[Asis-l] FW: [pdc '04-program] Revised call - new due dates - please distibute!!

[Michel J. Menou]

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Revised Call For Participation - NEW: Submission deadlines extended.
Please forward or post as appropriate.

Please also note that some important changes have been made to the "Art
Installations, Environments, Projects, Designs, Demonstrations"
category.

                             IMPORTANT:
                  Revised deadlines for submission

                             PDC 2004

                       the eighth biennial
                  Participatory Design Conference

                        Artful Integration
            Interweaving Media, Materials and Practices

              <http://cpsr.org/conferences/pdc2004/>

                        July 27-31, 2004
                     University of Toronto
                        Toronto, Canada

Sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)

         In cooperation with the ACM and IFIP (pending)

Academic sponsors:
  Knowledge Media Design Institute (KMDI), University of Toronto
  Faculty of Information Studies (FIS), University of Toronto

Participatory Design (PD) is a diverse collection of principles and
practices aimed at making technologies and social institutions more
responsive to human needs. A central tenet of PD is the direct
involvement of people in the co-design of the systems they use.

The Participatory Design Conferences, held every two years since 1990,
have brought together a multidisciplinary and international group of
software developers, researchers, social scientists, designers,
activists, practitioners, users, citizens, cultural workers and managers
who adopt distinctively participatory approaches in the development of
information and communication artifacts, systems, services and
technology.

Participatory design approaches have been used in traditional
application domains (such as computer systems for business, health care
and governmental) and are also relevant in emerging areas such as
web-portal design, e-government services, community networks, enterprise
resource planning, public (and other) CSCW (computer supported
cooperative work) systems, social administration & community
development, university/community partnerships, tele-health, communities
of practice and political deliberation / mobilization (e-democracy),
digital arts and design, scholarship and teaching with mediated
technologies (e-learning), the experience of a sense of place, cultural
production and cultural institutions. We further welcome submissions
that explore the relationship between PD approaches and the design of
ICT (information and communication
technology) infrastructures such as open source projects, standards,
protocols, new media, policy, broadband and WiFi (Wireless Fidelity)
networks and the like, and how in turn they may enable and constrain the
possibilities for participation.

Participatory designers of ICT-applications may learn from, and,
hopefully contribute to, work in other fields, such as community and
organizational development, architecture, urban planning, policy
development, media, design and art, especially insofar as these fields
increasingly use ICTs.

Participatory design approaches can be applied in various social
settings such as local communities, government agencies, civil society,
NGOs, schools and universities, companies, trade unions, etc. each with
its own distinctive stakeholder arenas and power relations.

The overall theme of the 2004 conference, "Artful Integration:
Interweaving Media, Materials and Practices" describes a central reality
of participatory design. It recognizes that an essential ingredient in
design practice is the working together of multiple, heterogeneous
elements. Whereas conventional design approaches emphasize the role of
the designer and the creation of singular "things," artful integration
calls attention to the collective interweaving of people, artifacts and
processes to achieve practical, aesthetic or emancipatory syntheses. The
conference will include the inauguration of the "Artful Integrators
Award" for exemplary work in participatory design.

We invite contributions on all aspects of participatory design,
especially those that address concerns discussed above. Share your
artful integrations with the broader community!

TYPES OF SESSIONS
We invite submissions for the following types of sessions (described
more fully below):

+ Research papers (maximum 10 pages)
+ Short papers (maximum 4 pages) research works in progress,
  field experiences / stories from reflective practitioners, tools
  and techniques reports)
+ Pre-Conference workshops (2 page proposals)
+ Conference workshops (2 page proposals)
+ Art Installations, Environments, Projects, Designs, Demonstrations
  (proposals include statement and sketch, see below)
+ Tutorials (2 page proposals)
+ Doctoral consortium

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Research Papers
Deadline: February 13, 2004

For the first time, the accepted PDC research papers will be published
by an academic press, specifically the ACM in their International
Conference series.  In addition to the hardcopy form, papers will also
be published via the web in ACM's Digital Library.  High academic
standards will be expected. Maximum length of research papers is 10
pages. Each submitted paper will be double blind reviewed by at least 3
reviewers. Authors are invited to suggest names and contact information
of one or two possible reviewers to supplement reviews by Program
Committee members. Such prospective reviewers should have demonstrable
expertise in the relevant field and be at arms-length from the author(s)
and the work presented.

Accepted papers should be revised according to the review reports and
the language should be checked by a native English speaker. Deadline for
submitting the camera-ready manuscript is June 4, 2004.

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Short Papers (maximum 4 pages) (Chair: Joan Greenbaum)
Deadline: May 7, 2004

Short papers cover a range of possible formats and audiences

+ Research works in progress: research which is not yet ready to
  be evaluated in a peer review. Short papers could cover research
  designs, fieldwork, and/or preliminary research results.

+ Stories about experiences by reflective practitioners: we are
  especially interested in short papers in which practitioners
  describe their practical experiences with the (non) participation
  of users. These reports may be derived from a variety of settings,
  but should as a general feature describe the various stakeholders
  in the design process, their mutual interactions, and how they
  were affected.

+ Tools and techniques reports: the description of tools and
  techniques, and of the application of these tools and
  techniques, showing their usability for participatory design.

+ Short papers are also welcome that fit the "pattern" format
  organized by problem, context, discussion, solution and references.

Potential short paper contributors are invited to contact the session
chair for further details. <joanbaum at ix.netcom.com>.

Pre-Conference Workshops (Chairs Thomas Binder & Judith Gregory)
Deadline: March 5, 2004

Full- or half-day invitational workshops will be held Wednesday, July
28, 2004. The proposal should contain a title, goals, technique,
relevance to PD and a schedule. Intended participants and how they will
be recruited should also be described. Workshop topics can include
methods, practices, or other areas of interest. Note that fees may be
charged to cover workshop expenses (such as lunch, materials, or
equipment set up) but workshop organizers are not paid.  Potential
pre-conference workshop contributors are invited to contact the session
co-chairs for further details. <thomas.binder at interactiveinstitute.se>
and <judithg at ifi.uio.no>.

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Conference Workshops (Chairs Peter Mambrey & Patricia Sachs)
Deadline: May 7, 2004

Conference workshops will be convened on July 30 from 2-5 PM. Attendees
will sign up for these workshops at the conference itself. Please submit
a two page proposal which includes title, goals, objectives, and methods
for making the workshop interactive with the participants. Please
indicate as the relevant background of the leaders, intended
participants, the maximum number of participants and whether you would
need special equipment. Feel encouraged to apply with others as a group.
Potential conference workshop contributors are invited to contact the
session co-chairs for further details. <mambrey at fit.fraunhofer.de>
<pascha at social-solutions.com>.

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Art Installations, Environments, Projects, Designs, Demonstrations
(chairs Yvonne Dittrich & Leah Lievrouw)
Deadline: May 1, 2004

The objective of this portion of the conference is to present and debate
works that combine outstanding aesthetic vision with a commitment to the
principles and philosophy of participatory design. Successful proposals
will demonstrate both design/artistic merit and the collaborative
involvement of designers, users, audiences, and/or other relevant
groups.

Works may incorporate any forms or genres of information/communication
technologies or digital media (e.g., sound, still/moving images, touch,
space, text, etc.), either alone or combined with other media and/or
live performance.  Proposals must include:

+ A statement (maximum 500 words) describing the title and goals of the
  submission, the techniques/media employed, the piece's relevance 
  to participatory design, and how it will occupy, challenge, provoke, 
  involve, entice or otherwise engage those involved in its design, 
  distribution and/or use.

+ A sketch, layout, design or plan that conveys the look/feel/
  experience of the work (e.g., 30 seconds of Flash animation, 
  storyboards, web pages, etc., submitted as  URLs, Zip/CD/DVD, 
  or other format).

+ The technical specifications for presentation and exhibition,
  including hardware/software platforms, projection or other playback 
  equipment, time and space requirements, network/web access needs, 
  and so on.

+ Complete contact information (name, affiliation, mailing address,
  telephone/fax/email/URL) for each artist/author of the entry.

All required parts of the proposal should be submitted to the conference

chairs in electronic form. 

Works selected for PDC 2004 will be chosen by an international,
multi-disciplinary jury (representing arts/design/critical studies
as well as social sciences, informatics and computer science) and
will be exhibited for the duration of the conference.  Artists/authors
will be expected to present and discuss a brief precis of their
piece in a roundtable session at the conference.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact the chairs for
further details about the aims and evaluation criteria for submissions,
at <ydi at itu.dk> or <llievrou at ucla.edu.>  Entries must be received
by the program chairs no later than midnight (U.S. Pacific time)
May 1, 2004.

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Tutorials (pre-conference) (Chairs Volkmar Pipek & Bettina Toerpel)
Deadline: March  5, 2004

Full-day (6 hour) and half-day (3 hour) tutorials will be held
Tuesday July 27, 2004. The proposal should contain a title, goals,
technique, relevance to PD and a tutorial schedule. Please describe
any handouts that you intend to make available in the proposal.
Please include a budget for tutorial expenses (lunch, materials,
equipment set up, for example) in your proposal. Fees will be
charged, with tutorial organizers receiving surplus over tutorial
expenses.  Potential tutorial contributors are invited to contact
one of the session co-chairs for further details.
<volkmar.pipek at iisi.de>.

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Doctoral consortium (Chairs: Jeanette Blomberg & Finn Kensing)

A full day, invitational doctoral consortium will be held Tuesday,
July 27, 2004. Doctoral candidates are invited to contact the one
of the session co-chairs for further details.
<jblomberg at almaden.ibm.com>
<kensing at itu.dk>.

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General submission information:

+ Submissions should be formatted according to the requirements
  specific to each type of submission as listed on the conference
  website and sent electronically to the chairs using the upload
  facility to be found there.

+ Each submission will include a cover sheet with title, submission
  type, submitter name(s) and affiliation(s), address(es) and email
  address(es).

+ Receipt notification will follow over email.

+ All accepted contributions will be posted on appropriate web sites
  and published in book form provided to conference participants as
  part of the conference fee.

+ Volume I of the Proceedings will include all research papers and be 
  published by ACM Press as part of the International Conference 
  series. Research papers must be formatted according to ACM guidelines
  (<http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html>). Additional
  information as needed will be made available on the   PDC 2004 web 
  site (<http://cpsr.org/conferences/pdc2004/>).

+ Volume II of the Proceedings will include all the other accepted
  contributions in the traditional PDC-format.

+ Before a submission is included in either Volume I or Volume II, 
  at least one author of the submission must be registered for the
  conference.

More details can be found on the conference website or by contacting
the Program co-Chairs or the Chair of the appropriate session.

IMPORTANT DATES

2004

+ February 13 Due date for research paper submissions
+ March 5 Due date for pre-conference workshops and tutorials
+ March 19 Acceptance notification for workshops and tutorials
+ April 23 Acceptance notification to authors of research papers
+ May 1 Due date for Art Installations, Environments, Projects, Designs,

  Demonstrations submissions
+ May 7 Due date for short papers, conference workshop submissions
+ May 21 Acceptance notification short papers, conference workshops, 
  Art Installations, Environments, Projects, Designs, Demonstrations
+ May 31 Early registration date
+ June 4 Due date for Final Proceedings Vol 1 versions of research
  papers
+ June 11 Due date for final Proceedings Vol 2 versions of
  pre-conference and conference workshops and other submissions
+ July 27-31 PDC 2004

ALSO OF INTEREST
The ACM SIGCHI conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS2004)
takes place August 1-4, immediately following PDC2004 in Cambridge, MA,
1 1/2 hrs by air from Toronto. More information is available at:
<http://sigchi.org/dis2004/>

CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
Conference Co-Chairs:
  Andrew Clement, University of Toronto, Canada
  Peter van den Besselaar, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts
    and Sciences, Netherlands
Program Co-chairs:
  Fiorella de Cindio, University of Milano, Italy
  Doug Schuler, The Evergreen State College, USA

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Liam Bannon (Ireland), Thomas Binder (Sweden), Jeanette Blomberg (US),
Tone Bratteteig (Norway), Jacob Buur (Denmark), Debra Cash (US), Todd
Cherkasky (US), Andrew Clement (Canada), Peter Day (UK), Fiorella De
Cindio (Italy), Yvonne Dittrich (Sweden), Frank Emspak (US), Gerhard
Fischer (US), Joan Greenbaum (US), Davydd Greenwood (US), Judith
Gregory (Norway), Robert Guerra (Canada), Michael Gurstein (Canada), Bo
Helgeson (Sweden), Vidar Hepso (Norway), Finn Kensing (Denmark), Sarah
Kuhn (US), Leah Lievrow (US), Peter Mambrey (Germany), Preben Holst
Mogensen (Denmark), Gale Moore (Canada), Michael Muller (US) Julian Orr
(US), Norberto Patrignani (Italy), Volkmar Pipek (Germany), Rob Procter
(UK), Toni Robertson (Australia), Patricia Sachs (US), Partha Sarker
(Bangladesh), Doug Schuler (US), Steve Scrivener (UK), Lucy Suchman 
(UK), Randy Trigg (US), Peter van den Besselaar (Netherlands), Ina 
Wagner (Austria), and Volker Wulf (Germany).

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