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-- ~~~~~~~ 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 ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ISWC 2012: 16th International Symposium on Wearable Computers 18-22 June 2012, Newcastle, UK http://www.iswc.net/iswc12/ ISWC 2012, the 16th International Symposium on Wearable Computers, is the premier forum for wearable computing and issues related to on-body and worn mobile technologies. ISWC brings together researchers, product vendors, fashion designers, textile manufacturers, users, and related professionals to share information and advances in wearable computing. TUTORIALS We invite you to submit your tutorial proposal to ISWC 2012. The tutorials are introductory presentations on relevant topics to wearable computing. The aim of tutorials is, e.g., to present major topics of the symposium, to present established practices of the field and to motivate to new topics of importance. Duration of the tutorials can be half day or full day. Duration of half-day and full-day tutorials will be about 2,5 and 5 hours, respectively. The proposed tutorials should be informative and appealing to the symposium audience. WORKSHOPS We invite you to submit your workshop proposal to ISWC 2012. The workshops should focus on hands-on experience in relevant topics to wearable computing. The aim of workshops is to bring together experts in complementary topics of the symposium with focus on case studies and actual implementations; e.g. industry-driven projects or marketing of wearable products are welcome. Duration of the workshops should be full day. The proposed workshops should be appealing to the symposium audience. FOR DETAILS: http://www.iswc.net/iswc12/calls/workshops.html IMPORTANT DATES - Tutorial / workshop proposal due: 27 January 2012 - Notification to tutorial and workshop proposers: 13 February 2012 - Workshop calls open: 27 February 2012 - Tutorial materials due: 13 April 2012 - Workshop submissions due: 13 April 2012 - Notification to workshop presenters: 30 April 2012 CO-CHAIRS Juha Pärkkä, VTT, Finland Christian Bürgy, teXXmo, Germany ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 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] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~