Demonstrations

Format

Conference Companion Summary.

Submitters of formal demonstrations should prepare a two-page summary, suitable for publication in the CHI 96 Companion. It must be prepared in the Conference Proceedings format.

Since this summary will be read by many people who will not view the system, it must be understandable without seeing the demonstration. It should contain appropriate references to papers and computer implementations that are closely related.

Proposal.

Submitters of formal demonstrations should prepare a proposal for purposes of review. This is in addition to Cover Page Three. The proposal should contain:

a statement of why a demonstration is the best way to present the work.
a description of the relevance of the work to the CHI community, emphasizing its novelty, uniqueness and sound rationale.
a statement about the commercial status of the technology.
a description of who the presenter is (developer, designer, marketer, etc.).
a detailed description of the necessary equipment support

The standard Audio-Visual equipment for demonstrations is one overhead projector, up to two slide projectors, one video player, and one audio player (cassette or CD). If requested in advance, presenters may also have access to either a high-end Macintosh, high-end PC, SGI IRIS, or Sun Sparcstation running a version of the standard operating system.

Audio-Visual and computing support needs must be specified on Cover Page Three. If you need additional or special equipment, you must indicate the request and provide a detailed description also on Cover Page Three. We encourage such requests, and will evaluate them based upon our ability to support equipment needs and in accordance with our judgment about importance to the demonstration content.

Script Outline.

Submitters of formal demonstrations must also include a script outline which will be used to review the submission. The script outline should include at least six screen pictures. The outline should begin with a statement of the problem and the proposed solution, and how it addresses the problem. It is recommended that presenters refer to the screen pictures liberally throughout the text. The screen pictures should be an enhancement to the story, not a distraction. Presenters should also refer to related work in the field, specifically to other implementations of similar ideas.