The CHINZ 2006 conference provides a general forum for all those involved with Computer Human Interaction (CHI or HCI) to address design centred human use of technology. We welcome full length research papers in all areas of this diverse field and especially encourage graduate students to present at the conference. There will poster sessions and hands-on demonstrations during the conference, at which we would encourage industry practitioners to present.

We are honoured to have Dr. Jeff Johnson, principal consultant of UI Wizards Inc., as keynote speaker. Jeff is the author of the popular books, GUI Bloopers and Web Bloopers and has over 25 years experience in computer industry designing, implementing, evaluating, and testing user interfaces at Cromemco, Xerox, US West, Hewlett-Packard, and Sun Microsystems before becoming a consultant. In addition to presenting a keynote address he will be giving a half day tutorial on GUI Design and Usability. See http://www.uiwizards.com/ for more information.

In recent years more and more researchers in the field of HCI have looked to apply principles from the design industry to their work. Many have come to see themselves as Interaction Designers rather than just Interface Designers. The conference will address a wide range of topics around the central theme of Design Centered HCI. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Interaction design; user centred design, applying design principles in HCI, social implications of technology (e.g., for disabled or elderly); mobile technologies; games; robotics; tools and tool support; cyber psychology; usability; guidelines and heuristics; implications of technology for cognition; education aspects; and industry case studies.

Please contact the conference organizers for more details if you are unsure about how appropriate your work is.

For more information contact: Mark Billinghurst (mark.billinghurst@canterbury.ac.nz)