Submission Procedures

Technical papers

We solicit submissions of technical papers presenting relevant contributions to research, development, and practice in all areas of assistive technologies and universal accessibility. All technical papers will be peer-reviewed and only submissions presenting significant scientific advances will be accepted. All accepted papers will be presented at the ASSETS 2006 conference.

Submissions are limited in length to 8 pages and will appear in the formal Conference Proceedings. Arrangements are in progress to forward a selected set of the best technical papers presented at the conference for publication in a special issue of the journal "Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technologies".

Posters and demonstrations

The Conference will also offer a session dedicated to poster presentations and demonstrations of research products and tools. Posters and demonstration proposals (i.e. extended abstracts) are limited in length to 2 pages. Extended abstracts will be reviewed, and accepted extended abstracts will be included in the conference proceedings.

Doctoral Consortium and Student Research Competition

Submissions to the Doctoral Consortium and the Student Research Competition are limited in length to 2 pages.

Paper formatting

All papers should be prepared according to the ACM conference format. Papers should be formatted for letter paper size (8.5" by 11").

Please note that maximum paper lengths include all figures, tables and references. Papers that are over the maximum length permitted or incorrectly formatted may be rejected without review.

Paper submissions

Submissions (in PDF format) should be sent using electronic submission via the following links:

• Technical papers (up to 8 pages in length)
• Posters and demonstrations (extended abstracts up to 2 pages in length)
• Doctoral Consortium proposals (up to 2 pages in length)
• Student Research Competition entries (up to 2 pages in length)

Paper acceptance notification

Paper acceptance decisions will be made by 12:00 midnight Hawaii Standard Time on Monday 3rd July. Acceptance notifications will be sent out no later than Tuesday 4th July.

Language

While the official language of the conference is English, American Sign Language interpreters will be provided upon request for all ASSETS technical sessions and events. Requests for an interpreter must be indicated on the conference registration form when registering for ASSETS 2006.