Organization Overviews

Organization Overviews are 30-minute lecture-style summaries of work at HCI organizations. Overviews emphasize the circumstances under which work is done as much as the work itself, a perspective typically not appropriate for other CHI presentations. Of interest are underlying goals, policies and organization, the relationship between the work and the larger organization or community in which it is done, what it is like to be a member of the organization, and how multiple projects fit together.

Review Process

Proposals will be reviewed for acceptance considering the technical interest to members of the human-computer interaction community of the work described and the objective of informing the community of HCI activity world wide.

Format

Prepare a two-page summary of the organization overview. This summary must be prepared in the Conference Proceedings format and will be published in the CHI '95 Conference Companion if the organization overview is accepted.

The summary should include:

title, authors, contact information, keywords, and abstract.
the HCI domains addressed by the work of the organization.
the focus, themes, major processes, organizational setting, and history.
the people involved (e.g. number and backgrounds).
specific projects, special approaches.
key publications, products, or other results.

Upon Acceptance

Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by the end of November 1994.

The two-page summaries of accepted organization overviews will be published in the CHI '95 Conference Companion. Electronic versions will be published on a CD-ROM. The primary author of each accepted organization overview will receive an Author Kit with detailed instructions on how to submit both the camera-ready copy and the electronic version of the summary. These materials are due on January 6, 1995.

At the conference, the overview should be presented by a major participant in the work. The presentation should be based on material described in the Overview Summary. It should be appropriate for a 30-minute verbal presentation that includes at least 10 minutes for audience questions.

Additional Information

Feel free to contact either of the Organization Overview Co-Chairs to discuss your ideas.

Checklist for Submissions

Every year some submissions are returned without review because the authors failed to follow the guidelines established by the conference committee. Don't let this happen to you! Please follow the steps in this checklist in preparing your submission, and double-check that you have met all the requirements before sending it.

Read the General Submission Instructions.
Note that submissions must be in English, and that electronic mail or FAX submissions will not be accepted.
Fill out the Standard Cover Sheet.
Fill out the Planning Information Sheet.
Prepare a two-page summary in the Conference Proceedings format for publication, as described above.
Be sure that your submission contains no proprietary or confidential material. Submission of video or pictures of identifiable people should be done only with the understanding that responsibility for the collection of appropriate permissions rests with the submitter, not CHI '95.
Collect the Standard Cover Sheet, the Planning Information Sheet, and the summary, in the order given, in a packet, and make two copies. Use 8.5 x 11 inch or A4 paper.
Make sure each copy of the packet is STAPLED, not loose or held by clips.
You may include a self-addressed reply postcard which will be mailed to acknowledge receipt of your submission.
Send the two copies of your submission packet, and the reply postcard, to one of the Organization Overviews Chairs at the Send To address. Be sure to allow enough time for your submission to arrive by the indicated Deadline.