Keynote talk titles

The Keynote talk titles are confirmed:

John Seely Brown: Research on the Edge - high payoffs but risky

Elizabeth Churchill: Vulgar truths of human nature and the challenges they pose for HCI

Jacob Buur: From User Interaction to User Innovation

Toni Robertson: Power to the people! Human centred design as a basic human right

OZCHI SDC onsite challenge registration now open

Enter the second of our 2010 OZCHI Student Design Challenges – the ON-SITE CHALLENGE – for an opportunity to show off your design skills to an international audience; to experience an intense creative environment with your peers and to be part of the Brisbane OZCHI 2010 conference.
Register a team for the OZCHI 2010 on site Student Design Challenge.

Important dates:
• SDC (on-site) registration deadline: 20 November 2010
• 22 – 23 November 2010: On-Site challenge

Venue:
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Prizes are kindly donated by our industry sponsors and include design software worth $6,000
More information, terms and conditions, contact details and registration form: http://ozchi-design.org

Grace Period for Early Bird Registration Extended

Due to a number of requests we have extended the grace period for early bird registration until November 1st. Please click here to register.

List of Accepted Short Papers

The review process for short papers has been completed and we are pleased to announce the list of accepted short papers.

Registration Open

OzCHI registration is open. Please click here to register.

Workshops Position Papers Call and Tutorials

OzCHI is pleased to offer 4 workshops and 2 tutorials. Workshop position papers are due to workshop convenors by October 15th 2010. See Workshops and Tutorials.

OzCHI Accommodation

OzCHI accommodation information is now available.

OzCHI 2010 overlaps the first Ashes test match, a five day cricket match in Brisbane between Australia and England, lasting as long as OzCHI itself!

We therefore recommend that OzCHI attendees book rooms well in advance.

Our block reservations are available until October 22nd.

Student Volunteers Call

The call for the OzCHI 2010 student volunteers is now available!

Keynote Speakers Announced

OzCHI is very pleased to announce our four Keynote speakers:
John Seely Brown, Elizabeth Churchill, Jacob Buur and Toni Robertson

Short Papers, Demos, Industry Case Studies and Doctoral Consortium Deadline Extended

Due to a number of requests we have moved the due date for Short Papers, Demos, and Industry Case Studies from Friday August 27th to Monday August 30th.

Doctoral consortium application and student volunteer application are now due on Friday September 3rd.

Notifications for all categories will be made on Friday september 24th.

List of Accepted Long Papers

The review process for long papers has been completed and we are pleased to announce the list of accepted long papers.

Second CFP

Please be aware that Short Papers, Demonstrations, Case Studies, Doctoral Consortium applications are due Friday 27th August 2010.

Doctoral Colloquium Call Now Available

The CFP for the OzCHI 2010 Doctoral Consortium is now available!

Long Papers, Workshops and Tutorials Deadline Extended

Due to several requests we have extended the Long Paper, Workshop and
Tutorial submission deadline by 1 week.

Long Papers, Workshops and Tutorials are now due on Friday 2 July, 2010.

OzCHI 2010 Facebook Page Now Live

OzCHI is now on Facebook! You can "like" OzCHI, add messages to the discussion and see who else is coming. While you're there, why not RSVP to say that you're planning to attend OzCHI 2010.

Submission System Now Open

We are proud to announce that the OzCHI submission system is now open.

We are using the same system as OzCHI 2009 so you may already have a username and password for the submission system.

OzCHI Template On-line!

Today the new, more sub-tropical colour scheme has been rolled out to the OzCHI site and the OzCHI 2010 paper template has been made available. You can access the template on all relevant submission pages.

New Site On-line!

The new OzCHI website is now on-line!

CFP Released

The Call for Papers for OzCHI 2010 was released today. Visit the Call for Papers page for more information.