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> CALL FOR PAPERS
> HOME-ORIENTED INFORMATICS AND TELEMATICS (HOIT) 2005
>
> April 13-15, 2005, York University, U.K.
>
> Deadlines:  Full papers:      14 November 2004
>                                       (8 to 10 pages - Word
Document/Springer template)
>
> An international conference sponsored by IFIP Working Group 9.3
> "HOIT2005"
> to be held April 13-15, 2005 at the University of York, UK. You are 
> invited
> to send your submission.
>
> Full papers - 8 - 10 pages will be published in the proceedings (all
> full
> papers
> will be refereed by the International programme committee))
>
> The conference committee is also keen to solicit output from less
> finished
> work such as:
>
> Interim research papers,
> Applications and case studies,
>
> And also proposals for
> Panel/discussion proposals.  (2-page outline and names of panel
> participants)
>
> All accepted papers will be published before the conference by
> Springer.
>
> This IFIP W.G. 9.3 (Home-Oriented Informatics and Telematics)
> International
> Working Conference focuses on the interactions between technology, 
> society
> and the individual/family/home. Areas of particular interest are as 
> follows
> (but others considered):
>
> Themes and special sessions:
>
> Care and health at home
> Ambient Intelligence in everyday life
> Ubiquitous computing and the wireless home
> Play and Fun in the Home of the Future
> Socialising and the user experience
> Involving users in the design of new ICTs
> Lessons from ethnographic research on new ICTs in the home
>
> Areas of interest
>
> Universal access (for the home)
> Privacy, security and identity (at home, on the move, on the internet)

> The connected home Virtual and real communities
> User-oriented approaches and technology push
> Interplay between the local and the global
> E-governance and homes/citizens of the future
> Teleworking, Education, Edutainment and Learning
> Business models (structures)
> Infrastructures for home users
> The psychology of the virtual and life impacts
> Information society - status and future
> Virtual influences on everyday life
> Socio-Cultural Differences (and the wired Home)
> Access, inclusion/exclusion
> Technology - telematics, automation, enabling
> Acceptance and use of new technologies
> Studies of non-use/rejection/drop-outs
>
> Please email your paper (and any queries) to [log in to unmask] as 
> soon as possible.
>
>
> Andy Sloane
> Chair IFIP WG 9.3
>
>
>
> Further details can be found at www.hoit2005.org
>
> Andy Sloane
> Chair IFIP WG 9.3
>
>
> Prof. Andy Sloane             Tel: +44 1902 321445
> Professor of Telematics       Fax: +44 1902 321453
> School of Computing and IT    Email:[log in to unmask]
> Lichfield Street
> WOLVERHAMPTON, WV1 1EQ
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