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Guide for Successful Video Submissions

Video Co-Chairs

Mark Chignell, University of Toronto, Canada
Catherine Plaisant, University of Maryland, USA

The CHI 96 Video Program is an opportunity to present work that relies on dynamic presentation. In keeping with the conference theme of Common Ground, submissions from different domains, countries, and perspectives are encouraged.

Topics

Videos can address any area of HCI. Videos focusing on topics such as visual interaction design, innovative interaction techniques, multimedia, usability testing, design techniques, and visions of future interfaces are encouraged.

Review Process

Videos will be reviewed by international experts. Accepted videos will be selected on the basis of their interest to members of the human-computer interaction community, their technical content, and how well they communicate the purpose and impact of the work. They must have suitable production quality.

Format

Video.

Videos should be between 2 and 8 minutes in length. Stricter acceptance criteria will be applied to videos exceeding 8 minutes in length. Beta, 3/4" U-matic, Video 8, Super-VHS formats will be accepted in the PAL, NTSC, or SECAM standards. VHS is NOT an acceptable format for submission.

Conference Companion Summary.

Prepare a two-page summary of the video, suitable for publication in the CHI 96 Conference Companion. The summary should contain video title and author(s), contact information, keywords, a 100-word abstract, and a text describing the video's content. This summary must be prepared in the Conference Proceedings format.

Both the video and the text summary should be designed as complementary but separate presentations that can be viewed or read independently of each other.

Submitters are strongly encouraged to refer to the Guide for Successful Video Submissions before preparing their video. This guide is available also in print from the Video Co-Chairs.

In order to assist submitters who are not familiar with video preparation the video chairs will organize a rapid review of written video scripts received by July 15, 1995. The script review will be done by experts who are not part of the video review committee. Only advice will be offered, which does not guarantee a better chance for the final video to be accepted.

Upon Acceptance

Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by the end of November 1995.

If the video is accepted it will be included in the CHI 96 Video program which will be shown at the conference, and available at significantly reduced cost to attendees. After the conference it will be published and sold by ACM.

Summaries of accepted videos will be published in the CHI 96 Conference Companion and on the CHI 96 CD-ROM.

You will then be able to prepare a small preview of your video in digital format (for example, QuickTime, MPEG) for inclusion on the CHI 96 CD-ROM.

The primary author of each accepted video will receive an Author Kit with Copyright release forms and detailed instructions on how to submit the 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."

    Checklist

    Please follow the steps in this checklist to ensure completeness in your submission.
    1. If you never submitted a video before, learn how to prepare your video from the Guide for Successful Videos (e.g. write a script, test for flickering).
    2. Read the Invitation To Submit.
    3. Fill out Cover Pages One, Two, and Three
    4. Prepare your videotape.
    5. Prepare a Conference Companion Summary (two pages) in the Conference Proceedings format for publication, as described above.
    6. Collect Cover Pages One, Two and Three, and the Conference Companion Summary, in the order given, in a packet, and make 7 copies of the packet. Use 8.5 x 11 inch or A4 paper.
    7. Make sure each copy of the packet is STAPLED, not loose or held by clips.
    8. You may include a self-addressed reply postcard which will be mailed to acknowledge receipt of your submission.
    9. Send the 7 copies of your submission packet, one copy of your videotape, and the reply postcard, to the Videos Co-Chair at the Send To address shown.
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