
Papers about the following topics will be presented and discussed:
* Methods and tools appropriate to work with guidelines
* The use of guidelines to achieve "design for all"
* Evaluation of guidelines for HCI design for disabled people
Coffee break
Second session: Practical  issues.
Papers about  the following topics will be presented and discussed.
* Applicability of existing HCI guidelines for accessibility
* Interactions between guidelines, norms, standards and legislation
* Examples of good use to promote the use of guidelines
Lunch break
Third session: General discussion
Fourth session: Elaboration of conclusions.


4.2 Results
The results of the workshop will be presented as a poster during the
conference, as well as in a report, to be published afterwards.


4.3 Number of participants
from 10 to 20


5  ORGANISERS

Julio Abascal
Member and past chairman of IFIP WG 13.3
Laboratory of HCI for Special Needs.
University of the Basque Country (Spain)
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Colette Nicolle
WG 13.3 Secretary
HUSAT Research Institute. Loughborough (UK)
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Monique Noirhomme-Fraiture
WG 13.3 Vicechairperson
Institut d'Informatique, Facult. Univ. N.D. de la Paix. Namur (Belgium)
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CLOSING DATE FOR POSITION PAPERS: 20 MAY 2001

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