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HCI 2006. EngageHCI 2006. Engage

Submission is now closed. We invited submissions in various categories; for the full list and instructions see the submissions page or download the call for participation. There are many ways to cut each category – theories, practice, novel interaction paradigms, and so on - our aim is to bring together different points of view on each topic for lively and coherent discussion at the conference.

  1. Enthralling experiences – what draws people in?
    Performance, aesthetics, emotion, and creativity: powerful engagement can be a means or an end.

  2. Interactions in the wild – how does technology breach boundaries?
    The borders between management, chaos and control change as interactions leave the desktop and go mobile.

  3. Connecting with others – what happens around and through technology?
    Interacting with colleagues and friends is helped and hindered by the connecting technology.

  4. Mind, body, and spirit – how does diversity impact?
    People are different so interactions should span age, ability, culture and gender.

  5. Interactions for me – what improves my experience?
    Technology can be dehumanising but it can also improve working and social life enormously.

  6. At the periphery – how can ambience engage?
    Disappearing technologies - such as ubicomp, mixed media, and ambient intelligence - still engage us even though we can’t directly interact with them.

HCI 2006: Engage will be hosted by Queen Mary, University of London drawing on the eclectic mix of communities and practises of the East End of London to inspire an inter-disciplinary meeting of minds.

Conference Chairs

Nick Bryan-Kinns, Queen Mary University of London, UK
nickbk@dcs.qmul.ac.uk

Pat Healey, Queen Mary University of London, UK
ph@dcs.qmul.ac.uk

Proceedings

Printed proceedings will be available at the conference to ensure optimal interaction around the presented works. Volume 1 of the proceedings will be included in the ACM digital library to ensure optimal distribution of the peer-reviewed papers after the conference.

Important dates

  • 3rd February: First Call deadline for submission of full papers, workshops, tutorials and panels
  • 28th March: Author notification
  • 1st May: Camera ready copy deadline for full papers
  • 5th May: Second Call deadline for submission of short papers, interactive experiences, panels, posters, doctoral consortium.
  • 26th May: Author notification
  • 5th June:Camera ready copy deadline for all categories
  • 23rd June: Authors of papers accepted for volume 1 have registered
  • 21st July: Authors of papers accepted for volume 2 have registered
  • 4th August: Early registration deadline
  • Early September: Online registration closes (you will still be able to register at the conference itself)

 

The 20th BCS HCI Group conference in co-operation with ACM
HCI 2006 ENGAGE - Queen Mary, University of London, 11-15 September 2006