Call for Participation ASSETS '98

The 3rd International ACM/SIGCAPH
Conference on Assistive Technologies
April, 1998
Los Angeles, California, USA
To immeidately procede the ACM SIGCHI CHI 98 Conference


Sponsored by the ACM's Special Interest Group on Computers and the Physically
Handicapped, ASSETS'98 will be the third in a new 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 and vision); motor (orthopedic); cognitive (learning,
speech, mental); and emotional. 

It's not too early to start planning now for '98! As usual, we will be
looking for high quality TECHNICAL PAPERS which present significant, original
research results of a theoretical nature, or which report the results of
relevant and rigorous empirical studies, or which describe the ``look and
feel'' and discuss the internal workings of an implemented system. PANEL
PROPOSALS on timely and controversial topics are also welcome. 

Do you have ideas for other kinds of sessions which might improve the
program? Want to volunteer to help organize the conference? Here are the
people to contact: 

General Chair:

Arthur I. Karshmer
Computer Science Dept.
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM  88003
arthur@cs.nmsu.edu
505/646-3724
505/646-1002 fax

Program Chair:

Meera M. Blattner
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-639
6000 East Ave., P.O. Box 808
Livermore, CA  94550
blattner@llnl.gov
510/422-3503
510/423-4139 fax