~~~~~~~ BRITISH HCI GROUP NEWS SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://www.bcs-hci.org.uk/ ~~ ~~ All news to: [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ~~ ~~ not the News Service ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HEAT 2004 - The Home and Electronic Assistive Technology 16-17th March 2004, King's Manor, University of York A DIRC Workshop A reminder that the deadline for submissions for this workshop is 30th October 2003. Full details of conference topics and how to submit can be found at http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~am1/HEAT.html Informal enquiries should be directed to Gordon Baxter ([log in to unmask]) or Guy Dewsbury ([log in to unmask]). INVITED SPEAKERS: Dr Roger Orpwood (Bath Institute of Medical Engineering) "Dependability Issues In Smart House Design" Elizabeth Sergeant (Social Work Manager, Aberdeen City, Scotland) "Dependability and Electronic Assistive Technology: A Service Provider Perspective". ORGANIZED BY Gordon Baxter and Guy Dewsbury for the Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration in Dependability of Computer-Based Systems (DIRC) in association with the CUHTec the Centre for Usable Home Technology.HEAT 2004 is supported by Hometoys (www.hometoys.com) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To receive HCI news, send the message: ~~ ~~ "JOIN BCS-HCI your_firstname your_lastname" ~~ ~~ to [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Newsarchives: ~~ ~~ http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/bcs-hci.html ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To join the British HCI Group, contact ~~ ~~ [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~