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<span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">HCI and UN's Sustainable Development Goals: Responsibilities, Barriers and Opportunities</span><br style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
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<span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Workshop in conjunction with NordiCHI'16 conference, Gothenburg, Sweden</span><br style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
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<span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Ever since Eli Blevis presented his seminal paper “Sustainable Interaction Design” almost a decade ago (in 2007), sustainability has been an established topic within the field of Human-Computer
Interaction (HCI). Even though interest in Sustainable HCI is increasing, critique has been expressed that suggests that we do too little, and perhaps also at times the wrong things. It can be daunting for researchers to tackle global problems such as climate
change, famine and biodiversity loss, to name just a few of the large issues the world is and will continue to grapple with during the remainder of the 21st century. Still, also a field like Human-Computer Interaction should aim at being part of developing
a sustainable society. But how do we do that, and, what are we aiming for?</span><br style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
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<span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">In September 2015, the UN formally adopted a new set of global goals that were ushered in just as the previous Millennium Development Goals (2000-2015) were slated to “expire”. The new
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) consist of 17 overarching goals, aiming at accomplishing sustainable development for people and the planet by 2030.</span><br style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
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<span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">In this workshop we want engage everyone who is interested in working towards a sustainable future in terms of and with the UN SDGs as a starting point. How can Sustainable HCI be inspired
by, and contribute to these goals? What should we in the field of HCI do more of, and what should we perhaps do less of? In what areas should we form partnerships in order to reach the Sustainable Development Goals? And with whom should we form these partnerships?
The benefit of arranging the workshop would be to have a common vision of how to work with the SDGs, to collaboratively explore how we could contribute to the goals and to be inspired – by each other – in our research.</span><br style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
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<span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">For more information about the workshop, see: </span><a href="https://hci4s.wordpress.com/" style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">https://hci4s.wordpress.com</a><br style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
<span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">For more information about the ICT4S conference, see: </span><a href="http://www.nordichi2016.org/" style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">http://www.nordichi2016.org/</a><br style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
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<span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Application:</span><br style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
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<span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">You can apply to the workshop by submitting a position paper or a presentation, which includes at least two of the following bullet points:</span><br style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
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<div style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">• Shortly describe your UX work/HCI research interests and/or shortly describe your sustainability work.<br>
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<div style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">• Explain how your work/research relates to one or more of the SDGs<br>
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<div style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">• Describe how, in your opinion, the SDGs could/should relate to UX/the field of HCI in general<br>
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<span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Please send your position paper (</span><a href="tel://500-1500" style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">500-1500</a><span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;"> words)
or presentation (6-9 slides) by email to </span><a href="mailto:hci4sustainability@gmail.com" style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">hci4sustainability@gmail.com</a><br style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
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<b style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Deadline <a href="http://airmail.calendar/2016-08-25%2012:00:00%20BST">25 August 2016</a>.</b><br style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
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<span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">If there are many prospective applicants, the workshop organizers will strive to put together a diverse set of participants from the research community as well as from industry. Submissions
will be reviewed based on quality, originality, and their potential contribution to achieving workshop goals. We expect to include 15-25 participants.</span><br style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
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<span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Important dates</span><br style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
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<span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Deadline for papers: </span><a href="http://airmail.calendar/2016-08-25%2012:00:00%20BST" style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">August 25, 2016</a><br style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
<span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Notification of acceptance: </span><a href="http://airmail.calendar/2016-09-03%2012:00:00%20BST" style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">September 3, 2016</a><br style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
<span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Workshop: </span><a href="http://airmail.calendar/2016-10-24%2012:00:00%20BST" style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">October 24th, 2016</a><span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;"> (one
full day)</span><br style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
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<span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Organizers:</span><br style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
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<span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Elina Eriksson (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)</span><br style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
<span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Daniel Pargman (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)</span><br style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
<span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Oliver Bates (Lancaster University, UK)</span><br style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
<span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Maria Normark (Södertörns Högskola, Sweden)</span><br style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
<span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Jan Gulliksen (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)</span><br style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
<span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Mikael Anneroth (Ericsson, Sweden)</span><br style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">
<span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Johan Berndtsson (InUse, Sweden)</span></div>
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