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Workshops

Workshops provide a valuable opportunity for small communities of people with diverse perspectives to engage in rich discussions about a topic of common interest. Interaction among participants is important, so participants must have informed positions based on prior experience. Workshops can focus on research or applied topics. Innovative, controversial, or highly practical topics are particularly suitable for workshops. Each workshop will result in a SIGCHI Bulletin article that gives the CHI community a new, organized way of thinking about the topic and that suggests promising directions for future research.

Workshops are held on the Sunday and Monday of the conference week prior to the conference. A workshop may be one, one and a half, or two days in length. Design your schedule for a length of 3 hours per half-day, with coffee breaks in the middle. Most workshops have 20 or fewer participants. Provision will be made for a few larger workshops. Please consult one of the Workshops Co-Chairs before proposing a Workshop with more than 20 participants.

The Basic Research Symposium is a special two-day workshop focused on underlying basic issues of HCI and research not yet mature enough for formal presentation. Contact the Basic Research Symposium organizers for more information.

Sample Workshop Proposals are now available.

Review Criteria
Workshop submissions will be reviewed by a committee representing a cross-section of HCI researchers and practitioners. Review criteria include the workshop's potential for generating stimulating discussions and useful results; the expected community interest level in the topic; the organizers' ability to demonstrate through the proposal that the workshop will be well organized; and the overall balance of topics in the Workshops program.

Format
A workshop submission has three parts: a proposal, an extended abstract, and a call for participation.

Proposal
Prepare a three-page proposal for the Workshops review committee. In the proposal, describe the topic, the plan for conducting the workshop, and the organizers' background. Please keep in mind that workshops are low budget, low-tech forums.

Topic should include:

• goals of the workshop
• clear and detailed description of the topic
• importance and timeliness of the topic

Plan should include:

• preliminary schedule of workshop activities, with estimated times
• breakdown of subtopics within general topic
• desired number of participants
• participant selection criteria
• facilitation of workshop activities
• pre-workshop activities
• dissemination of results

Organizers' background should include:

• relevant biographical information
• relevant past experience with workshops at CHI or elsewhere

Extended Abstract
Prepare a one-page extended abstract of the workshop suitable for publication in the CHI 2000 Extended Abstracts. It should contain a summary of the workshop's goals and issues. It must be prepared in the Conference Publications Format, except that no abstract is required. We strongly prefer an additional electronic submission as a PDF file by email to the Send To address shown. This is optional, but will greatly assist the reviewing process. Prepare the electronic version of the extended abstract following the instructions in Electronic submissions.

Call for Participation
Prepare a 1500 character call for participation suitable for publication in the CHI 2000 Advance Program. It should describe the workshop and the participant selection criteria. Also, prepare an electronic version of the call for participation as a simple email message.

Upon Acceptance
Organizers will be notified of acceptance or rejection by 15 October 1999. Organizers of accepted workshops will receive an Author Kit with detailed instructions on how to submit final camera-ready materials, which are due 13 December 1999. Workshop organizers select participants on the basis of position papers submitted to them. A position paper is generally 2-4 pages long, and outlines the submitter's view on the workshop theme and the reasons for the submitter's interest in the topic. Position papers must be received by 10 February 2000 (this deadline was extended from 28 January 2000).

Organizer Responsibilities
Organizers are responsible for:

• working with the Workshops Co-Chairs to identify mailing lists and other opportunities for soliciting diverse participation
• selecting, inviting, and confirming participants
• distributing position papers and other pre-workshop materials to participants in advance of the workshop
• developing a final agenda of workshop activities

At the Workshop
The organizer is responsible for facilitating discussion, maintaining productive interaction, and encouraging participation. The emphasis should be on group discussion, rather than on presentation of individual position papers. Diversity of perspectives should be encouraged. Each workshop will produce a poster for display during the conference. Although the workshop poster is produced on-site as part of the workshop, the organizer should follow the Poster Preparation Guidelines. No special poster session is assigned to workshop posters. CHI 2000 provides meeting rooms, coffee breaks, and overhead projectors for workshops. Participants are charged a modest registration fee.

After the Workshop
It is important for workshop results to be communicated to a larger audience. In addition to the poster for display during the conference, each workshop will produce a report for publication in SIGCHI Bulletin. Additional avenues of communication, such as organizing a Special Interest Group (SIG) at the conference, are encouraged.

Submissions

• Your submission must be in English.
• Submissions will not be accepted by fax or electronically without hardcopy.
• Submissions arriving after the deadline will not be considered.
• Your submission should contain no proprietary or confidential material and should cite no proprietary or confidential publications.
• Responsibility for permissions to use video, audio, or pictures of identifiable people rests with you, not CHI 2000.
• We strongly suggest the use of express mail or a courier service for speedy delivery. Customs labels should bear the words "Educational materials with no commercial value."

Checklist
Please perform the activities in this checklist to ensure completeness in your submission.

• Read the Conference Overview and Submitting to CHI.
• Fill out Cover Page One. We strongly encourage use of the electronic versions.
• Prepare a proposal for review, as described above.
• Prepare a one-page extended abstract in the Conference Publications Format, as described above.
• Create an electronic version of the extended abstract if possible.
• Prepare a 1500 character count workshop call for participation, as described above.
• Prepare an electronic version of the workshop call for participation, as described above.
• Collect Cover Page One, the proposal, the extended abstract, and the workshop call for participation, in the order given, in a packet. Make 7 copies of the packet. Use 8.5 x 11 inch or A4 paper.
• Make sure each copy of the packet is stapled, not loose or held by clips.
• Send the 7 packets to:
  Hans-Jürgen
  Hoffmann Darmstadt University of Technology,
  FB Informatik, FG PU,
  Alexanderstr. 10,
  D-64283 Darmstadt,
  Germany
  
• Send the electronic version of the extended abstract and the workshop call for participation by email to chi2000-workshops@acm.org.
• You may include a stamped, self-addressed reply postcard, which we will mail to acknowledge receipt of your submission.