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HCI 2009 Call for Submissions

 1-5 September 2009, Cambridge UK

 www.hci2009.org 

 Deadline for all submissions: Thursday 5 March 2009

Please note that 5 March is the deadline for all submissions at HCI  
2009. There is no later submission date for short papers or other  
categories this year.

The 23rd BCS conference on Human Computer Interaction celebrates the  
people who use technology, the people who create new technologies, and  
the relationship between them. A centrepiece of the conference will be  
an Open House Festival involving the many Cambridge laboratories and  
startup companies now creating new displays, devices, games,  
communications and ubiquitous computing technologies. New developments  
in HCI depend on technology, and interchange between the communities  
will offer influence in both directions.

The scientific programme of the HCI 2009 conference will have a  
special focus on the priorities of UK and European research. In  
addition to scientific quality, we emphasise creativity, originality  
and relevance to real problems. By aligning recognition of the best  
HCI research with peer review criteria for career development and  
research funding, HCI 2009 is dedicated to enhancing and supporting  
the HCI research community. All submissions will be peer-reviewed,  
with accepted papers published internationally via the ACM Digital  
Library.

HCI 2009 will be hosted by Cambridge University and Microsoft Research  
Cambridge. General chairs are Alan Blackwell (CU) and Ken Wood (MSRC).  
Keynote speakers will include Bill Buxton, author of Sketching User  
Experiences, and Anthony Dunne, Head of Design Interaction at the  
Royal College of Art and author of Design Noir: The Secret Life of  
Electronic Objects.

 Paper submission

 Deadline for all submissions: Thursday 5 March 2009

We invite submissions of long papers (7-10 pages in ACM 2-column  
format) or short papers (6 pages or less in the same format) that make  
contributions in any of the following areas. Instructions for  
submission and review of manuscripts will be available from the HCI  
2009 website: www.hci2009.org 

 Contribution areas:

 * Economic and social potential: research describing designs with  
potential for economic or social benefit.
 * Technology: research demonstrating new kinds of interactive  
technology.
 * Theory: research offering new ways of thinking through theories or  
models.
 * Tools and Methods: research providing tools for understanding and  
evaluation of interaction design.
 * Engagement with technology users or beneficiaries through  
ethnographic or experimental research.

We are also happy to consider new kinds of HCI research that offer  
alternative benefits or critiques. Short talks, posters and  
demonstrations will be reviewed together. Authors of accepted papers  
will have a choice of presentation format. We also encourage  
submissions of undergraduate or masters student work. These should be  
identified as such in the abstract. A prize will be awarded to the  
best student paper.

 Other submission types

 Deadline for all submissions: Thursday 5 March 2009

 Doctoral consortium

The Doctoral Consortium offers a friendly forum for a small group of  
students to discuss their work and receive constructive feedback from  
experts. Submission format is a short paper (2 or 3 pages) describing  
your work, which should explain the HCI issue addressed, methods used,  
results so far, and expected contribution. Please include a current  
CV, and a cover note saying how you expect to benefit from the DC. The  
selection process will focus on opportunity to benefit from  
participation, rather than finished research.
 - Please contact [log in to unmask] with  
enquiries (chairs Andrew Monk and Kristina Höök).

 Panels and debate

We are looking for juicy controversies to fuel debate at the  
conference. These may or may not use panel format, but will be  
engaging and involve a range of perspectives. Talk to us with an idea,  
a question or a shape for a session.
- Please contact [log in to unmask] to discuss ideas  
(chairs Alan Dix and Ann Light).

 Awards for International Excellence

These awards promote publications by UK researchers recognised for  
international excellence at recent HCI-related conferences. To  
nominate a British (or UK resident) author, please describe the basis  
for selection (e.g. prize-winner, top-ranked UK submission), and  
details of the nominated publication. Award recipients will be invited  
to present their work to HCI 2009 delegates.
- Please contact [log in to unmask] with  
nominations (chairs Rose Luckin and Ann Blandford).

 Tutorials

Tutorials can provide introduction to new research techniques for HCI  
researchers, resources for educators, techniques for practitioners, or  
introductions to HCI for researchers from other fields. Proposals  
should describe topic and format, intended audience, background of the  
presenter, and an indication of ideal audience size / expected fee  
income.
- Please contact [log in to unmask] to propose tutorials  
(chairs Sally Fincher and Allan MacLean).

 Workshops

The HCI conference series welcomes specialist satellite events on  
related research themes and applications, as a starting point for new  
publications and communities. Proposals should describe goals,  
structure and likely participants. Workshop papers may be published in  
a third conference proceedings volume.
- Please contact [log in to unmask] to propose workshops  
(chairs Peter Wild and Leon Watts). 

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