************************************************************************ Call for Papers ************************************************************************ Workshop on Perspectives, Challenges and Opportunities for Human-Computer Interaction in Latin America (CLIHC 2007) "Innovation Inspired by Diversity" September 10-11, 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil www.clihc.org/2007 held in conjunction with the 11th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction INTERACT’2007 www.interact2007.org/ Aims and goals of the workshop ****************************** The diversity of Latin America is evident in its people, culture, geography, history and perspectives. This workshop aims at capturing this richness within the context of those researchers and practitioners from and in Latin American working in the area of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). The workshop will serve as a venue for the interchange of ideas, methods, approaches and techniques of those aiming at designing interactive experiences for the people of Latin America. It has its origin in two previous editions of the Latin American Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (CLIHC): In 2003 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and in 2005 in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Following the spirit of these previous editions, we acknowledge that in the HCI field, not only should we reach for technology that can be used and appreciated by the widest range of people, but also for means to promote inter-cultural exchange and cross-fertilization among people with diverse backgrounds and needs. The workshop is open to all topics and disciplines related to HCI. Submission ********** You are invited to submit either a full paper describing completed work (up to 5,000 words) or a position paper describing work in progress (up to 2,000 words). Submissions will be evaluated by at least two members of the Programme Committee according to the relevance and originality of the work and to their ability to generate discussions between the participants of the workshop. Submission can be in Spanish, Portuguese or English. The format of submitted papers must follow the Springer LNCS (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) format, including no page numbers. Submitted papers must be in PDF or Word format for Windows. Papers should be submitted to the following e-mail: [log in to unmask] Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: user interface design and evaluation methods, universal accessibility, cross-cultural and internationalization issues, multimodal interfaces, theoretical & multidisciplinary aspects, social and cultural issues in HCI, intelligent user interfaces, personalization and adaptive interfaces, end-user programming, multimedia, virtual reality and games, online communities and pervasive computing. Important dates: **************** - June 27th, 2007: Submission of full and position papers - August 1st , 2007: Notification of acceptance - August 14th, 2007: camera-ready copies of accepted papers due - September 10th and 11th, 2007: workshop Publication *********** Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings and selected papers will also be invited to submit an extended version to a special issue of an international journal to be announced. Workshop Co-Chairs ****************** Dr. Victor M. González, University of Manchester, United Kingdom Dr. Christian Sturm, Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca, Mexico Workshop Programme Committee (to be confirmed): Alfredo Sanchez, UDLA, Mexico Andrew Howes, University of Manchester, UK Anxo Cereijo Roibás, University of Brighton, U.K. Cecília Baranauskas, Unicamp, Brasil Clarisse de Souza, PUC-Rio, Brasil Cleidson de Souza, UFPA, Brasil Cleotilde Gonzalez, CMU, USA Cuauhtémoc Rivera Loaiza, Universidad Michoacana, Mexico Edgar Cambranes-Martínez, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mexico Gustavo Rossi, La Plata National University, Argentine Ingrid Kirschning, UDLA, Mexico Jesus Favela, CICESE, Mexico Jaime Muñoz, UAA, Mexico Jaime Sánchez, Universidad de Chile, Chile Juan Salamanca - Universidad Icesi, Colombia Julio Abascal, Universidad País Vasco, Spain Leonel Vinicio Morales Díaz, Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala Manuel Pérez-Quiñonez, Virginia Tech, USA Mario Moreno, Universidad Tecnologica de la Mixteca, México Miguel A. García Ruiz, Universidad de Colima, Mexico Miguel Villarroel, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain Oscar Mayora Ibarra, CREATE-NET, Italy Raquel Navarro, Fndació Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain Raquel Prates, UERJ, Brasil Rogerio, Depaula, Intel Brasil Simone Barbosa, PUC-Rio, Brasil --------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send an empty email to mailto:[log in to unmask] For further details of CHI lists see http://sigchi.org/listserv ---------------------------------------------------------------