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Workshops (organizers)

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Workshops are a chance for members of a community with common interests to meet in the context of a focused and interactive discussion. If you are working in an emerging area in MobileHCI, consider organizing a workshop. They are an opportunity to move the field forward and build community. MobileHCI workshops might address basic research, applied research, HCI practice, new methodologies, emerging application areas, design innovations, management and organizational issues, or HCI education. Each workshop should generate ideas that give the MobileHCI community a new, organized way of thinking about the topic, or ideas that suggest promising directions for future research. Some workshops result in edited books or special issues of journals; you may consider including this goal in the design of your workshop.

Workshops will be held on Tuesday 2 September 2008. Workshops should be scheduled to use 6 working hours per day, with a mid-morning break, a lunch break, and a mid-afternoon break. Workshops typically have 15 to 20 participants. Focused interaction among participants is important, so participants must have informed positions based on prior experience.

There are two types of people involved in workshops: workshop organizers and workshop participants. Workshop organizers submit a workshop proposal to the MobileHCI conference. The proposals are reviewed and are either accepted or rejected. If a workshop is accepted, the workshop is publicized by both MobileHCI conference and the workshop organizers.

Workshop participants attend the workshop. If a person is interested in being a workshop participant, they must submit a position paper to the workshop organizers. Position papers are reviewed by the workshop organizers using their own criteria, and workshop organizers decide on the final list of workshop participants. Workshops are only open to people who have had their position paper accepted by the workshop organizers, and who have registered for both the workshop and the MobileHCI conference. The MobileHCI program committee suggests Monday 5 May 2008 (passed) as a deadline for position papers and Monday 19 May 2008 (passed) as a deadline for notification of acceptance. However, since workshop organizers are responsible for the review and acceptance process of workshop position papers, they can deviate from these suggested deadlines.

The Workshop proposal must be submitted as a single PDF file via the Conference Review system by Monday 21 January 2008 (5:00PM CET) (passed). Submitted PDFs must be no larger than 4 megabytes.

The proposal must have the following, four distinct sections, all written the ACM MobileHCI 2008 Proceedings format: a proposal, an extended abstract, a call for participation and a cover sheet. These documents should all be submitted in one file. The combined file must be in PDF format.

Part 1. Cover Sheet
Each submission should have a cover sheet giving contact information for the primary workshop organizer. This person will serve as the main point of contact with the Workshop Co-Chairs.

Part 2. Proposal
Prepare a proposal for the Workshops review committee. The proposal should not exceed 3 pages. The proposal must describe the topic, a detailed plan for conducting the workshop (before, during, and after), and the organizers' backgrounds.

Part 3. Extended Abstract
Prepare a description of the workshop using a maximum of four pages, suitable for publication in the supplementary conference proceedings on CD-ROM. It should contain a summary of the workshop's goals and issues. It must be prepared in the ACM MobileHCI 2008 Proceedings format. Note that this document is the only document from the workshop that will be published at supplementary conference proceedings.

Part 4. Call for Participation
Prepare a 250-word Call for Participation suitable for publication on the MobileHCI 2008 web site. It should describe the format and goals of the workshop, the participant selection criteria, requirements for position papers (e.g. page length, topics to address, etc), where these papers should be submitted, and the fact that at least one author of accepted papers needs to register for the workshop and for one day of the conference itself. Organizers are encouraged to develop an external web page with additional information about the workshop for potential participants.

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 in the proposal a well-organized process and plan for the workshop; and the overall balance of topics in the Workshops program. If multiple submissions are received on the same or similar topics, the organizers may be encouraged to merge them.

Organizers are expected to:

  • Publicize their workshop: organizers of an accepted workshop are encouraged set up and maintain locally a web page in which provide further and updated information about their workshop. The local page of the workshop will be reachable from the official MobileHCI workshop site.
  • Solicit position papers from potential participants: 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.
  • Select participants on the basis of position papers submitted to them.
  • Send the list of confirmed participants to the Workshops Co-Chairs
  • Distribute position papers and other pre-workshop materials to participants in advance of the workshop
  • Develop 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.

We will provide the following A/V equipment: projector, screen, 1 flip chart, 1 set of pens, and adhesive for attaching flip chart pages to walls without leaving marks. Regarding wireless availability, network connectivity is available in the facility.

The extended abstract of accepted Workshop proposals will be available in the supplementary conference proceedings on CD-ROM. They will also be placed in the ACM Digital Library, where they will remain accessible to thousands of researchers and practitioners worldwide. Submission of the final camera-ready version includes and is not complete without giving us permission to distribute your final camera-ready version as described above. This permission is given during submitting the final version of your work via the Conference Review System.

Accepted workshop position papers (i.e. those of the workshop participants) will NOT be published in the (supplementary) conference proceedings.

If you have questions about Workshops for MobileHCI 2008, contact the Workshop Co-chairs, Marc Smith and Elly Zwartkruis-Pelgrim at workshops@mobilehci2008.org

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