Workshops & Symposium
Please join us on Monday 7 December 2015 for an OzCHI workshop or for the Asia Pacific HCI and UX Design Symposium 2015 (APCHIUX 2015). The events are open to all OzCHI conference participants and run all day. You will have an opportunity to hear from, and engage with, specialists in a specific field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). You must register for at least one day of the full OzCHI conference (8th or 9th or 10th December) or the full conference and select either Workshops or Symposium under Additional Items. Workshops are $150 and the Symposium is $200.
Symposium: Asia Pacific HCI and UX Design Symposium 2015 (APCHIUX 2015)
We are living in an interconnected world where data flows abundantly, pervasively, and instantaneously, facilitated by the interaction between humans and technology. These interactions are complex and diverse in the multicultural Asia Pacific region, where designers face challenges such multifaceted requirements, technological compatibility issues, and social barriers to ICT use. This one full-day symposium aims to bring forth issues related to HCI and UX in the Asia Pacific region. It will consist of a keynote presentation, position papers presentations, interactive workshop, and an optional networking dinner.
Perspectives will be given by industry and academia with accepted papers on the following questions:
How is the awareness of HCI and UX in the Asia Pacific?
What are the design issues in ICT product and service design and development?
How do we apply HCI and UX in the design and development of ICT products and services for Asia Pacific markets?
How do we teach and learn HCI and UX in a relatively new but complex Asia Pacific context?
Workshop: Ethical Encounters: HCI Research in Sensitive and Complex Settings
HCI research is moving into increasingly sensitive and challenging settings. New technologies are now being designed and evaluated with vulnerable or marginalized participants in contexts that can be emotionally challenging. Research conducted in these sensitive and emerging areas can produce complex ethical dilemmas. This one-day workshop aims to provide a forum for researchers to share experiences about ethical challenges encountered in HCI research conducted in sensitive settings. From this workshop we aim to develop an edited collection of case studies to inform good practice for future HCI research.
Researchers working in sensitive settings will present their position papers that describe experiences such as:
Challenges adhering to formal ethics procedures
Challenges that emerged in the doing of research
Emotional dilemmas researchers have faced and how these have been addressed
Sensitive settings and blurred research boundaries
The processes of obtaining informed consent and ensuring voluntary participation when working with marginalised groups
Introducing new and disruptive technologies into sensitive settings
Workshop: Science Fiction and the Reality of HCI: Inspirations, Achievements or a Mismatch
This workshop will explore and exchange ideas on topics emerging from both science fiction and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). In particular, the main aims are to discuss the contradictions between science fiction and HCI, explore and elaborate on various methodologies that can be used to evaluate fictional content, and how fiction can be used to inspire design.
Registering for a Workshop or Symposium
- Workshop $150
- Symposium $200
You must register for the full conference as a Member, Non-Member or Student/Concession or a 1 day ticket. Once you have selected either the full conference or 1 Day Ticket you can select a Workshop or the Symposium as an Additional Item. Select Workshop 2 for Ethical Encounters or Workshop 4 for Science Fiction & the Reality of HCI. At this stage you need to register for the conference and add your Workshop or Symposium during the registration process. If you complete your registration and then decide you want to attend a Workshop or the Symposium please contact the Conference Organiser Kat Franks here. The registration fee includes catering (morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea).