*** IDC2006 submission deadline for short talks, posters, and demos is March 6th *** The deadline is approaching fast. This is a hard deadline, it has already been extended from the original. ---- IDC 2006 5th International Conference for Interaction Design and Children (IDC) June 7-9, Tampere, Finland In co-operation with ACM SIGCHI CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS In today's schools, homes, and public spaces, children are becoming frequent and experienced users of technology. As this trend continues, it is increasingly important to understand both the needs of children and the nature of technological design for young people. With this in mind, the IDC conference focuses on addressing the challenges of interaction design for children. We also explore the opportunities that new technologies afford - and the impact that those technologies have - in the everyday lives of young people. To address emerging research and development, IDC 2006 will look for long papers, short papers, demonstrations, and posters in the following broad areas: - Emerging technologies for children (e.g., innovative educational simulations, online games, mobile communications devices, wireless embedded technologies, sensors and actuators, "smart" materials, authoring/programming tools, storytelling technologies) - The impact these technologies can have on children's lives (e.g., in schools, at home, in public spaces) - New research methods which give children a voice in the design, development, and evaluation processes (e.g., participatory design methods, usability testing) TOPICS IDC 2006 welcomes submissions on all topics from the domain of interaction design and children, including, but not limited to: - Emerging or new technologies and their impact on children's education or play - Methods and techniques for establishing children's requirements for interactive systems - Guidelines for the design of interactive systems for children - Reports on the development of interactive systems for children (motivation, design, outcome, evaluation) - Usability, enjoyability, accessibility, ethics, and safety issues, with particular reference to children - Design of innovative systems for children - Evaluation methods for use with children - Evaluations of interactive systems and technologies for children - Theoretical models of interaction with special relevance to children - Results of ethnographic and case studies in children's use of interactive systems - Stimulating in-depth analyses of issues related to interaction design and children - Effects of interactive technologies in children's lives (e.g. game violence and aggression, obesity, learning) - Design and evaluation of interactive systems for children with special needs LONG PAPERS The deadline has passed and the selections have been made already. SHORT PAPERS, POSTERS AND DEMOS Short papers and posters may address any of the areas identified in the conference topics. Submissions should report original work that has not been published previously. Authors are encouraged to demonstrate work in progress and late-breaking research results that show the latest innovative ideas. We invite presentation of ongoing work and preliminary results, by experienced academics as well as young researchers. Short papers must report original work that has not been previously published. The contribution should be made clear in the paper and in its abstract. Papers making one clear, significant contribution are more likely to be accepted than papers making several lesser contributions. The paper must identify and cite published work relevant to the paper topic. It should explain how the presented work has built on previous contributions, and should indicate where and why novel approaches have been adopted. Submissions must be complete and formatted according to the ACM SIGCHI Publications Format. Short papers may be up to 4 pages, and posters and demos up to 2 pages. Submissions should be made electronically in PDF format through the conference paper submission and reviewing system. All accepted papers will appear in the ACM Digital Library. Further information on submissions can be found in the conference web pages at http://www.cs.uta.fi/idc2006. IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: 6.3.2006 Notification dates: 31.3.2006 Camera-ready versions are due: 10.4.2006 CONTACT INFORMATION Email: [log in to unmask] Website: www.cs.uta.fi/idc2006 LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT IDC 2006 IN TAMPERE! Kari-Jouko Räihä and Johanna Höysniemi Conference co-chairs --------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send an empty email to mailto:[log in to unmask] For further details of CHI lists see http://sigchi.org/listserv ---------------------------------------------------------------