[Staff-bulletins] International Conference in Cairns, 8 - 12 December 2008

[Nicola Bidwell <nicola.bidwell@jcu.edu.au>]

OZCHI'08: ‘Designing for Habitat and Habitus’

JCU, Cairns
December 8 - 12 2008

OZCHI is the annual conference for the Computer-Human Interaction  
Special Interest Group  (CHISIG) of the Human Factors and Ergonomics  
Society of Australia (HFESA).  It is Australia's leading forum for  
work in all areas of Human-Computer Interaction and attracts an  
international community of practitioners, researchers, academics and  
students from a wide range of disciplines including user experience  
designers, human factors experts, information systems analysts, social  
scientists. information architects and software engineers.

In keeping with the unique location the theme for OZCHI’08 is  
‘Designing for Habitat and Habitus’. So, in addition to covering all  
topics related to Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) including the  
practical, technical, empirical and theoretical aspects of designing  
experiences and interactions accessible and usable to all, the  
conference encompasses the role of technology in  supporting and  
enhancing our life-experiences and relationships within the  
environments we inhabit. This theme extends across work, domestic and  
playful settings and experienced and sensed  aspects of our life, from  
those that contribute to our sense of identity to those that support  
communal trust. OZCHI’08 will provide a forum with developing  
technology and interactions for rural and dispersed populations,  
supporting those working, living and travelling to remote regions and  
responding to issues of community, environmental and economic  
sustainability.

The long paper deadline is now closed, however we will accept  
submissions in following categories: Short papers, Demos, Industry  
Case Studies  and Doctoral Consortium (as described below) until 1st  
September 2008.

*Publication & Reviewing*
Long and Short papers accepted to OZCHI 2008 meet DEST (Department of  
Education, Science & Training) publication requirements:
- Rigorous Review

Long and short papers are blind peer-reviewed, in their entirety,  
before publication, by qualified national and international experts.  
The papers are evaluated on the basis of their significance,  
originality and clarity of writing.

- Publicly Accessible

Accepted papers will publicly available via the ACM digital library.  
The published proceedings will contain the accepted long, short and DC  
papers; and summaries of industry case studies, panels and  
demonstrations. At least one author of any accepted submission must  
register and attend the conference, for publication in the proceedings.

- Quality Forum

OZCHI is Australia's premier conference for research in all areas of  
human-computer interaction. OZCHI 2008 is the 20th annual conference  
attracting a range of national and international participants

SHORT PAPERS & INDUSTRY CASE STUDIES
Short-length papers and industry case studies present ideas that could  
benefit from discussion with members of the HCI community. These  
papers may include work-in-progress, experiences of reflective  
practitioners, and first drafts of novel concepts and approaches.  
Papers in this catagory are a maximum of 4 pages in length.

Keydates for Short Papers:
Submission date: 1st September 2008
Notification date: 29th September 2008
Camera-ready papers due: 10th October 2008

Short-Paper Co-Chairs: Carrie Lui & Ralf Muhlberger

Email: sd.chair@ozchi.org


DEMOS
Demonstration sessions offer interactive opportunities to showcase  
research prototypes, finished devices, processes, methods, services  
and industry applications. We invite demos of all approaches across  
the full range of HCI related topics, these may be related to  
submitted papers or completely independent of other submissions to the  
conference. We encourage you to make your demo visually, or otherwise,  
appealing and present it in an innovative way.

Demo submissions should be a maximum of 2 pages (including figures)  
indicating any infrastructure and equipment requirements.

Keydates for Demos:
Submission date: 1st September 2008
Notification date: 29th September 2008
Camera-ready papers due: 10th October 2008

Demonstration Co-Chairs: Carrie Lui & Ralf Muhlberger

Email: sd.chair@ozchi.org



Further details: www.ozchi.org