FIRST CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
alt.chi 2007
http://www.chi2007.org/submit/altchi.php
CHI 2007, ACM conference on Computer/Human Interaction
28 April - 3 May, 2007, San Jose, California, USA
The CHI conference is the leading venue to present innovations in human computer interaction. The year's best work from researchers and practitioners is selected in a strictly competitive process. But this competition also inveitably means that many valuable contributions are never presented at CHI - and some might not even be submitted.
With alt.chi 2007, we want to open up for unusual, challenging and thought-provoking work that might not otherwise be seen at the conference. alt-chi is a place to experiment with how CHI submissions are presented, submitted, reviewed and selected. alt.chi is CHI's breathing hole, the space for change, where new ideas can be tried out and experienced.
Alt.chi invites controversial ideas, novel prototypes, failed but valuable user studies, bold experiments, and anything else that can give a fresh perspective on CHI. We invite submissions that explore technical or practical limitations in technologies or methodologies; that introduce promising, although currently non-viable techniques; that critique the current state of the field; and that explore topics outside of current discussion. In particular, we invite work that would otherwise not have been presented at CHI 2007 - whether because it has been rejected from other venues (e.g. Papers), or because it is too different to be submitted in the first place!
The alt.chi 2007 program will be selected through a non-anonymous process, where all submissions and reviews are completely open. There will be an open forum were anyone can register to submit and review, and all submitters will be required to take part in the selection process. All reviews and submissions will be available to anyone who registers. We want to encourage discussion and debate on what makes a good alt.chi (or regular CHI) submission, what makes a good review, and, ultimately, what makes for a fruitful conference experience.
Timeline:
1st DecemberForum opened
1st FebruaryForum closed for submissions - No more submissions accepted
2nd FebruaryReview and discussion of submissions starts
12th MarchChairs present shortlist of selected submissions
19th MarchInvitation of successful submissions to be presented at the conference
Take the plunge. Join us for alt.chi 2007!
More details on submitting can be found at:
www.chi2007.org/submit/altchi.php
Lars Erik Holmquist and Barry Brown, alt.chi 2007 chairs
