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Design Briefings Co-Chairs

Victoria Bellotti, Apple Computer, Inc., USA
Jakob Nielsen, SunSoft, USA

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Design briefings are more conceptual and lifecycle-oriented than demonstrations: presenters do not just show their interface, but also show preliminary designs and talk about why those designs were modified. Presenters should include data (or possibly anecdotal evidence) from the evaluation of the various design iterations, and they may discuss any special conceptual issues in the system's presentational and interactional components.

Design briefings are more applied than papers: for example, evaluation data need not be systematic or statistically significant. Also, the designs need not necessarily embody fundamental user interface breakthroughs. Even if similar design ideas have been seen before, a design briefing might still be accepted if the total user interface integrates these ideas in interesting ways or if a compelling story can be told about how the design was developed.

Design briefings will be held in an auditorium with 30 minutes for each presentation (including both a demonstration of the interface and the conceptual and empirical discussion mentioned above).

Review Process

Format

Description.

Information that may typically be relevant for a design briefing includes:

• A statement of why this interface is notable, with screen pictures (or other illustrations or samples of the interface) pointing out those major features that will be demonstrated in the design briefing.
• A list of the major design issues faced during the project with screen pictures or other illustrations of the preliminary designs. Discussions of design trade-offs and process innovations are particularly appropriate.
• Brief reports on usability evaluation data or anecdotal evidence as to how both the final design and the preliminary designs work in use.

Additional Information.

Upon Acceptance

The 8-page accepted design briefings will be published in the CHI 96 Conference Companion and on the CHI 96 CD-ROM.

The primary author of each accepted design briefing will receive an Author Kit with detailed instructions on how to submit camera-ready and electronic materials for publication. These materials are due on January 5, 1996.

Ground Rules

1. Your submission must be in English.
2. Electronic and fax submissions are not accepted.
3. Submissions which arrive after the deadline will not be considered.
4. Your submission should contain no proprietary or confidential material and should cite no proprietary or confidential publications.
5. Responsibility for permissions to use video, audio or pictures of identifiable people rests with you, not CHI 96.
6. If your submission is accepted, it will not be published without copyright release forms signed by the first-listed author or a representative of the first author's institution.
7. We strongly suggest the use of express mail or a courier service, for speedy delivery. Customs labels should bear the words "Educational materials with no commercial value."

1. Read the Invitation To Submit.
2. Fill out Cover Pages One, Two, and Three
3. Prepare an 8-page Description in the Conference Proceedings format for publication, as described above.
4. Prepare the Additional Information for review, as described above.
5. Collect Cover Pages One, Two and Three, the Description, and the Additional Information, in the order given, in a packet, and make 10 copies of the packet. Use 8.5 x 11 inch or A4 paper.
6. Make sure each copy of the packet is STAPLED, not loose or held by clips.
7. You may include a self-addressed reply postcard which will be mailed to acknowledge receipt of your submission.
8. Send the 10 copies of your submission packet, and the reply postcard, to the Design Briefings Co-Chair at the Send To address shown.