From: sbt@cbnews.cb.att.com (sb.tobias)
Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS:  AT&T HF & Behavioral Sciences Symposium 93
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: att
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:38:49 GMT
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AT&T HUMAN FACTORS & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES SYMPOSIUM '93

June 8-10, 1993
AT&T BELL LABORATORIES
HOLMDEL, NEW JERSEY

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROPOSALS
Deadline for Submissions:  January 15, 1993
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The Human Factors and Behavioral Sciences Symposium is an AT&T-wide 
conference that focuses on the expert application of human factors and 
behavioral sciences, and the importance of this work to the success of our 
business.  In addition to the AT&T human factors/behavioral sciences 
community, those who work in partnership with human factors and behavioral 
science professionals are encouraged to participate.

The conference will present invited and submitted paper presentations, 
roundtable discussions, demonstrations, poster sessions, special interest 
group sessions, and workshops.

Proposals are sought in any area of human factors and behavioral sciences, 
including:

* Behavioral Research Methodologies 	* Human Factors Engineering
* Consumer Behavior 			* Product Evaluation
* Documentation 			* Marketing Studies
* Training 				* Organizational Behavior
* Human Communication 			* User Interface Design
					* Work Environments

The conference will address four special topics that are having a dramatic 
impact on AT&T's success in the marketplace:

* Globalization -- AT&T's strategic commitment to globalization influences 
how products and services are designed, developed, and marketed.  Human 
factors and behavioral sciences professionals will be challenged to design 
products that can be marketed internationally, to design multi-language user 
interfaces, and to work on international teams.

* Emerging Technologies -- We are at an exciting juncture because several 
technologies that have been talked about for years are finally emerging as 
viable products and services in the marketplace.  Interactive video, 
wireless communications, voice recognition, and multimedia interfaces will 
profoundly affect the way people interact with communications and 
information systems.

* Methodologies -- As the disciplines of human factors and human-computer 
interaction evolve, new methodologies and tools are being developed.  We 
invite practitioners to share their experiences with usability requirements 
and testing, participatory design, rapid prototyping, and other 
methodologies.

* Success Stories in Human Factors and Behavioral Sciences -- Our community 
can benefit from hearing about successful endeavors, such as a user 
interface design that has been recognized externally for its excellence, an 
outstanding team or organizational effort, or any other human factors/
behavioral sciences triumph.  Reports on work with a positive, quantifiable 
impact on profits or costs are also welcome.

Other presentation formats that promote interaction between the presenter and 
the audience are especially welcome, including:

* Demonstrations -- present systems, products, and services in action and 
provide the opportunity for in-depth discussions about concrete design and 
development issues.

* Special Interest Group Sessions -- allow informal groups to meet and 
discuss specific human factors or behavioral sciences topics.

* Posters -- provide the author an informal, loosely structured way to 
communicate new results or unfinished work to the audience.  They also give 
interested conference participants a chance to have one-on-one discussions 
with authors.

* Roundtable Discussions -- involve four or five speakers who present brief 
position statements on a specific topic followed by a moderated discussion 
that includes the audience.

* Workshops -- presented as a forum for participants to exchange views on 
any human factors/behavioral sciences topic, or as a tutorial in which 
participants can develop new skills and knowledge through interaction with 
instructors.

Most paper presentations will last 15 - 20 minutes and accepted papers will 
be published in the conference proceedings.  Abstracts for traditional 
papers should be approximately 500 words.  Abstracts for other presentation 
formats should be approximately 200 words.

To submit a proposal: e-mail an abstract including your name, organization, 
electronic address, mailing address, telephone number, and the presentation 
format (paper, demonstration, special interest group) to Mike Burns at 
att!hound!mjb. 

If you do not have access to electronic mail, send two paper copies 
of your abstract to Mike Burns, AT&T-BL, HO 2D-608A, 101 Crawfords Corner 
Road, Holmdel, NJ  07733.

Your submission will be acknowledged within 10 working days of receipt.  If 
you do not receive acknowledgment, telephone Mike Burns at (908) 949-0757.

For more information on the AT&T Human Factors and Behavioral Sciences 
Symposium, contact one of the following:

Shirley Tobias (614-860-4010) 		Jack Isreal, NCR (803-739-7929)	
Marcia Chomitz (908-805-2484) 		Mary Mossa (908-949-7824)