Event: New Frontiers of HCI Research 16.1.

[Petri Mannonen]

Hi!

There is a very interesting event again arranged by SIGCHI Finland, taking place on January 16th. More details below.

 -Petri & Sirpa

Aihe: Vastaus: [sigchi.fi] Event: New Frontiers of HCI Research 16.1.

FYI, the registration is now open, sorry for the non-working link yesterday.

Also, the closing of the event has been extended to 17:30, since one hour for the panel with 5 distinguished panelists would have been a bit short. (The guests arrive only after noon, so we cannot start earlier.)

Virpi Roto

From: Roto Virpi <virpi...@aalto.fi>

Date: Thursday, December 12, 2013 3:29 PM

To: "sig...@sigchi.fi" <sig...@sigchi.fi>

Subject: Event: New Frontiers of HCI Research 16.1.

We have several Nordic HCI experts in Helsinki on the afternoon of 16.1., so please book your calendars for this seminar!

Human-Computer Interaction as a research field is ever expanding. The traditional focus on making computer use more user-friendly has now broadened towards all kinds of interactive systems, users, and contexts. There is also an increasing concern about the lack of design focus in HCI.

In this seminar, we have a unique chance to hear several Nordic HCI stars presenting their views on the new frontiers of HCI research. These include societal and innovation topics, as well as new application domains of HCI.

Place: University of Helsinki, Kumpula, Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2B (Exactum building), room ck112
Time: Thursday 16.1.2014, 13-17

Speakers:
Kari Kuutti, Prof., University of Oulu, Finland
Mikael Wiberg, Prof. and Head of department of Informatics, Umeå University, Sweden
Jan Gulliksen, Prof. and Dean, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Olav Bertelsen, Assoc. prof, Aarhus University, Denmark
Oskar Juhlin, Prof. and Director, Mobile Life Centre, Sweden

Tentative agenda:

13:00 Kari Kuutti: Where is HCI heading? – The challenge of "practice"
13:30 Mikael Wiberg: Interaction Design Research: A Concern for Inventing the Future?
14:00 Oskar Juhlin: Inventing and investigating for fashionable interaction
14:30 Jan Gulliksen: Human Computer Interaction and societal impact – Can HCI influence public policy making and IT politics?
15:00 Coffee
15:30 Olav Bertelsen: Erotic life as a new frontier in HCI
16:00 Panel (moderated by Virpi Roto)
17:00 Closing

The event is open and free of charge, but we will ask for registrations to make sure there are enough of seats and coffee. Welcome!

Register to this event by 9.1.2014.

Event page: http://www.sigchi.fi/newfrontiers 

Contact: Virpi Roto (aalto.fi)