Second International Conference on Usage-Centered Design
19-22 October 2003 | Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Proposals are not being accepted after the deadline of 31 March 2003. Submitters can expect to receive notification of preliminary acceptance by 21 April 2003.

Call for Participation

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We are seeking proposals for both regular presentations (90 minutes) covering a specific topic in depth and short papers (30 minutes including questions). Short papers include:

• research reports on actual experimental or survey research
• experience reports on completed projects and lessons learned
• reports of work-in-progress particularly new approaches and techniques
• educator’s report on teaching approaches and experiences
• demonstrations of prototypes or experimental tools.

We will also consider well-planned proposals for special sessions (90 minutes), such as panels or debates, as well as full-day tutorials (6 hours) on both basic and advanced topics related to the conference focus.

A Refereed Track, new in 2003, provides the option of blind peer review for reports or regular presentations by academics or others requiring formal refereeing of conference submissions.

All presenters will get free registration for the full conference, discounted rates for tutorials, publication in the proceedings, and publicity on the conference Web site. In addition, each full regular session will earn a stipend of $500 and each all-day tutorial will earn $1500.

All proposals must address the conference topical focus.

For examples of sessions at the first conference, consult the complete program of forUSE 2002.

The emphasis throughout the conference will be on practical application and real-world experiences. We are particularly interested in reports by practicing designers and developers describing actual project experiences and lessons learned but will also consider research reports and conceptual papers that emphasize application in the real world.

Presentations must address or be directly related to one or more of the core topics of the conference. Topics of interest include but are not limited to such things as:

• usage-centered and task-oriented design
• systematic and model-driven user interface design processes, methods, and techniques
• performance-support and performance-centered design
• task models and task modeling
• use cases, scenarios, task cases, and stories in user interface design
• user roles, personas, user profiles, and user modeling
• abstract prototypes and user interface content models
• innovative visual and interaction designs supporting use and work performance
• patterns in user interface design and usability
• product usability, utility, and usefulness in real-world practice
• user interface design, task efficiency, and user effectiveness
• model-driven user interface design
• usability and user interface design in agile and lightweight processes
• usage-centered design and XP (extreme programming)
• integrating usage-centered design with UML and the Unified Process
• programming and software engineering of usage-centered designs
• cost-justification and ROI in user interface design
• making the business case for usability and user interface design
• teaching user interface design
• usability in embedded, wireless, and special applications
• software and paper-based tools for usage-centered design

Multiple presenters and multiple proposals from the same presenter(s) are acceptable.

All proposals must be submitted in a common format using the Proposal Template.

1. Download a copy of the template in Rich-Text Format (preferred) or the template in plain text form.
2. Complete the proposal by filling in all information.
3. Once completed, you may click here to email it to proposal@foruse.com.

Proposals must include:

(a) proposed title (maximum of 12 words, 120 characters maximum)
(b) type of session (regular, tutorial, panel, demonstration, etc.)
(c) abstract or summary (75-150 words, 1500 characters maximum)
(e) keywords (3-10 words or phrases, 120 characters maximum)
(f) topics to be covered (list of 4-10 main points)
(g) full contact information for presenter(s), including all email addresses
(h) biographical sketch of presenter(s)
(i) recent conference presentations by presenter(s) (up to 3: title, conference, and date)
(j) publications by presenter(s) (up to 3 recent and relevant publications)

Download a copy of the template in Rich-Text Format (preferred) or the template in plain text form. After you have completed filling in all information, you may click here to submit a proposal by email to .

Deadline for receipt of proposals is 31 March 2003. Preliminary decisions on program content will be made by 21 April 2003.