*Dear Author,Due to a number of requests, we have extended the deadline for the submission of *full and short papers* and *workshop proposals* to the Sixth International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction (ACI2019). The new submission deadline is 19 July 2019 and we look forward to receiving your contributions to ACI2019 until then!Best Regards,Juan Haladjian and Patrick ShihACI2019 Program Chairs* *----------------------------------------------------------------------------* *Sixth International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction*12-14 November 2019, Haifa, Israel For ACI2019 <http://www.aciconf.org/aci2019> we invite a wide range of contributions that have the potential to promote a constructive dialogue around animal-centered research and design of interactive technology, and to foster the development of ACI as discipline. *Conference theme* This year's conference theme is *Common Denominator*, which implicitly refers to multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary methods, theories, designs, ethics or practices that could translate between or transfer across species to aid multispecies or interspecies communication, participation, interaction and cooperation with or through computing systems, during the design process or following deployment. Although specifically focused, the theme is very broad in the connections that can be made from multiple angles, in order to encourage engagement with and contributions to the conference from a wide range of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives. Submissions that relate to this year's conference theme are especially welcome, but high quality submissions are welcome regardless. *Submission tracks * Contributions can be submitted to any of the following tracks: Full and short papers <http://www.aciconf.org/aci2019/authors/papers> (submission deadline 5 July 2019 19 July 2019) Workshop proposals <http://www.aciconf.org/aci2019/authors/workshops> (submission deadline 5 July 2019 19 July 2019) Videoposters and demos <http://www.aciconf.org/aci2019/authors/videopostersdemos> (submission deadline 2 August 2019) Doctoral consortium tracks <http://www.aciconf.org/aci2019/authors/doctoralconsortium> (submission deadline 2 August 2019) Papers must be submitted as a single PDF file using the template for ACM SIGCHI Papers and Notes. Papers will be peer reviewed. *Contribution areas* Relevant contribution areas might include: *Design*: for example, interaction modalities that may need to be developed in order to make technology accessible to other animals; novel designs for users with different sensorial apparatuses, cognitive capabilities, and ergonomic characteristics; multisensory interfaces and alternative interactional paradigms appropriate for ACI; design solutions developed within ACI applications that could inform design within interaction design or animal studies *Methodology*: for example, methodological frameworks enabling animals to actively participate in the design process as legitimate stakeholders, contributors and users; multidisciplinary methodologies that can be called upon when designing with animals or investigating how technology affects them and their interactions with humans; methodologies that can be derived from other disciplines; more-than-human approaches developed within ACI that could contribute to other disciplines *Theory*: for example, main challenges that ACI researchers may encounter in conceptualizing the interaction between humans, animals and technology; ways of interpreting the outcomes of applied studies, concrete designs and research practices to articulate such interactions; existing theoretical frameworks from other disciplines, that ACI theories can draw from or contribute to *Ethics*: for example, legitimate technological applications for ACI; implications of ACI’s animal-centered perspective for conducting research that involves animal participants; ethical frameworks that may or may not be suitable to support the development of ACI; relation between ethics and methodology in ACI; potential influence of ACI ethics on ethical aspects of HCI research *Applications*: for example, ACI applications relating to animal studies or husbandry, or practices involving animals in a range of contexts; applications that mediate the interaction between humans and other animals, or interactions among other animals; animal technologies that do or do not constitute good examples of or models for ACI. --------------------------------------------------------------- For news of CHI books, courses & software, join CHI-RESOURCES mailto: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe from CHI-ANNOUNCEMENTS send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] For further details of CHI lists see http://listserv.acm.org ---------------------------------------------------------------