[Air-L] OZCHI 2009: program online, early bird extended until Fri 16 Oct

[Marcus Foth]

OZCHI 2009 – Design: Open 24 | 7

21st Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction  
Special Interest Group (CHISIG) of the Human Factors and Ergonomics  
Society of Australia (HFESA)

23 – 27 November 2009, The University of Melbourne, Australia
http://www.ozchi.org/


NEWS

Early bird registration deadline extended to Fri 16 Oct 2009. Register  
now:
http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/REGISTER

The draft program is now available online. Check out the list of  
accepted peer reviewed long and short papers:
http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/PROGRAM

Consider attending one of the pre-conference workshops and tutorials.  
In most cases you can still attend (without submitting and presenting  
a paper). Contact the organisers and tick the appropriate box on your  
registration form.
http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/WORKSHOPS

Thu 26 Nov is OZCHI Industry Day. Details of the program to be  
released shortly.
http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/INDUSTRY


KEYNOTES
http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/KEYNOTES

Wed 25 Nov - Bill Moggridge, Co-founder of IDEO.com
Thu 26 Nov (OZCHI Industry Day) - Patrick Hofmann, Head of User  
Experience, Google Australia
Fri 27 Nov - Yvonne Rogers, Director, Pervasive Interaction Lab, Open  
University, UK


24 HOUR DESIGN CHALLENGE

This year OZCHI will be preceded by a student design challenge in two  
rounds organised as two 24 hour events. The first round took place  
online on 12 Sep 2009. The second round will be held at OZCHI on 24  
Nov 2009. In both rounds teams of 2-5 students are invited to develop  
a solution for a state-of-the-art research problem acquiring  
interaction design and HCI skills. Top entries will be awarded a  
travel scholarship for the conference (round 1) and prizes sponsored  
by our industry partners (round 2). For more information visit http://www.ozchi.org/24

Martin Tomitsch, Andrew Vande Moere, The University of Sydney & Jeremy  
Yuille, RMIT/ACID
Student Design Challenge Chairs
sdc at ozchi.org


WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS

Mon 23 Nov 2009
User Requirements Gathering (tutorial)
OZeWAI Inclusive Information Society (2 day workshop - day 1 of 2)
OZCHI Doctoral Consortium

Tue 24 Nov 2009
OZCHI 24 Hour Student Design Challenge
Web Accessibility (tutorial)
Experimental Design for HCI (tutorial)
Hungry 24/7? HCI Design for Sustainable Food Culture (workshop)
Street Computing (workshop)
Designing for Healthy Living (workshop)
Smart Healthcare Applications (workshop)
OZeWAI Inclusive Information Society (2 day workshop - day 2 of 2)

Please refer to the individual workshop and tutorial pages for further  
details:
http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/WORKSHOPS

Lian Loke & Toni Robertson, UTS
Workshops, Tutorials and Panels Chairs
workshops at ozchi.org


CONFERENCE THEME

The 2009 conference theme is Design: Open 24/7. Accessibility,  
inclusivity and dissolving boundaries are core to the Open 24/7 theme  
for the design of human interaction with and through digital  
technologies. The integration of digital technologies into our  
everyday life allows for a seamless transitioning between open and  
closed, work and leisure, public and private. Open implies  
participation and collaboration across traditional borders between  
individuals, organisations and disciplines. OZCHI 2009 provides a  
forum to discuss all aspects of openness, open borders, open  
participation, open source and open architecture. Theme-related  
submissions may address these topics:

..  Open always-on real-time ubiquitous and pervasive designs
..  Open design and universality versus situatedness,  
contextualisation and personalisation
..  Open source for design – design for open source
..  Open mind – new ideas, concepts and approaches from outside HCI
..  Beyond open – never closed: design for escapism


CONFERENCE TOPICS

Submissions in all areas of HCI are encouraged. In addition, we  
particularly invite authors to address any of the following topics:   
Augmented Reality  |  Context and Location Awareness  |  Education and  
HCI  |  Health Care and HCI  |  Innovative Design Methodologies  |   
Smart Service Delivery  |  Sustainability  |  Universal Usability and  
Accessibility  |  Urban Informatics  |  Tangible User Interfaces  |   
Visualisation Techniques  |  Working across Cultures


SPONSORS & SUPPORTERS
http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/OZCHI_SPONSORS

Thank you:  The Hiser Group  |  ARC HCSNet  |  Design Victoria  |   
Stamford Interactive  |  National ICT Australia  |  Smart Services  
CRC  |  CSIRO  |  Apogee  |  The University of Melbourne  |   
Australian Information Industry Association  |  Australian Interactive  
Media Industry Association


See you in Melbourne!

Marcus Foth, QUT
Conference Chair
chair at ozchi.org

http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/REGISTER



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Assoc. Prof. Marcus Foth
Principal Research Fellow

Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation
Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J)
Victoria Park Rd, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia
Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88238 - Office K506, KG
m.foth at qut.edu.au - http://www.urbaninformatics.net/