**** Deadline for Abstract Submission is 1st October 2007****
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Call for Participation
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21st Human Factors in Telecommunication (HFT 2008): User Experience of ICTs
Website: www.hft2008.org
17th to 20th March 2008
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Human Factors in Telecommunication (HFT) Symposium, established in 1961 has become the classic event in our field. The previous 20 HFT symposiums were held in Europe and America. This is the first time for the HFT group to organize its 21st Symposium in Asia.
The 21st Symposium on Human Factors in Telecommunication (HFT 2008) is hosted by the Interface Design Department at the Faculty of Creative Multimedia, Multimedia University Malaysia. HFT 2008 will take place from 17th till 20th March, 2008. The HFT 2008 is also endorsed by European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Human Factors Group.
The HFT Symposium provides an interactive forum for academics and practitioners alike to discuss the challenges, innovations, standards and development opportunities. The event strives for the best possible user experience and accessibility of ICT, for all. Join us in Kuala Lumpur to explore the user experience of ICTs and blend with rich and diverse Asian culture.
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Theme
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The theme for this year is User Experience of ICTs. The event will cover end-user centric perspectives of topics related to the research, development, deployment, use, maintenance and impacts of fixed and mobile Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), services and applications. Submission and conference topics include, but are not limited to:
· Digital convergence and the user experience of devices, services and media
· Multimodal, multi-device services and applications
· Mobile communication, content, services and applications
· Public telecommunication, its services, utilities and applications
· Social aspects and impacts on our society
· Multicultural perspectives of ICT-e.g. Asian culture and its ICT design
· Design for all (including children and the elderly) and accessibility best practices
· User requirements and customer relationship management
· Safety, security and emergency related issues
· Standardisation and public procurement aspects
· Best, worst and novel interaction and UI techniques, good and bad development
· Industrial case studies and best practices
· Next Generation Networks and their services
· eHealth, telecare and telemedicine
· eGovernment, eLearning, eContent and eCommerce issues
· Location-aware and positioning services
· Transport telematics
· Design studies, development and usability methodologies and measures
· Personalisation, user profiles and context-dependent systems and services
· Home systems and automation
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Important Dates for Submission
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· Paper, Workshop, Case Studies, Special Sessions, Demo and Panel proposals (”700-word one-page abstract”): 1st October 2007 (midnight local time zone)
· Notification of Acceptance: 5th November 2007
· Submission of final (”camera-ready”) version: 10th December 2007
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Submission Guidelines
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Author(s) are invited to submit an abstract (700 words in-length) either in Word (.doc) document or Adobe (.pdf) format to submissions_hft2008@hft.org before 1st October 2007.
The abstract needs to include the title of the paper, author(s) name, affiliation, email, phone contacts, content and keywords.
Submissions must be in English. All contributions submitted must be original, and have not been previously published elsewhere. All submissions will be refereed by an international review panel. All authors of the accepted abstracts will need to submit a full paper to be published in the conference proceedings.
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Local Organizing Committee
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Local Conference Chair: Chee Weng Khong
Conference Secretary: Chui Yin Wong
Conference Advisor: Harold Thwaites
Web Developer: Boon Cheong Quek
Committee Members: Muhammad Asyraf Mhd. Pauzi, Anthony Wong, Md. Fariz Faizal Md. Arif, June Jong, Kimberly Chu
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Permanent Steering Committee
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Bruno von Niman (vonniman consulting)
Martin Böcker (Siemens AG)
Anne Clarke (European Management Services)
Pedro Concejero (Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo)
Elizabeth Dykstra-Erickson (Palm Source)
Ed Israelski (Abbott Laboratories)
Lothar Mühlbach (Fraunhofer Institute für Nachrichtentechnik - Heinrich-Hertz-Institut)
Michel Näel (Ergonomics & Design)
Leon van Noorden (University of Ghent)
John Seton (BT Group Technology)
Manfred Tscheligi (University of Salzburg)
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Contact Us
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If you have any questions, please contact:
Local Organising Committee (HFT 2008)
Interface Design Department,
Faculty of Creative Multimedia,
Multimedia University,
Cyberjaya 63100,
Malaysia.
E-mail: hft2008@gmail.com
HFT Permanent Steering Committee
http://www.hft.org/committee.html
More information can be found at HFT 2008 Conference website: www.hft2008.org