[Air-L] CfP: CSCW Horizon, Demonstrations, Interactive Posters, Panels, Videos and Student Volunteers; September 9 deadline

[Joe McCarthy]

The *ACM 2012 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work* 
(http://cscw2012.org) is a premier venue for presenting research in the 
design and use of technologies that affect groups, organizations, and 
communities. CSCW encompasses both the technical and social challenges 
encountered when supporting collaboration. The development and 
application of new technologies continues to enable new ways of working 
together and coordinating activities. Although work is an area of focus, 
CSCW embraces research and technologies supporting a wide range of 
recreational and social activities using a diverse range of devices. The 
conference brings together top researchers and practitioners from 
academia and industry who are interested in both technical and social 
aspects of collaboration.

CSCW 2012 will be held February 11-15, 2012, in Seattle, Washington, USA.

A record number of Papers & Notes were submitted to CSCW 2012 in June. 
The Papers & Notes track is now closed, and we want to encourage CSCW 
researchers and practitioners -- including those who submitted Papers & 
Notes -- to submit contributions to one or more of the following open 
tracks, all of which have an deadline of *September 9, 2011*, 5:00pm 
PDT: /CSCW Horizon/, /Demonstrations/, /Interactive Posters/, /Panels/, 
/Videos/ and /Student Volunteers/ (http://cscw2012.org/participation.php).

The Interactive Posters and Demos Reception on the first evening of the 
main conference represents an often under-appreciated opportunity for 
participants to make valuable connections with other researchers and 
learn what they find interesting or unclear about your work, get 
pointers to related work, and forge relationships that may lead to 
potential new paths, collaborations and/or future external letters of 
reference. Unlike most other tracks, where the number of accepted 
submissions is limited by available time in the program, we have ample 
space for a large number of Posters and Demos, and are hoping a record 
number of participants will help fill it with engaging people, ideas and 
conversations.

*CSCW Horizon *
(http://cscw2012.org/participation/horizon.php)

CSCW Horizon provides an opportunity to showcase and discuss research 
that expands the boundaries of CSCW beyond its standard topics and 
approaches. We solicit creative, unorthodox, inspirational submissions 
that help advance the CSCW community constructively, by provoking 
debate, predicting beyond the research horizon, or revealing unresolved 
issues in the field. This can be a chance for authors to present work that:
* Challenges the basdic questions being asked and approaches used in 
traditional CSCW work
* Brings new perspectives from other fields
* Is visionary, futuristic, or has not been previously explored
* Is generally less represented at the conference
* Is controversial
* Could benefit from public discussion that would not be possible in a 
traditional session.

*Demonstrations*
(http://cscw2012.org/participation/demos.php)

CSCW 2012 demonstrations present implementations of new CSCW systems and 
concepts. The peer-reviewed demonstrations allow conference participants 
to view novel and noteworthy CSCW systems in action, discuss the systems 
with those who created them, and try them out. Appropriate 
demonstrations include applications, technologies, and research 
prototypes, and may include work that has been previous published at 
CSCW or elsewhere. Demonstrations can also serve to showcase novel 
commercial products not previously described in the research literature. 
Demonstrations should be interactive and provide attendees a hands-on 
experience. The demo forum is not an opportunity for marketing or sales 
presentations. Presenters must have been directly involved with the 
development of the system and be able to explain the unique and novel 
contributions of the system.

*Interactive Posters*
(http://cscw2012.org/participation/posters.php)

CSCW 2012 will include an interactive poster category for late-breaking 
and preliminary results, smaller results not suitable for a full or 
short paper, innovative ideas not yet validated through user studies, 
early student research, and other research best presented in an 
interactive forum. Posters will be presented in a special Poster Session 
where researchers will interact directly with conference attendees. The 
posters will then remain up throughout the remainder of the conference. 
Accepted Interactive Poster abstracts will be published in ACM Digital 
Library and distributed to conference attendees as part of the 
Conference Extended Abstracts

*Panels*
(http://cscw2012.org/participation/panels.php)

Panels are a great way to generate debate and raise new and interesting 
issues at CSCW. With panels we want to provide a forum for discussing 
provocative, controversial, innovative, emerging, boundary-spanning and 
boundary-breaking issues. The best panels provide opportunities for 
audience participation. We especially encourage innovative formats that 
will engage the audience, that address critical and contemporary topics, 
and that engage multiple disciplines in productive dialog. Is a panel a 
kind of cooperative work that can benefit from some kind of computer 
support? Or not? While paper sessions provide detailed discussions of 
work recently completed, panels provide an opportunity to explore what 
is on the horizon --- or what is already here but not adequately 
recognized, acknowledged or discussed.

*Videos*
(http://cscw2012.org/participation/videos.php)

The CSCW Videos provides researchers with opportunities to present their 
cutting-edge work in an interactive fashion in front of an expert 
audience. Videos are ideally suited to demonstrate the practical 
application of research results and the functionality of CSCW systems, 
visualize the outcome of research and development projects, or describe 
inspiring visions of future systems that are grounded in today's 
reality. The Videos Program provides a venue to present work that 
involves dynamic interaction, ranging from demonstrations of new systems 
to complex aspects of group communication and work practice. CSCW 2012 
will accept both standalone full videos and video figures which 
illustrate papers in the Papers and Notes programs. Potential topics 
include, but definitely are not limited to:
* demonstrations of innovative research prototypes
* demonstrations of innovative aspects of commercial systems
* studies of work practice that have implications for CSCW
* retrospective collections of significant CSCW fields of work
* visions of future technologies

*Student Volunteers*
(http://cscw2012.org/participation/sv.php)

Student volunteers are essential to the success of the CSCW conference. 
In return for help at the conference, student volunteers receive a 
number of benefits including:
* free conference registration
* a fabulous t-shirt sure to be the envy of all conference goers
* a complimentary Conference Reception ticket

The complete Call for Participation, including more information about 
CSCW Horizon, Demonstrations, Interative Posters, Panels, Videos and 
Student Volunteers can be found on the CSCW 2012 web site 
(http://cscw2012.org/participation.php).

You can also follow announcements about the conference on Twitter 
(http://twitter.com/ACM_CSCW2012), and/or "like" us on Facebook 
(http://www.facebook.com/CSCW2012).

We look forward to your participation!

-- 
*The 2012 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work*
11-15 February 2012
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