Call for Panels
A Panel discussion is a live or virtual discussion about a specific topic within the field of
MobileHCI amongst a selected group of panelists who share different perspectives. The panel is
usually facilitated by a moderator who guides the panel asking the panelists specific questions,
controlling for panelist time, and facilitating questions from the audience. A MobileHCI panel will
usually include 3-4 experts or practitioners of a specific topic related to MobileHCI. The
panelists should offer their opinions, research insights, and answer questions from the
audience. Panel length should be of 75 minutes.
In contrast to papers, panels do not have to include original research. Because they don't have
to demonstrate a product or service, they are different from other venues like demonstrations.
The two main focuses of the panels are audience interaction with the panelists and subjects of
relevance to the MobileHCI community.
It is to be noted that all panel organizers, moderators, and panelists invited to speak/present at
the session are responsible for registering for the conference and paying their conference
registration fees.
*All deadlines are AoE | |
Panels | |
Submission | May 26, 2023 |
Notifications | June 23, 2023 |
Camera-Ready | August 10, 2023 |
A key feature of a panel discussion is a good and relevant topic related to the community. Here are a few examples of topics, but feel free to submit other ideas.
At the conference, panels are held during a separate 75-minute session. Panels at MobileHCI
2023 can be wholly virtual or hybrid (hosted in person with the option for panelists and
attendees to participate virtually).
Panels can be designed effectively using different forms and formats. A panel discussion, for
instance, may involve a number of specialists who discuss a subject or theme, act out a
particular aspect of their field of study, or consider and contrast their various experiences. The
audience must participate in panels in some way, whether it be through questions and answers,
voting on or critiquing the experts' presentations, discussion, the use of web-based or mobile
technologies, the use of the actual room, or other means. In your proposal, you should make it
clear how you plan to engage the audience and promote interaction. Panels can be a classic
panel of discussants with a moderator, a fireside chat where a person is interviewed by the
moderator, a roundtable where the moderator(s) submit questions to the audience for debate, a
town hall session, or another suggested format. The panel organizers also need to think about a
hybrid way to engage the audience with the schedule.
We strongly advise panel organizers to keep the number of panelists to a minimum in order to
ensure a productive and coherent conversation. The best panels typically feature fewer
panelists and more audience participation. We also support debate and discussion; panels that
spend most of their time making prepared presentations by panelists are not recommended.
We believe it is crucial that panels reflect the diversity of the MobileHCI community, including
diversity in terms of gender, experience, location, national origin, native language, race,
ethnicity, age, and sexual orientation. Panels with all of their members coming from one region
of the world, one gender, or one ethnicity, may not be given as much consideration. In addition,
we expect submissions on a diversity of ideas that cover issues of pragmatic or applied
importance in addition to research issues.
All materials must be submitted through the online PCS submission system.
The panel proposal should include:
Panels are not submitted anonymously, i.e. organizers do not remove their names and affiliations from their submission materials.
Curated, i.e. the Panel chairs will evaluate all proposals and communicate acceptance decisions to the proposers.
Panels present ideas that are novel, controversial, or engaging, and that inspire the audience to respond and further elaborate. We aim to select a balance of panels to appeal to the wide variety of conference attendees. The review criteria will consider the extent to which the session includes:
Panels will be included in the conference program and will have a 75-minute slot in parallel with other sessions. Session organizers are strongly advised to meet with their invited panelists prior to their session to ensure a coordinated effort. If any special logistics are involved (e.g., seating, student volunteers, unique technological setup), organizers should alert the Panels Chairs (panels2023@mobilehci.acm.org).
Accepted submissions will be included in the ACM Digital Library as part of the MobileHCI 2023 Adjunct Proceedings. ACM will send you a copyright form, which you have to complete. Once completed, ACM will provide you with the copyright information to add to your paper.
Panels can often be a jumping-off point for future work. Previous panels have become the starting point for special issues of journals or books, or follow-up panels, papers, workshops, SIG meetings, or Communities. We encourage panel organizers to think about their panel's potential to inform future work or public audiences. Accepted panel abstracts will be distributed in the MobileHCI Conference Extended Abstracts and in the ACM Digital Library, where they will remain accessible to thousands of researchers and practitioners worldwide. Some of these discussions may also be recorded at the conference and distributed by the ACM.
By submitting your article to an ACM Publication, you are hereby acknowledging that you and
your co-authors are subject to all ACM Publications Policies, including ACM's new Publications
Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects.
Alleged violations of this policy or any ACM Publications Policy will be investigated by ACM and
may result in a full retraction of your paper, in addition to other potential penalties, as per ACM
Publications Policy.
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