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                           Call For Participation
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                                 ASSETS '94
                 The First Annual International ACM/SIGCAPH
                    Conference on Assistive Technologies

          October 31-November 1, 1994, Marina del Rey, California

Sponsored by the ACM' Special Interest Group on Computers and the Physically 
Handicapped, ASSETS'94 is the first of a new annual series of conferences 
whose goal is to provide a forum where researchers and developers, from 
academia and industry, can meet to exchange ideas and report on new 
developments relating to computer-based systems to help people. The 
conference scope spans impairments and disabilities of all kinds, including 
but not limited to: sensory (hearing, vision, touch); motor (orthopedic); 
cognitive (learning, speech, mental); and emotional.

Technical papers (up to 10 pages in length) should be of the high quality 
expected at the best ACM conferences, and should either (a) present 
significant, original research result of a theoretical nature, or (b) report 
the results of relevant and rigorous empirical studies, or (c) describe the 
''look and feel'' and discuss the internal workings of an implemented 
system. Where possible and appropriate, papers should be accompanied by a 
video to clarify and reinforce the concepts discussed. Panel proposals (up 
to 3 pages in length) on timely and controversial topics are also welcome!

All submissions will be refereed, and no more will be accepted than can be 
comfortably presented in a single track (no parallel sessions). Send 7 
copies of full papers and 4 copies of panel proposals, all formatted in 
accordance with standard ACM two-column conference style, to the Program 
Chair:

Ephraim P. Glinert
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, FR-35
University of Washington
Seattle, WA  98195

ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN APRIL 30, 1994. Questions 
should be directed to glinert@cs.washington.edu.

NOTE: ASSETS'94 will immediately precede UIST'94, which will take place at 
the same site on November 2-4. A special discounted registration fee will be 
offered to those who wish to attend both conferences. See you in Marina del 
Rey!

General Chair:      Theodor D. Sterling, Simon Fraser University

Program Committee:  Ephraim P. Glinert (Chair)
                    University of Washington and RPI

                    Norman Alm, University of Dundee
                    Julie Baca, Waterways Experiment Station
                    Meera M. Blattner, LLNL and U.California at Davis
                    James L. Caldwell, IBM RISC Adaptive Technologies
                    S.-K. Chang, University of Pittsburgh
                    Patrick Demasco, University of Delaware
                    Alistair D.N. Edwards, University of York
                    Gerald L. Engel, University of Connecticut
                    Carl Friedlander, ISX Corp.
                    Hiromichi Fujisawa, Hitachi (Japan)
                    Ralph Guertin, MITRE Corp.
                    Robert J.K. Jacob, Naval Research Labs
                    David L. Jaffe, Palo Alto VA Medical Center
                    Earl Johnson, Sun Microsystems Labs
                    Karen Kukich, Bell Communication Research
                    Richard E. Ladner, University of Washington
                    Clayton Lewis, University of Colorado at Boulder
                    Elizabeth D. Mynatt, Georgia Inst. of Technology
                    Randy Pausch, University of Virginia
                    T.V. Raman, Cornell University
                    Gregg C. Vanderheiden, TRACE Center at U. Wisconsin
                    A. Rudy Vener, AT&T Bell Labs
                    Bryant W. York, Northeastern University