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We are proud to announce the twelfth IFIP conference on Human-Computer interaction: INTERACT 2009, being held August 24-28, 2009 in Uppsala, Sweden. This is the official website for the conference which will be announced officially, Friday, September 15^th, at the closing ceremony at INTERACT 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Conference Theme: Research and Practice

The INTERACT series of conferences has been one of the driving forces behind the HCI field for many years, and over time much research has entered the INTERACT Conference proceedings. In Scandinavia, the HCI research tradition has always had a strong connection to working life, and the aim to produce practical assets for software design has been one important issue in the research. But how does research and practice cope in 2009? Is research going into practice, and are practitioners looking into research for their answers. The relation between theory and practice is an old issue, and despite this, one that is becoming increasingly important. Has HCI been able to contribute to better IT use in practice? Are the existing methods and tools for the design of usable systems sufficient or is there a need for new or better processes, methods and tools for systems development in practice? INTERACT 2009 provides a meeting ground for practitioners and researchers, where research and methods can be discerned and discussed, with mutual benefit.

Call for papers

The theme of the INTERACT 2009 conference addresses the issue of continuity between theory and practice in Human-Computer research. The main focus is on research that is reflected in real-world applications.

Suggested topics for contributions are (but not limited to):

· Intelligent Environments	· End User Development
· Usability Evaluation	· HCI and Web 2.0
· Context-dependent systems	· Multi-Modal Interfaces Tangible Interfaces
· Ubiquitous Computing	· Human Error and Safety
· Visualisation Techniques	· Multi-User Interaction/ Co-operation

Download the call for papers as a pdf file

Deadlines

Tutorials, workshops • Submission deadline: January 15 2009 • Acceptance notification: March 1 2009 • Final version deadline: March 30 2009	Short papers, SIG, panels, posters, demos • Submission deadline: March 30 2009 • Acceptance notification: May 15 2009 • Final version deadline: May 30 2009
Full papers • Submission deadline: January 30 2009 • Acceptance notification: March 15 2009 • Final version deadline: April 15 2009

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