Special Interest Groups

CHI '95 Special Interest Groups (SIGs) enable groups sharing an interest to meet informally for an hour or two of discussion at the conference. CHI '95 provides meeting facilities and will advertise SIG meetings to the rest of the conference. Proposals will be accepted until the conference opens on a space-available basis. Proposals received by December 16, 1994, will be advertised in the Final Program if accepted. SIGs accepted after that date will be announced only at the conference.

Following the conference, SIG organizers are encouraged to submit an article summarizing the SIG for publication in the SIGCHI Bulletin. Additionally, several SIGs have led to proposals for successful workshops at subsequent CHI conferences.

Review Process

SIG proposals will be reviewed by a committee, with acceptance based on the relevance of the theme to the field.

Format

Summary

Prepare a one-page summary describing the SIG. It should begin with title, leader, leader contact information and keywords, and continue with a summary of the topic, issues and goals. This summary must be prepared in the Conference Proceedings format, except that no abstract is required. It will be published in the CHI '95 Conference Companion if the SIG is accepted.

Proposal

Prepare a one-page proposal for review purposes, describing how the SIG discussion will be organized.

Upon Acceptance

For proposals received by December 16, 1994:

Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by mid-January, 1995. Summaries of accepted SIGs will be published in the CHI '95 Conference Companion. Note that because of the late submission deadline there will be no opportunity to prepare new versions of the summaries, so your submission material must be prepared carefully.
Electronic versions of accepted SIGs will be published on a CD-ROM. Details on how to submit electronic summaries will be sent with notices of acceptance. The electronic versions are due February 17, 1995.

The summaries of accepted SIGs which were received after December 16 will not be published.

Additional Information

The success of a SIG depends on organizers providing effective leadership and planning. Potential SIG organizers are encouraged to contact the SIG chair in advance of submitting a proposal to discuss their ideas and any questions they may have.

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 the one-page summary in the Conference Proceedings format, as described above.
Prepare a proposal for review, 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, the summary, and the proposal, in the order given, in a packet. Use 8.5 x 11 inch or A4 paper.
Make sure the packet is STAPLED, not loose or held by clips.
Make an extra, camera-ready copy of the summary. Do not staple it to anything,
You may include a self-addressed reply postcard which will be mailed to acknowledge receipt of your submission.
Send your submission packet, the camera-ready copy of the summary, and the reply postcard, to the Special Interest Groups Chair at the Send To address. Receipt by the Deadline assures publication of the summary.

Keith Instone // instone@acm.org // 94-12-06