This website (https://digiage.io/chiworkshop/) provides details about the workshop, including its organizers, the aims, activities, and schedule; how to participate, including accessibility information; how to submit; and how to access the workshop proceedings. These proceedings will be published as a collection via https://ceur-ws.org, and will be made available to participants two weeks prior to the workshop so that they might familiarize themselves with the authors and their positions.
Anyone interested in attending is encouraged to submit a position paper which does one of the following:
• highlights a new area of interest or change in the field of HCI and Aging research and tracks its origin and evolution;
• proposes a new area of concern/interest and explains its significance to the field of HCI and Aging;
• proposes one or more principles in this area.
We will use submissions that respond to the above three areas as a starting point for workshop activities which, on the day, will be developed into new directions (morning) and principles (afternoon).Each paper will be reviewed by two organizers, and a maximum of 50 will be selected for inclusion. A smaller number (18–24) will be invited to present their position on a panel. At least one author for all accepted papers must be registered for the workshop, either in-person or remote. Authors invited to speak on a panel will be given priority for in-person attendance (capped at 30, including organizers).
In preparing for the workshop, attendees may peruse the accepted position papers and interact with each other via Discord. All participants will be asked to introduce themselves to the group by answering the questions:
1) What do you think is the most exciting development in HCI and Aging?
2) What is the most important principle to guide HCI and Aging research?
Remote attendees will be able to join conversation using a combination of tools. Aneesha Singh, our Remote Chair, will moderate the remote discussions. Keynotes and panels will be livestreamed via Zoom, and all participants can pose questions through Discord. Group discussions will be facilitated through Zoom breakout rooms for remote attendees, and all participants will be working collaboratively using a shared Padlet. While this is accessible, we will make adjustments if needed, based on any additional accessibility needs of attendees.
If fewer than 5 attendees intend to join in-person, the workshop will convert to a fully virtual format.
In case of technical or accessibility issues, keynotes, panels, and group discussions will be recorded and added to the workshop’s password protected archives on our website. Participants will be given an access code to view materials from each of the days they are registered, and the Padlet will remain open for two weeks after the workshop to allow time for further contributions.
Ideas from the workshop will be distilled into two outputs:
The organizers plan to repeat this workshop in 5 years in order to track changes in the landscape of HCI and Aging research, and to update principles in light of any new developments in the field. The organizers also aim to publish a special issue of a journal in an HCI venue, with submissions open to both attendees and non-attendees. After the workshop, the organizers will meet to discuss the scope of the special issue and target venue.
Given our aim of addressing stereotypical views of older adults held by younger researchers and developers, and the difficulty some of these individuals might have in writing a position paper on the topic, we see value in creating other opportunities to participate. After completing our selection process for authors of position papers, we will fill any remaining spaces at the workshop by opening up applications from early career researchers and developers. This lightweight process will involve answering questions about why they would like to be included and what, if any, support they feel they need in doing HCI research relating to older adults.