Panel Submission Guidelines and Checklist
Due date: Received by Friday May 7, 1999
Call for Panels
UIST invites panel organizers to submit proposals for panels
to be held at the conference. Panel proposals should show how the
combination of topic, panelists, and organization will educate,
engage, and energize attendees. Successful panels must include
substantial attendee participation.
Panels that address controversial issues or new technologies
and applications are particularly encouraged, as are panels that
include panelists with perspectives that are new to the UIST
community.
Prospective panel organizers are invited to contact the panels
chair to discuss panel ideas; the chair will work with organizers
who would like assistance in identifying panelists or in
developing a proposal.
This page includes more details about the goal
of the panels program, review criteria,
submission requirements, and a submission checklist.
For more information, please contact Joe
Konstan, the Panels Chair.
Panels Program Goal
The goal of the UIST panels program is to create memorable and
valuable experiences for conference attendees. Panels should
complement the rest of the technical program by addressing topics
that are best presented in an interactive discussion format.
Review Criteria
All panel proposals are reviewed by a committee of panel
reviewers. Reviewers are asked to evaluate each panel on several
criteria:
- The interest, importance, and timeliness of the
topic to the UIST community.
- The appropriateness of the panel format for the
topic. Reviewers are explicitly asked to reject
panels that are nothing more than a collection of
independent presentations; panels do not replace the
usual paper review process.
- The diversity, interest, expertise, and novelty
of the panelists. If all things are equal,
panels that include perspectives new to the UIST
community are preferred.
- The interactivity of the panel. Panels
are expected to devote no more than one-half of their
time to prepared statements and prepared discussion.
Panels may involve attendees in many ways -- contact the
Panels Chair for suggestions if needed.
- The organization of the panel. The
organization should match the topic and panelists.
Successful panel organizations have ranged from debates
to panels driven by attendee questions to sequences of
questions or case studies to which panelists and
attendees react.
Submission Requirements
Panel submissions should include a cover letter and a panel
statement for the conference proceedings. The cover letter should
include:
- The panel title
- Requested panel length (60 to 90 minutes)
- Name and affiliation of each panelist
- Name, affiliation, address, e-mail, and phone number of
the panel organizer
- Requests for A/V or other support beyond microphones,
overhead projection, videocassette projection, and
computer projection
- Any additional information for the panel reviewers that
is not appropriate for the panel statement
The panel statement should be in ACM conference format and is
limited to six pages. It should include:
- The panel title and the name, affiliation, and contact
information for each panelist
- A description of the panel topic, including information
on why this topic is important to the UIST community
- A description of the panel format
- A position statement and very brief biographical sketch
for each panelist
- A set of references for conference attendees who want to
learn more about the subject. These may include, but are
not limited to, publications of the panelists and
references cited in the description. Conventional
references to published work, URLs, and other references
to on-line sources and artifacts are appropriate.
Five copies of the entire packet, including the cover letter,
should be sent to the Panels Chair to
arrive no later than May 7, 1999.
Submission Checklist
Panel Statement Content
Panelist Arrangements
Proposal Logistics
Panels Chair Contact Information
Joe Konstan
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Minnesota
200 Union Street SE -- Room 4-192
Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
+1 612 625-1831 (phone)
+1 612 625-0572 (fax, not for submissions)
konstan@cs.umn.edu