Workshops

Chairs: Dimitris Rigas, University of Bradford & Anke Dittmar, University of Rostock

A workshop provides a valuable opportunity for a small group to meet and engage in rich and interactive discussions about a topic of common interest. Submissions may address any topic of interest to the HCI community: basic research, applied research, new methodologies, emerging application areas, tools, models and design innovations. We expect a workshop to be sufficiently focused to act as a step towards producing, for example, an edited book or a special issue of a journal. We require all successful workshops to produce a poster that will be then be displayed during the conference itself, to allow delegates to benefit from the output of contributing workshops. Workshops are intended to be one day long, but proposals for other durations will be considered if they offer good reasons for requiring less or more time.

Workshops will happen on the Monday or Tuesday before the conference. Workshop organisers must pay to attend their own workshop. Workshop attendees are not required to attend the whole conference, though we hope most will.

The submission must include:

1. A covering letter giving phone, email and address of the workshop's primary contact, the 30-word summary, the way the workshop will be run (emphasising any additional participant involvement or intended product). the goals of the workshop, include an explanation of the timeliness and importance of the theme, the likely backgrounds of the participants.
2. A two-page description of the workshop using the templates below, containing a title, contact details for the coordinators, an abstract, a description of the topic(s) and an account of the workshop procedure.

Tutorials

Chairs: Willem-Paul Brinkman, Brunel University & Steve Draper, University of Glasgow

Tutorials provide participants with new insights, knowledge and skills across a broad range of HCI concerns. Previous tutorial topics have included: user interface development, HCI theories, requirements analysis techniques, usability evaluation, design methodologies, work analysis and modelling, emerging technologies and many other relevant areas. Tutorial participants include user interface designers and users, software developers, project managers, HCI researchers and teachers, and professionals in other areas interested in understanding how HCI relates to their lives.

The tutorial proposal should specify the background knowledge and skills required of participants. It should also specify the level of the tutorial as introductory, intermediate or advanced. A tutorial may take either half a day or a full day.

Tutorial proposals will be evaluated on the quality of the proposal, basis of their benefits to participants and their fit within the overall tutorials programme. Factors to be considered include relevance, timeliness and audience appeal; suitability for presentation in a half-day or fullday tutorial; use of appropriate presentation methods and exercises; and past experience and qualifications of the instructors.

If the tutorial has been given previously, the proposal should indicate where the tutorial has been given and how it will be modified for HCI 2007. Tutorial presenters are expected to attend the conference.

Note that, if accepted, presenter(s) will be asked to provide a 2-page description of their tutorial using the template below for publication in the conference proceedings.

Remuneration

This fee may either be used to offset the delegate fee for the main conference for the presenter(s), or be paid on receipt of an invoice. If paid, the recipient is responsible for all taxes. The tutorial notes for duplication must be supplied no later than 6 weeks before the conference. If a tutorial does not attract sufficient attendees by 4 weeks before it is due to be presented, then the conference committee may cancel it, in which case a fee of £100 for a full-day tutorial and £50 for a half-day will be paid for the preparation of the notes.

Tutorial Submissions

Tutorials will not be reviewed anonymously. Submissions must be presented as follows:

1. A header page including the title of the tutorial, whether half or full day, whether the tutorial in new, has been given before, or is derived from a previous one, the names and affiliations of all presenters, and brief details of past tutorials they have given the 30 word summary.
2. Up to 2 A4 pages describing the tutorial content, giving the key learning outcomes, and arguing why it would be suitable for presentation at this conference.
3. CV(s) of presenter(s).
4. If the tutorial has been presented before, up to 8 A4 pages of sample material,
5. A timeline indicating how the time will be used (assume either 2 or 4 90-minute sessions)
6. Method of delivery, indicating how the attendees will be involved in the activities (e.g. lectures, case study, problem-based learning, etc), and how the key learning outcomes will be achieved,
7. For the Advance Programme, 125 words describing the tutorial, including a brief biography of the presenter(s),
8. For the Web-site as additional advance information for attendees, an 800-word synopsis of the tutorial.

Authors should use the following template, for both Volumes 1 & 2.

Word Template