[AISWorld] CfP: CHI 2013 workshop on Engaging the Human-Computer Interaction Community With Public Policymaking Internationally

[Volker Wulf]

Call for Papers
ACM-CHI 2013 Workshop on

"Engaging the Human-Computer Interaction Community With Public 
Policymaking Internationally"

THEME
Public policies can come from governments (multi-national, national and 
regional), international bodies (the UN), and are often influenced by 
standards organizations (such as ISO and W3C). There is a complex cycle 
of influence between human-computer interaction and public policies. 
Public policies in the area of HCI include rules on how HCI research is 
performed, guidelines on how interfaces are designed (e.g. 
accessibility), and how research money is awarded in HCI. Goals of the 
workshop include increasing the number of documented examples of where 
public policy and HCI influence each other, and identifying areas where 
there is a need for research on public policy and HCI. Our long-term 
goal is to author a white paper on the topic of HCI and public policy.

For this workshop, we encourage the participation of people who have 
interest in the intersection of HCI and public policy. This can include 
people who perform research that could potentially influence 
policymakers, have experience interacting with policymakers, or have 
experience with international standards committees. For more information 
about the workshop, you can download the draft version of the extended 
abstract at: 
http://triton.towson.edu/~jlazar/CHI2013_policy.doc<http://triton.towson.edu/%7Ejlazar/CHI2013_policy.doc>

Please submit a 3 page position paper, describing your interest and/or 
experience with public policy and HCI, and providing one specific 
example of where HCI community and policymakers have influenced each 
other (positively or negatively), that you want to expand upon in the 
workshop.

Position papers should be submitted to Jonathan Lazar 
(jlazar at towson.edu<mailto:jlazar at towson.edu>) by Jan 4, 2013. Accepted 
position papers will be posted on a shared workspace before the 
workshop, for participants to view. The author of each accepted position 
paper must attend the workshop and register for CHI2013.


Workshop co-organizers:
- Simone Barbosa, PUC-Rio, Brazil
- Jan Gulliksen, KTH – Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
- Jonathan Lazar, Harvard University and Towson University, USA
- Tom McEwan, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
- Loïc Martínez Normand, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
- Philippe Palanque, Université Paul Sabatier, France
- Raquel Prates‎, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Janice Tsai, Microsoft, USA
- Marco Winckler, Université Paul Sabatier, France
- Volker Wulf, University of Siegen and Fraunhofer-FIT, Germany