European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2010 the 28th Conference of the European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics (EACE) in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI 24-27 August 2010, Delft, The Netherlands. (http://ecce2010.tudelft.nl/) Caring technology for the future Call for Participation – Papers, Posters and Doctoral Consortium ECCE 2010 aims to provide an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to exchange new ideas and practical experience in all areas of cognitive ergonomics. By presenting and discussing innovative research, ECCE 2010 participants will explore knowledge and research areas in cognitive ergonomics with the aim of developing and enhancing the relationship between cognitive sciences and technical information…

CALL FOR PAPERS Second International Working Conference on Human Factors and Computational Models in Negotiation (HuCom 2010 @ GDN) June 21 – 24, 2010, Delft, The Netherlands http://mmi.tudelft.nl/HuCom10/ IMPORTANT DATES: April 1, 2010: Paper Submissions Due April 16, 2010: Notification of paper acceptance/rejection May 1, 2010: Camera-ready copies of accepted papers June 21 – 24, 2010: Working Conference on Human Factors and Computational Models in Negotiation PUBLICATION: We are pleased to solicit original and unpublished papers for publication and presentation in the Working Conference on Human Factors and Computational Models in Negotiation. Articles describing novel ideas and applications in all…

Call for Proposals: Willow Grove PR2 Beta Program Willow Garage invites proposals from research organizations interested in using the PR2 to accelerate robotics research, drive open source robotics development, and contribute to the open source robotics community. Approximately ten PR2s will be made available to research organizations that will make rigorous and creative use of the robot in existing or planned research projects.

International Conference on Auditory Display Student Think Tank The Student Think Tank is a full day meeting for students doing, Doctoral or Masters projects in auditory display. It will be held on June 9, two days before the ICAD 2010 coonference in Washington, DC. It will be free of charge for all participants and refreshments will be provided throughout the day. The Think Tank is your chance to set a whole roomful of auditory researchers to work on your particular research issue, to help you chose which method, tool or technique to use, to save you from heading down a…

HCI Special Issue: Designing for Personal Memories Special issue editors Elise van den Hoven Eindhoven University of Technology, NL Corina Sas Lancaster University, UK Steve Whittaker IBM Research, USA Where would we be without our personal memories? We use them to maintain our personal identities, to start and mediate relationships, to shape our likes, dislikes, to regulate our moods and solve problems. They allow us to share rich life experiences and tell our stories to our family and friends. There is no question about the importance of autobiographical and episodic memory – the memories of the events that happen in…

CFP: Experiencing Games: Games, Play, and Players August 16-17, 2010, Stockholm, Sweden Research on games has grown into a research area of its own. This conference aims to bring together researchers in the Nordic countries that focus on the study of games and gaming, be it on-line, computerised, or in the physical world. Based on the Nordic tradition on user-centered design, the first Nordic DIGRA conference will place a particular focus on studying design for player experience, and research on tools and methods for player-participatory design.