Submissions
Conference Topics
Submissions of workshops, full papers, short papers, and demos, are invited on all topics from the domain of interaction design for children, including, but not limited to:
- Methods, techniques, and guidelines for requirements analysis, design, and evaluation of interactive systems for "children as a diverse group" (young people of different gender and age, with special needs, from different cultures or ethnic groups).
- Emerging or new technologies for children (e.g. innovative educational simulations, interactive games, mobile communications devices, wireless embedded technologies, robots, accessible fabrication devices, "smart" materials, authoring/programming tools, interactive playgrounds, intelligent environments).
- The impact that such technologies can have on children's lives and personalities.
- Ethnographic and case studies of children's use of interactive systems in schools, at home, in hospitals, in public spaces.
- Usability, enjoyability, accessibility, and safety issues, with particular reference to children
- Novel theoretical models of interaction with special relevance to children.
- Design for children's civic involvement, democracy, physical and emotional well-being, and social awareness of environmental, ethical, ethnographic or cultural issues.
- Interactive technology for children from an adult's perspective.
All accepted full papers, short papers, and demos, will be presented at the IDC2010 conference, and will appear in the IDC2010 proceedings. The extended abstracts of accepted workshops will be also included in the conference proceedings.
Bids for the Organisation of IDC2012
We invite members of the IDC community to submit bids for hosting and chairing IDC 2012 before October 15, 2010. If you are interested, please send your bid by mail to , and copy to . The bid will be reviewed by the IDC conference steering group, which includes all past chairs of this event. There is no fixed format for your bid but please address the following points: involvement in past IDC events, relevant research and teaching activities at the host institution, location and its accessibility, an initial (provisional) sketch of program committee (e.g., program chairs, short papers, demo chairs, etc.). We encourage international committees, and at least one of the program chairs should have a long term involvement and track record in the IDC field. Please highlight how holding IDC 2012 at this particular venue and location can benefit the IDC community as a whole.
Bids for the Organisation of IDC2011
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Important Dates
- Submission deadline: January 18 2010
- Acceptance notification: February 5 2010
- Final version deadline: February 12 2010
Full papers [Best Paper Award: 500,- Euros]
- Submission deadline: February 1 2010
- Acceptance notification: March 5 2010
- Final version deadline: March 21 2010
- Submission deadline: March 22 2010 (Extended)
- Acceptance notification: April 12 2010
- Final version deadline: April 26 2010
- Submission deadline: March 22 2010 (Extended)
- Acceptance notification: April 12 2010
- Final version deadline: April 26 2010
Full Papers
Full papers may address any of the areas identified in the conference topics. Full papers must report original work that has not been previously published. The contribution should be made clear in the paper and in its abstract. Papers making one clear, significant contribution are more likely to be accepted than papers making several lesser contributions. The paper must identify and cite published work relevant to the paper topic. It should explain how the presented work has built on previous contributions, and should indicate where and why novel approaches have been adopted. Papers should stress their contribution to concepts and theories in the field of interaction design and children. Papers addressing novel techniques and technologies should clearly identify the relevance and importance to IDC.
IDC2010 will have a Special Award for the Best Paper. The paper will be chosen by a board of the Program Committee and will be notified during the Conference Dinner. The authors will be awarded a Diploma and a 500.00 Euros prize.
The IDC2010 review process will continue with blind reviewing. Papers should be anonymized so that the identity of the authors is not immediately obvious. Thus, authors are expected to remove author and institutional identities from the title and header areas of the paper. Further suppression of identity in the body of the paper is left to the authors' discretion.
We encourage submissions of full papers, which we would expect to be in the neighborhood of eight (8) pages long. Note that the absolute maximum page length for a long paper is ten (10) pages (due to restrictions on publishing).
The papers should be formatted according to the ACM SIGCHI Publications Format. Before you start writing please download and read the ACM SIGCHI Publication Template that contains information about how your paper should be structured and the appropriate use of language. If English is not your first language, we encourage you to have a fluent English speaker check your work.
Your complete paper must be submitted as a PDF (only) no later than February 1 2010, 5:00 PM (1700) GMT at the EasyChair Submission web site. The submission site will open in December 2010. Submissions arriving after the deadline or with improper formatting or anonymization will not be considered.
Short papers (Posters)
Short papers may address any of the areas identified in the conference topics. They will be presented at the conference as Posters. The posters will be displayed for the whole duration of the conference in order to provide attendees with the maximum time to read them. However, a special session will be held for the attendees to interact with the authors (please look at Program and Schedule).
Short papers must report original work that has not been previously published. Authors are encouraged to demonstrate work in progress and late-breaking research results that show the latest innovative ideas. We invite presentation of ongoing work and preliminary results, by experienced academics as well as young researchers and designers.
The contribution should be made clear in the paper and in its abstract. Papers making one clear, significant contribution are more likely to be accepted than papers making several lesser contributions. The paper must identify and cite published work relevant to the paper topic. It should explain how the presented work has built on previous contributions, and should indicate where and why novel approaches have been adopted. Papers should stress their contribution to concepts and theories in the field of interaction design and children. Papers addressing novel techniques and technologies should clearly identify the relevance and importance to IDC.
The IDC2010 review process will continue with blind reviewing. Papers should be anonymized so that the identity of the authors is not immediately obvious. Thus, authors are expected to remove author and institutional identities from the title and header areas of the paper. Further suppression of identity in the body of the paper is left to the authors' discretion.
Short papers may be up to four (4) pages long. The papers should be formatted according to the ACM SIGCHI Publications Format. Before you start writing please download and read the ACM SIGCHI Publication Format that contains information about how your paper should be structured and the appropriate use of language. If English is not your first language, we encourage you to have a fluent English speaker check your work.
Your complete paper must be submitted as a PDF (only) no later than March 15 2010, 5:00 PM (1700) GMT at the EasyChair Submission web site. Submissions arriving after the deadline or with improper formatting or anonymization will not be considered.
Workshops
Interaction Design and Children (IDC) 2010 Workshop Organizers Call for Participation
- Submission Due Date: January 18 2010
- Notification: February 5 2010
- Final Version Deadline: February 12 2010
- Workshop Date: June 12th, 2010
- Submission Format:
- Coversheet with workshop title, names & contact information for organizers, proposed workshop length
- A proposal (not to exceed 3000 words) in CHI extended abstracts format describing the scope of the workshop, who is expected to participate, main topics covered, and expected workshop outcomes
- Brief abstract to appear in the program (see examples from last year: http://www.idc09.polimi.it/IDC_09-WORKSHOPS.pdf)
- Short CV or bio for each of the organizers
- 300-word call for participation that you will use to publicize your workshop
- Long call participation (similar to this one) which will contain any further information that may help to promote the workshop
- Submission Directions: email pdf file with the information above to the workshop coordinators: Mari Carmen Marcos () and Svetlana Yarosh ()
- Workshop selection process: Juried by a committee of expert based on the workshop's interest and participation potential
- At the Conference: half-day or full-day sessions (on June 12th, 2010) with 10-20 participants
Workshops are an opportunity for focused discussion, resource exchange, and forging potential collaborations around specific interest topics within the IDC community. Outcomes of a workshop could include a report or poster that helps crystalize the key constructs and approaches in the particular research area, a repository of online resources for the community, a set of agenda points or research questions to drive future investigations in the area, or even a proposal for creating an edited book or special issue of a journal around the topic of interest. A workshop may be half-day or full day in length, and typically have 15 to 20 participants. Persons interested in participating to an accepted workshop can submit a position paper to the organizers of that workshop, but workshop participation will be open to any IDC 2010 participant, upon place availability. Please notice that attendants must register for both the workshop and the IDC conference itself.
Potential organizers are invited to submit a workshop proposal packet consisting of the following components:
- Coversheet with workshop title, names & contact information for organizers, proposed workshop length
- A proposal (not to exceed 3000 words) in CHI extended abstracts format, describing the scope of the workshop, who is expected to participate, main topics covered, and expected workshop outcomes
- Brief abstract to appear in the program (see examples from last year: http://www.idc09.polimi.it/IDC_09-WORKSHOPS.pdf)
- Short CV or bio for each of the organizers
- 300-word call for participation that you will use to publicize your workshop
- Long call participation (similar to this one) which will contain any further information that may help to promote the workshop
Proposals will not undergo a full peer review, however an expert jury will consider each submission based on the workshop topic's potential for generating community interest and useful results, and based on the strength of the proposal in demonstrating that the organizers' potential for organizing a successful workshop. The chairs reserve the right to suggest potential changes to the proposal (e.g., changing the workshop length) or to cancel a workshop due to insufficient participation.
If accepted, the workshop organizers will be responsible for the following:
- Implementing the publicity plan and solicit position papers from potential participants
- Setting up and maintaining an external web site with updated information about the workshop for potential participants. Examples can be found in the web site of IDC 2008 http://idc08.northwestern.edu/workshops_combine.php. Your workshop web site (including at least the home page and the long call for participation) must be online no later than February 15, 2010 and will be linked from the official IDC 2010 workshops page.
- Manage the submission-review-acceptance-rejection of position papers.
- Send the list of accepted position papers to the Workshops Chairs.
- Prepare a workshop extended abstract and select the position paper suitable for publication in the proceedings.
- Make position papers and other pre-workshop materials available to participants in advance of the workshop (e.g., through the workshop web site).
- Develop a final agenda of workshop activities.
Please notice that the following rules hold for all accepted workshops:
- Submission deadline for workshop position papers: April 8, 2010; Position paper must be formatted according to ACM SIGCHI Publications Format and should not exceed 4 pages.
- Notification of acceptance for submitted position papers: April 20, 2010
- The camera-ready version of the workshop extended abstract and the accepted position papers are due no later than May 4, 2010. Workshop organizers will be responsible to select the best position paper for publication in the conference proceedings and ACM Digital Library and to ensure there are properly formatted
- The extended abstract must be formatted according to ACM SIGCHI Publications Format, must provide an overview of the workshop topic, goals, and key issues emerging from accepted position papers; it must also identify and cite published work relevant to the workshop topic
- Workshop organizers will be responsible to select the best position papers for publication in the conference proceedings and ACM Digital Library and to ensure that they are properly formatted.
- The workshop registration fee will be waived for one workshop organizers only. All other participants will need to pay the workshop participation fee (to be announced). In addition to the workshop fees, workshop attendees are required to register for the IDC 2010 conference.
- At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and the workshop by the early registration deadline (to be announced).
- At least 10 attendants must be registered by the early registration deadline, otherwise the workshop will be cancelled.
Organizers
- Mari Carmen Marcos, (Universitat Pompeu Fabra),
- Svetlana "Lana" Yarosh (Georgia Institute of Technology),
Please feel free to contact the organizers with questions.
More than Demos
Demos may address any of the areas identified in the conference topics.
This year demos are "More than Demos" because they will be showcased at a very special venue: "CosmoCaixa" the Science Museum of Barcelona. This belongs to the foundation of a prominent savings bank ("la Caixa").
There will be two sessions for "More than Demos":
- The first is for IDC2010 attendees on Thursday afternoon, right before the Keynote. Attendees will be transported to the venue to guarantee a good participation.
- The second is open to the general public that visits the museum on Saturday morning. The museum will guarantee (through their standard advertising channels) a large number of visitors (groups of children, families, etc.). Therefore, the selected demos will obtain the following extra benefits:
- The event can be considered an official dissemination event for your research. The organisation of IDC2010 and the museum will deliver a certificate to the authors as a proof of their participation in the event.
- During the event the authors may observe how members of the general public understand and use their demos in an informal manner.
- Authors may wish to set up formal field trials with the visitors by having them sign consent forms and carrying out interviews, having them fill out questionnaires, and collecting observational data, etc. This may allow the authors to obtain very valuable research data in a short period of time.
Authors are encouraged to submit demos that have either not been previously published, that have not been shown at previous editions of IDC, or that present a clear leap forward from previous versions. Authors are also encouraged to demonstrate work in progress and late-breaking research results that show the latest innovative ideas. We invite presentation of ongoing work and preliminary results, by experienced academics as well as young researchers and designers.
The contribution should be made clear in the paper and in its abstract. Papers making one clear, significant contribution are more likely to be accepted than papers making several lesser contributions. The paper must identify and cite published work relevant to the paper topic. It should explain how the presented work has built on previous contributions, and should indicate where and why novel approaches have been adopted. Papers should stress their contribution to concepts and theories in the field of interaction design and children. Papers addressing novel techniques and technologies should clearly identify the relevance and importance to IDC.
The IDC2010 review process will continue with blind reviewing. Papers should be anonymized so that the identity of the authors is hidden. Thus, authors are expected to remove author and institutional identities from the title and header areas of the paper. Further suppression of identity in the body of the paper is left to the authors' discretion.
Demo papers may be up to four (4) pages long. The papers should be formatted according to the ACM SIGCHI Publications Format. Before you start writing please download and read the ACM SIGCHI Publication Format. This contains information about how your paper should be structured and the appropriate use of language. If English is not your first language, we encourage you to have a fluent English speaker check your work.
Your complete demo paper must be submitted as a PDF (only) no later than March 15 2010, 5:00 PM (1700) GMT at the EasyChair Submission web site. Submissions arriving after the deadline or with improper formatting or anonymization will not be considered.
Doctoral Consortium
The DC is a forum for PhD students to present their work, to receive feedback and guidance, to help them in completing their Phd research. The DC will be held on 12 June 2010.
The DC is a closed event where only PhD students can participate. Interested students should submit an extended research abstract describing:
- their research topic,
- the work so far,
- the methods used
- and the planned next steps.
Abstracts will be reviewed and selected on the basis of quality and regarding the benefit students may derive from participating on the DC. Preference will be given to:
- students who have already worked at least 9 months on their PhD
- and who have more than 9 months of work left to do.
Candidates should provide a 4 page abstract of their thesis and should be formatted according to the ACM SIGCHI Publications Format; this may be essentially the same content as a paper submission, with the addition of some information on: overall research question for the PhD, research approach, earlier studies done and future studies planned. Complete paper must be submitted as a PDF (only) no later than March 22 2010, 5:00 PM (1700) GMT at the EasyChair Submission web site. Candidates should also have a brief (one-page) recommendation letter from their main thesis advisor sent to the Doctoral Consortium chair , supporting the candidate's application.
Candidates shall be selected on the basis of interest, relevance to IDC and quality of the research presented and especially regarding the benefit that the DC can provide to them.
The format of the DC will consist of presentations and feedback from a panel of experts from the IDC community. Panels will also discuss examples of model PhD thesis and discuss practical advice. Participants to the DC will also be invited to present their research as a poster to the conference participants.
