********************************************************** TECHNICAL PAPER DEADLINE EXTENDED 2021 IEEE World Haptics Conference July 6-9 Virtual (previously Montreal) https://2021.worldhaptics.org ********************************************************** The submission deadline for technical papers has been extended to February 19, 2021. We are also aware that conducting studies with human participants has been difficult or impossible over the past year for many members of the haptics research community. We therefore want to emphasize that user studies are not the only possible means of assessing a research contribution and that they are not strictly required for a technical paper to be acceptable for publication. We ask authors to consider the many ways in which the validity of their research contributions can be assessed and the claims made in their paper can be supported with evidence. For useful suggestions, we recommend reading the “User Studies are Not Required” section of the author guide prepared by the organizers of the UIST’21 conference: https://uist.acm.org/uist2021/author-guide.html. IEEE World Haptics Conference The IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC) is the premier international conference covering various aspects of haptics including scientific findings, technological developments, and applications. The conference is a vibrant environment for sharing the most up-to-date research advancements in the field of haptics, leading to new collaborations, fruitful scientific discussions, engagement of young researchers, and charting the future role of haptic technology in enhancing human life. WHC 2021 will be held as a virtual conference from July 6 to 9, 2021. The conference will use various virtualization tools to offer an exciting interactive program, including cross-cutting challenge sessions, technical papers in oral and poster sessions, work-in-progress sessions, demonstrations, industrial exhibits, workshops and tutorials, student innovation challenge and other technical and social activities. We seek original contributions on all topics in haptics and call for your active participation. Important dates February 19, 2021 (extended): Technical paper submission February 26, 2021: SIC submission Late March, 2021: IEEE ToH short paper final acceptance notification April 16, 2021: Technical paper acceptance notification April 23, 2021: WIP and Demo submission May 14, 2021: Camera-ready paper submission July 6-9, 2021: Conference (Virtual) Mailing List If you would like to receive announcements relating to the 2021 World Haptics Conference, please follow the directions posted here: https://2021.worldhaptics.org/mailinglist. General Chairs ([log in to unmask]) Keyvan Hashtrudi-Zaad, Queen’s University, Canada Vincent Levesque, École de technologie supérieure, Canada Conference Editorial Board ([log in to unmask]) Jee-Hwan Ryu (Chair), KAIST, Korea Fernando Bello, Imperial College London, UK Marcia O’Malley, Rice University, USA Seungmoon Choi, POSTECH, Korea Program Chair ([log in to unmask]) Astrid Kappers, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from CHI-ANNOUNCEMENTS send an email to: mailto:[log in to unmask] To manage your SIGCHI Mailing lists or read our polices see: https://sigchi.org/operations/listserv/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------