Forwarded message from [gmark@ics.uci.edu] sent originally on Mon, 24 Jan 2000 18:59:21 +0100 (MET): : Call for Participation: : Virtually Collocated Teams in the Workplace : : Gloria Mark Steven Poltrock Jonathan Grudin : Univ. California, Irvine The Boeing Company Microsoft Research : : CHI 2000, April 3, 2000, The Hague, Netherlands : Workshop #10: : (http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigchi/chi2000/advance-program/CHI-workshops.pdf) : : IMPORTANT DATES : : We are still accepting submissions : 4 February 2000 Notification to authors : 3 April 2000 Workshop at CHI2000 : : OVERVIEW : : Distributed teams and the technology to 'virtually collocate' team members are becoming more widespread. This one-day workshop will bring together researchers, designers, developers, and early adopters of these technologies to study how technology can achieve the benefits of physical collocation, for virtually collocated groups. : : The problem for virtually collocated teams is that they are expected to perform as physically collocated teams: to provide deliverables, meet project schedules, and to generate feasible and even innovative problem solutions-all from a distance. Team members often span different departments, organizations, countries, and even companies, often rarely or never meeting face-to-face. How can team members successfully adopt the technology when peer pressures are from a distance, and management and technical support may be weak at local sites? : : It is widely believed that a well-functioning group (whether physically or virtually collocated) needs to forge common goals, working procedures, and rules of interaction. The key word in our workshop is teams; we focus on how team social processes are affected by distance, and how they impact work. We intend to clarify research issues concerning experiences and recommendations, team processes, measuring impact, and the value of face-to-face meeting. : : Participants will be selected based on a 3-5 page position paper submission describing lessons-learned and recommendations for virtually collocated teams. We are looking for a diverse group of participants with experiences of technology usage by intra- and inter-organizational, interdisciplinary, and cross-cultural groups. : : SUBMISSIONS : Send submissions electronically to: : gmark@ics.uci.edu : : For more information on the workshop (Workshop #10), see: : http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigchi/chi2000/advance-program/CHI-workshops.pdf : : For more information on CHI2000, see: : http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigchi/chi2000/
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