Dear all, Organising is underway for the fourth International Design for Engagement Conference to be held in the Autumn of this year. This year the conference will be take place on 19th October and is part of the NordiCHI Workshop programme at Lund in Sweden. The conference will again be a one day event featuring peer reviewed presentations, talks, demos and innovative modes of communication relevant to designing engaging products, services and experiences. In fact, anything engaging and relevant will be considered if appropriate to the audience. The format of submissions will be slightly different than in other years with timed slots being made available of between fifteen and thirty minutes rather than fixed presentations of papers. Slots can be used in a variety of ways including, but not limited to, exhibiting demos, making presentations, giving talks and interacting with the audience. The proceedings will reflect this diversity of deliverables by publishing traditional papers as well as photos, graphics, reports and text reflecting the presented work.The following topics and application of technology are indicative of the types of subjects that are particularly relevant to the conference. This list is not prescriptive, however, and any subject that tackles designing engaging products, services and experiences will be considered. The main themes are:
Aesthetics, value-centred design and "3rd wave HCI" Games, ludic design and interactive media Interactive arts, performance and time based media Public displays, kiosks and situation Location-based services, mobility and personal devices New media and the Web Product design, semantics and New Product Development Innovative UI approaches including virtual and mixed reality environments Value-sensitive design, ethics and user participation Design methods for engagement including design case studies Organising the conference is about to start and I would like to give you the opportunity to be a reviewer of submissions, organiser and of course contributor and if you are interested in getting involved you can find the important dates below. In order to organise and publicise the event, the conference will have a blog, grouphub for submissions and regular discussion group all available at the following URLs (you will need to join these by emailing me if you are not already a member): Blog http://engage-idec.blogspot.com/ Grouphub https://designforengagement.grouphub.com/login NordiCHI Website http://www.nordichi2008.org/ IMPORTANT DATES Expressions of Interest in organisation etc 8th August 2008 Receipt of Abstracts 29th August Acceptance of Abstracts 4th September Final version of Conference Deliverable 12th September Publication of Proceedings 20th November CONFERENCE CHAIRS John Knight (Vodafone) Magnus Haake (Lund University) John Knight User Experience Manager Vodafone Global Marketing - User Experience - Design Definition Mobile: +44 (0) 750 012 9270 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vodafone Group Services Limited Site address: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RJ Registered Office: Vodafone House, The Connection, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2FN Registered in England No 3802001 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
