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CHI2007 – Interactive Sessions

Interactive Sessions

Message from the Committee

In keeping with our theme to Reach Beyond, we challenge the CHI community to envision and propose novel genres of interactive sessions for CHI 2007. We have deliberately dropped the label “Panels” because we want to discourage the “5 or more short papers” style of session. Think back to conferences you’ve attended and interactive sessions that have worked really well – what made them effective? Can you think of novel alternatives? Do you have a favorite controversial topic? We especially invite sessions that reach beyond individual communities to discover novel perspectives. Feel free to contact the Community Chairs or other members of the Technical Program Committee to try out your ideas.

Make your submission via the ‘Trends’ sections of the SIGCHI PCS site (select “new submissions” in the top menu after logging in)

Introduction

Interactive sessions are 90-minute sessions that involve significant interaction with audience members. They contrast with Interactivity sessions in that the focus is on interaction with people rather than with novel technologies. An Interactive session can come in many forms, but often these sessions include an invited group of experts who may debate or critique concepts or artifacts, enact some aspect of their expertise, or reflect on and compare their diverse experiences. The the sessions should also include involvement from the audience, often through questions and answers, voting or critique of the experts’ presentations, and so on.

Potential examples of Interactive sessions include:

• Debate among two or more experts who hold radically different views on how to design or evaluate an HCI system, what makes for effective use, who the stakeholders in an HCI project should be, etc.
• A “goldfish bowl”, where experts begin by debating a set of central questions or propositions, but where participants are replaced in a rotating fashion by audience members who volunteer to participate in the debate.
• A real-time demonstration and/or critique of HCI expertise (e.g., in design, analysis, etc.)
• A skit, improvisation or contest where competing or complementary ideas are thrown out for reaction and discussion.
• Experts’ responses to a set of questions or issues in round-robin style, where each expert is charged to respond as if they were speaking for one of their (competing) peers.
• In keeping with the 25th anniversary, a roast of notable CHI conference sessions, presentations, ideas, people, etc. over the years

Regardless of the format, all session proposals should include a plan for engaging audience members in the interaction. Interactive sessions can be submitted to any of the six communities: Design, Education, Engineering, Management,