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                             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)
+ Artifacts, posters, interactive demonstrations, art installations
  (2 page proposals)
+ Tutorials (2 page proposals)
+ Doctoral consortium

Research Papers
Deadline: January 9, 2004

We aim to publish the accepted research papers in book form through an
academic publisher. 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 May 10, 2004.

Short Papers (maximum 4 pages) (Chair: Joan Greenbaum)
Deadline: May 1, 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.

Pre-Conference Workshops (Chair Judith Gregory)
Deadline: January 23, 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.

Conference Workshops (Chairs Peter Mambrey & Patricia Sachs)
Deadline: May 1, 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.

Artifacts, interactive demonstrations, posters, art installations
(Chairs Yvonne Dittrich & Leah Lievrouw)
Deadline: May 1, 2004.

+ Artifacts. Proposals should be no longer than 2 pages and must
  be submitted electronically. The artifact proposal should contain
  a title, goals, technique, relevance to PD and a sketch or design,
  as appropriate. Please describe your plan for audience
  participation.

+ Interactive Demonstrations. Proposals should be no longer than
  2 pages and must be submitted electronically. The artifact
  proposal should contain a title, goals, technique, relevance to
  PD and a sketch, layout or design, as appropriate. Please describe
  your plan for audience participation.

+ Posters. Proposals (1 page) should describe the topic, its
  relevance, the approach, and the results. During the conference
  posters will be displayed in several places. Please describe your
  plan for audience participation.

Power, internet connections, small table and vertical mounting surface
will be provided if requested and available. Please describe any other
special requirements.

Tutorials (pre-conference) (Chair TBA)
Deadline: January 23, 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.

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. <blomberg at almaden.ibm.com>
<kensing at itu.dk>.

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 consist of the research papers
  and be published by an academic publisher. Additional details
  including formatting instructions will be available soon 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.

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

+ January 9 Due date for research paper submissions
+ January 23 Due date for pre-conference workshops and tutorials 
+ February 7 Acceptance notification for workshops and tutorials March 
+ 15 Acceptance notification to authors of research papers May 10 Due 
+ date for Final Proceedings Vol1 versions of research
  papers
+ May 1 Due date for short papers/posters/artifacts/demos/conference
  workshop submissions
+ May 15 Acceptance notification short papers/posters/artifacts/demos/
  conference workshop presenters
+ May 22 Early registration date
+ June 1 Due date for final Proceedings Vol2 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), Joan
Greenbaum (US), Davydd Greenwood (US), Judith Gregory (Norway), Robert
Guerra (Canada), Michael Gurstein (Canada), Bo Helgeson (Sweden), Vidar
HepsC8 (Norway), Finn Kensing (Germany), 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 Sacks (US), Partha Sarker (invited-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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