The deadline for submission of position papers for the following workshop has now been extended to 30th October 2008. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Call for Participation: CHI 2009 Workshop* *Age matters: Bridging the generation gap through technology-mediated interaction * Internet-based, mobile and pervasive technologies provide the means for older people to establish and maintain intergenerational relationships over long distances. The significance of this intergenerational context has been largely ignored when considering potential interactions and the design of such technologies. This workshop aims to explore the important issues when considering intergenerational contact as a significant context for design. The emphasis of the workshop will be on engaging user voices in a participatory manner and undertaking interactive design sessions to explore the design space. The overarching objective of this workshop is to identify key research themes in respect of intergenerational communication and its implications for the design of interactive systems. The workshop will take place as part of CHI 2009, Boston, April, 2009 - see http://www.chi2009.org. We encourage participation from researchers in HCI, psychologists, sociologists, designers, developers and any others with an interest in this area. Potential participants should submit a position paper of 2-4 pages to the organizers ([log in to unmask])which describes their research interests and relevant work in the area. They must be prepared in the CHI Conference Extended Abstracts Format <http://www.chi2009.org/Authors/Guides/Formatting.html>. At least one author of each accepted position paper needs to register for the workshop and for one or more days of the conference. Accepted participants will be expected to create a poster based on their position paper(instructions to follow). The outcome of the workshop will be a call to submit full papers for a special issue of a journal. Up-to-date information on the workshop will be available at: http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/research/groups/interact/workshops/intergenDesign.html **Important Dates** Submission deadline: NOW 30th October 2008 Notification: 28th November 2008 Workshop: April 2009 Submit papers by email to [log in to unmask] **Workshop Organisers ** Dave Harley, University of Sussex, UK Sri Kurniawan, University of Santa Cruz, US Geraldine Fitzpatrick, University of Sussex, UK Frank Vetere, University of Melbourne, Australia -- Dave Harley Interact Lab School of Informatics University of Sussex Brighton East Sussex UK BN1 9QH Tel: +44 (0)1273 643472 --------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send an empty email to mailto:[log in to unmask] For further details of CHI lists see http://sigchi.org/listserv ---------------------------------------------------------------