I would like to propose a panel session for the upcoming CHI99 (in Pittsburgh, PA, May 15-20, 1999), and would like you to be a panel member. The panel would be:

Online HCI Resources: A Community Forum to Assess Needs

Panelists would discuss what they've done to develop an on-line resource, discuss what generates interest, and what yet needs to be done. You could present any data you may have about those who access your site, your design considerations, problems that have arisen, challenges you've had to overcome, etc. I will act as moderator.

I am hoping for 4 or 5 panelists. Ben Shneiderman has already agreed to join the effort. Each panel member would have 10 or 12 minutes to make a presentation. The rest of the time would be devoted to questions either from me or the audience.

The deadline for submitting this is Sept 15, so time is tight for me to actually get this together. The guidelines for submitting the proposal indicate that "panelists should each generate a position statement outlining their views on the panel topic and the issues it raises, as well as their qualifications to talk about the subject. Each participant's comments should be no more than half a page in length." (It doesn't specify double spacing, so I guess single spaced is ok).