Call for Participation
1st International Workshop on Web and Aging (W&A)
Crete, Greece, June 25, 2003
Workshop Web site: http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~zaphiri/Workshop/
at HCII 2003:
10th International Conference on Human - Computer Interaction
Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2003
http://www.hcii2003.gr
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New:
Program and Papers (.pdf file)
OVERVIEW
A significant increase of the older population has led to various studies
investigating the effect of age in utilizing the Web as an information resource.
A report by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2001 stated that the estimated change
in the total size of the world's elderly population between July 1999 and
July 2000 was more than 9.5 million people, growing at an average of 795,000
people each month. This trend is expected to continue for the foreseeable
future.
Recent research shows that more older adults are beginning to incorporate
Web use in their daily activities, mainly because the Web presents an opportunity
for them to maintain a high quality of life. However, as a robust body of
research shows, various issues arise when older adults use the Web.
FOCUS AND AIMS
The main objective of this workshop is to bring together researchers, academics
and practitioners from various disciplines who are interested in web usability
and ageing. Methodologies, theories, products and design guidelines as well
as case studies that investigate these issues will be presented. Furthermore,
through the presentations and discussions out of this workshop a taxonomy
of issues and methods related to web usability for the ageing population
will be proposed and formulated.
SUGGESTED TOPICS
1. Information architecture and the older user.
2. Empirical studies on web usability and older users.
3. Analytic studies & computational modelling of the older web user.
4. Social aspects of web and aging
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Each participant is asked to submit and present a short 2 page long
position paper.
Electronic submission is required: email a PDF or word file to zaphiri@soi.city.ac.uk.
Submissions should be formatted according to the guidelines at http://www.aaai.org/Publications/Author/macros-link.html.
If any of these requirements are a problem for you, please contact the workshop
organizers. Also, if you have any questions, just ask!
Note: To maximize interaction and an informal atmosphere, attendance will
be limited to 30 participants, selected on the basis of refereed submissions.
If you wish to attend but are not submitting a paper, please send a one-page
statement of interest by the submission deadline.
IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES
* Deadline for the submission: April 30, 2003.
* Notification of acceptance/rejection: May 5, 2003.
REGISTRATION
Information about registering for the workshop and/or the HCII conference
are found at the conference website at:
http://www.hcii2003.gr/conf-registration.asp
DISSEMINATION
We will contact relevant publishers and editors of prominent journals
for the possibility of publishing expanded versions of the position papers
as a special issue or an edited volume.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Panayiotis Zaphiris
Lecturer
The Centre for HCI Design
City University, London UK
http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~zaphiri/
zaphiri@soi.city.ac.uk
Sri H. Kurniawan
Lecturer
Department of Computation
UMIST, Manchester UK
http://www.co.umist.ac.uk/department/staff_details_ac.php?staff_id=SHK
s.kurniawan@co.umist.ac.uk
R. Darin Ellis
Associate Professor
Institute of Gerontology
Wayne State University, MI
http://www.iog.wayne.edu/iog/people/ellis/
rdellis@wayne.edu