Conference Overview

The annual CHI conference is the leading international forum for the exchange of ideas and information about human-computer interaction (HCI). Diverse members of the global HCI community meet at the CHI conference to share the excitement of discovery and invention, to make and strengthen professional relationships and friendships, and to tackle real-world problems. Come to CHI, and be part of laying the foundations of our discipline and identifying the challenges yet to be solved.

New for CHI 99

CHI 99 extends a special invitation for submissions related to the conference theme, The CHI is the Limit. Theme-related submissions focus on the analysis of situations in all application areas where human-computer interaction is the limiting factor on success, as well as on new approaches for pushing those limits.

Because of the unique limitations encountered by older users, CHI 99 particularly invites submissions concerning HCI for today's and tomorrow's elders -- including all of ourselves. The Senior CHI Development Consortium will build bridges between the CHI and gerontechnology communities. In addition, submissions related to HCI and aging are encouraged in all submission categories.

CHI 99 presents more opportunity than ever for presentation of technical work in the video medium, including the new Video Papers submission category.

Also, CHI 99 expands the opportunities for demonstrations of technical work by encouraging demonstrations (both live and video) not only of systems, but of techniques and methodologies.

The Papers section now makes explicit the rigorous review criteria that will be applied to Papers and to Video Papers. Both new and experienced submitters are encouraged to review these criteria before preparing their submissions.

Topics

CHI 99 invites submissions on the full range of HCI-related topics, including, but by no means limited to:

• human-computer interaction as the limiting factor to success
• HCI and older users
• analysis, design, and evaluation methods
• HCI and society
• theoretical foundations of HCI
• devices and displays
• systems, tools, and interaction techniques
• new application areas and user populations
• avoiding disruption in the introduction of new HCI systems
• critical reviews of HCI work
• education about HCI
• case studies and design briefings
• guidelines and design heuristics

Participation Categories

The field of HCI includes many interests and perspectives on human-computer interaction. In order to serve this large and heterogeneous community, CHI 99 invites technical submissions in 12 different participation categories. If you are unsure which category to submit to, please consult the category co-chairs or your regional liaison.

Publications

The CHI 99 Conference Proceedings is the main archival publication of the conference. The Proceedings serves as a key reference document for researchers and practitioners in the field. It will be given to all conference registrants and sold after the conference by ACM.

The CHI 99 Extended Abstracts contains summary descriptions of many submissions and presentations. This volume will also be given to all conference registrants and sold by ACM following the conference.

The CHI 99 Video Proceedings and the CHI 99 Video Program will be given to all conference registrants and will be sold by ACM after the conference.

CHI 99 is committed to maintaining high quality for all conference publications. The conference reserves the right to publish only high quality submissions that meet the conference's formatting standards. Note that CHI expects its archival material to contain previously unpublished work. Except in extremely unusual circumstances, we will not accept papers whose content significantly overlaps with work presented or submitted elsewhere.

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