Student Volunteers

Student Volunteers are an integral part of the success of each CHI conference. Students from all disciplines are invited to be part of the most exciting event in the HCI field. A wide variety of positions are available at the conference. Many of the duties are not glamorous, but all provide opportunities to interact with CHI 99 contributors, attendees, and committee members from all parts of the world and from diverse areas of the HCI community.

Benefits

In return for their help at the conference, student volunteers receive many benefits including free conference registration, some meals, a Conference Reception ticket, a student volunteer T-shirt, and an invitation to the volunteer thank-you party. Student volunteers are responsible for their own housing, travel to and from Pittsburgh, and those meals not provided. Reduced housing rates are available for student volunteers.

Qualifications

Volunteers must be undergraduate, Master's, or doctoral students during the 1998-9 academic year. All students, regardless of discipline, are encouraged to apply. No experience is required. We are looking for enthusiastic, intelligent, reliable people. Volunteers must commit to a total of 20 volunteer hours of work at the conference during 14-20 May 1999.

How to Apply

Electronic applications are strongly preferred. Please use the online application form or obtain a form from chi99-sv@acm.org. However, you may also use the print version of the form and mail or fax it to the Send To address shown.

A valid, dated student identification card or a letter from your university/school must be presented when you register at the conference. Student Volunteers will be chosen at random from applications received by the Preliminary Deadline. The primary waiting list will consist of applications received by the Preliminary Deadline but not initially selected.

Applications received after the Preliminary Deadline and before the Final Deadline will be placed on a secondary waiting list in the order in which they are received. Historically, more students apply than can be accepted, so early application is encouraged.