PLEASE NOTE: Submission date is NEXT WEEK - January 24th, 5pm (PST)
Final Call for Submissions
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CHI97 Special Interest Group (SIG) Call for Participation
CHI 97 Special Interest Groups (SIGs) enable groups sharing an interest
to
meet informally for at least one and a half hours of discussion at the
conference. CHI 97 provides meeting facilities and will advertise SIG
meetings to the rest of the conference. Accepted proposals received
by January 24th, 1997 will be advertised in the final program. SIGs
accepted
after that date will be announced only at the conference.
Following the conference SIG organisers are encouraged to submit an
article
summarising the SIG for publication in the SIGCHI Bulletin. Additionally
several SIGs have led to proposals for successful workshops at
subsequent
CHI conferences.
To view the call on the WWW:
http://www.acm.org/sigchi/chi97/call/interest/
Special Interest Groups Co-Chairs
Rhona Charron, MPR Teltech Ltd., CANADA
Mark Leonard, Hewlett - Packard (Canada) Ltd., CANADA
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Review Process
SIG proposals will be reviewed by a committee, with acceptance based on
the
relevance of the theme to the field.
The success of a SIG depends on organisers providing effective
leadership
and planning. Potential SIG organisers are encouraged to contact the
Special Interest Groups Co-Chairs before submitting a proposal to
discuss
their ideas and any questions they may have.
send questions or proposal ideas to:
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Format
You should prepare a Proposal which will be used in the review process,
a
Summary to be published in the CHI 97 Conference Companion if the SIG is
accepted.
Proposal.
Prepare a one-page proposal for review purposes describing how the SIG
discussion will be organised.
Conference Companion Summary.
Prepare a one-page summary describing the SIG, suitable for publication
in
the CHI 97 Conference Companion.
The summary should begin with title, leader, leader contact information
and
keywords, and continue with a summary of the topic, issues and goals. It
must be prepared in the Conference Proceedings Format except that no
abstract is required.
Electronic Version.
The electronic version of the Extended Abstract must be provided on a
disk (PC or Mac). The disk should have a label indicating the disk's
type (PC or Mac), the primary author, the title of the submission, and
the format of the file on the disk.
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Upon Acceptance
For proposals received by January 24, 1997, 5:00 pm (Pacific Standard
Time):
authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by February
14th,1997.
Note that because of the late submission deadline, there will be no
opportunity
to prepare new versions of the summary, so your submission material must
be
prepared carefully.
The summaries of accepted SIGs received after January 24th, 1997 will
not be
published in the CHI 97 Conference Companion.
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Ground Rules
1. Your submission must be in English.
2. Electronic and fax submissions are not accepted.
3. Submissions which arrive after the deadline will not be published
if
they are accepted.
4. Your submission should contain no proprietary or confidential
material and should cite no proprietary or confidential
publications.
5. Responsibility for permissions to use video, audio or pictures of
identifiable people rests with you, not CHI 97.
6. If your submission is accepted, it will not be published without
copyright release forms signed by the first-listed author or a
representative of the first author's institution.
7. We strongly suggest the use of express mail or a courier service,
for
speedy delivery. Customs labels should bear the words
"Educational
materials with no commercial value."
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You can also access CHI97 SIGS on the web:
http://www.acm.org/sigchi/chi97/call/interest/
Please follow the steps in this checklist to ensure completeness in your
submission.
1. Read the Conference Overview.
2. Fill out Cover Pages One and Three (AV requests - ONLY overhead and/or
Flip chart).
3. Prepare an Extended Abstract (one page) in the Conference Proceedings
format for publication, as described above.
4. Prepare a Proposal for review, as described above.
5. Prepare an Electronic Version of the Extended Abstract for publication
on the CHI 97 Electronic Publication, as described above. The Electronic
Version must be submitted on a disk with the disk labeled either PC or
MAC.
6. Collect Cover Pages One and Three, the Proposal, and the Extended
Abstract, in the order given, in a packet, and make 7 copies of the
packet. Use 8.5 x 11 inch or A4 paper.
7. Make sure each copy of the packet is stapled, not loose or held by
clips.
8. Include an extra, camera-ready copy of the Extended Abstract. Do not
staple it to anything.
9. Send the 7 copies of your submission packet, the camera-ready copy of
the Extended Abstract, the disk containing the Electronic Version of the
Extended Abstract to the Send To address shown.
10. You will be notified by email that your submission has been received.
Send to:
Rhona Charron
MPR Teltech Ltd.
8999 Nelson Way
Burnaby, BC.
V5A 4B5
CANADA
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