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C A L L   F O R   P A P E R S

PAPER and PANEL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 8, 1999

5th Conference on Human Factors and the Web:
                  The Future of Web Applications

June 3, 1999

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA

http://www.nist.gov/hfweb
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The fifth in a series of Human Factors and the Web
conferences will be held on Thursday, June 3, 1999 at the
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg,
Maryland, a suburb of Washington, DC.

The purpose of these conferences is to provide a forum for
sharing information among a community of human factors
engineers, designers, and developers who are interested in
producing web sites that are more useful and usable.
The first four conferences were sponsored by Sandia National
Laboratories (March 1996), Microsoft Corporation (October 1996),
US West Communications (June 1997), and AT&T Labs (June 1998).
This year's conference will be hosted by NIST and sponsored, in
part, by AT&T Labs.  We are still seeking additional sponsors.
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INVITATION FOR SUBMISSIONS

These conferences focus on web design and usability.
Presentations can take a variety of approaches, including
reports on empirical work, discussions of design and
evaluation methods, or reflections on what we have learned
about designing for the web.

The featured topic for this conference is "The Future of Web
Applications".  In addition to papers on general web design and
web usability, we especially encourage presentations focusing
on topics such as:

  - Usability studies of dynamic, customizable web sites
  - Innovative applications, especially for electronic commerce and
    enterprise-wide operations
  - Case studies of legacy systems re-engineered for the web,
    database-enabled sites and transaction-based applications
  - Usable design with new Web technologies such as XML and Java
  - Tools for web usability testing and  evaluation
  - Accessibility

Submissions can be either for half-hour oral presentations
or for panel discussions.  Submissions for presentations
should be papers between 2000 and 4000 words in length.
Proposed panels should be described in enough detail to be
reviewed.  All papers and presentations should be in English.

Proceedings will be published on CD and on the
conference web site. Publication versions of accepted
papers, and presentation materials, will need to be e-mailed
four weeks before the conference.

To make a submission:

1) Complete the cover sheet included at the end of this message.

2) Send cover sheet and submission via email as plain text or as
   an attachment in HTML, PDF, or Microsoft Word format.

3) Send your submissions to [log in to unmask]
   NO LATER THAN March 8, 1999.
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REVIEW PROCESS

Your submissions will be reviewed by a committee of experts in
web design.  We will send notifications of acceptance or
rejection by April 5, 1999.  (In a separate email we will be
requesting volunteers for the review committee.)

Review of submissions will be based on the originality of the
submission, the quality of the description, analysis or position,
the support for the conclusions (in either data or argument), and
the usefulness of the contribution to other practitioners.
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IMPORTANT DATES

March 8, 1999   Deadline for paper submissions
April 5, 1999   Notification of acceptance
May 3, 1999     Presentation materials and final paper are due
June 3, 1999    5th Human Factors & the Web Conference
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FOR MORE INFORMATION

Web Site:

   http://www.nist.gov/hfweb

Please direct your questions to:

Dr. Sharon Laskowski, Conference Chair
NIST
Fax: +1 301 975-5287
Email: [log in to unmask]

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SUBMISSION COVER SHEET

5TH CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS AND THE WEB

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Author(s):
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Abstract (about 100 words):
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Keywords that will help us choose appropriate reviewers
for your submission:
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Type of submission:
{ } Oral presentation (conventional paper)
{ } Panel discussion

Contact information for the principal author:
Name: { }
Affiliation: { }
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Email: { }
Some way to reach you in an emergency (e.g, home telephone,
pager, cellular phone): {optional}

PLEASE ATTACH YOUR SUBMISSION (2000-4000 WORDS).