This document provides information about the upcoming CSCW conference, including details about keynote speakers, panels, presentations, activities, locations, schedules, organizers, sponsors, and more. It welcomes attendees and provides logistical details to help participants get the most out of the conference.

1. Welcome! Chairs Bo Begole, PARC David McDonald, University of Washington

2. We Need Your Help! Flip flops – we had a little mix-up … trade, swap, exchange until you get a pair of the desired size and color “Ask me about” (on badges) – a simple conversation starter, but feel free to talk about something else too!

3. Sponsors

4. Champion Supporter

5. Benefactors

6. Contributors

7. Pre-Conference Activities Workshops 13 workshops, Saturday & Sunday, over 160 participants Doctoral Colloquium (DC) 20 students, 6 mentors – seek out DC posters in the reception tonight Beach Bonfire Mixer sponsored by IBM Sunday night mixer – but not on the beach 

8. Announcements Session Start Time Monday 8:00am Tuesday 8:30am Wednesday 8:30am In-room Internet is complimentary accept the charge – it should be moved off your bill by check-out

9. Monday & Wednesday Lunch 12:00-15:00 Buses 11:30-15:30 at front of Hotel Old Town: Corner of Congress & Twiggs more than 30 restaurants in this historic area Gaslamp Quarter: Corner of 1st & G Street more than 150 restaurants, cafes and nightclubs

10. Tuesday Lunch 12:00-15:00 Beach Barbeque Playa Park Famous Smokin’ Joe Jones Barbeque Company

11. Meetings CSCW Town Hall Meeting Monday 18:30-20:00 Location: Sorrento + San Marino European Society of Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET) Tuesday 10:30am-12:00pm Location: Las Palmas

12. Demos, Videos & Interactive Posters Reception, Monday 19:30-22:00

13. Demos, Videos & Interactive Posters Reception, Monday 19:30-22:00 Posters Demos Demos Demos Madness Monday 9:30-10:00

14. Integrated Demos MapChat RTChess Virtual Worlds Storytellr

15. Conference Banquet Sea World – Nautilus Pavilion & Penguin Encounter 18:30 …Busses begin running from hotel port de cher 19:00-21:30 …Cocktails & assorted hors d’oeuvres at the Nautilus Pavilion • Penguin Encounter open 21:30–21:45 … Exit thru Main Gate

16. Organizing Committee Treasurer: Nicolas Ducheneaut, PARC, USA Papers+Notes Chairs: Susan Fussell, Cornell University, USA Beverly Harrison, Intel Research, USA John C. Tang, IBM Research, USA Panels Chair: Louise Barkhuus, UC San Diego, USA Workshops Chairs: Laura Dabbish, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Roel Vertegaal, Human Media Lab, Queen’s University, Canada Videos Chair: David Nguyen, Accenture Technology Labs, USA Interactive Posters Chairs: Cleidson de Souza, Universidade Federal do Para’, Brazil Nicolas Roussel, Universite’ Paris-Sud, France Demonstrations Chairs: Meredith Morris, Microsoft Research, USA Mark W. Newman, University of Michigan, USA Doctoral Colloquium Chairs: Pamela Hinds, Stanford University, USA Keith Edwards, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Awards Chair: Loren Terveen , University of Minnesota, USA

17. Organizing Committee Proceedings Chair: Tom Gross , Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany Electronic Proceedings Chair: Stephen Voida , University of Calgary, Canada Supplemental Proceedings Chair: Elaine Huang , Motorola Labs, USA Publications Chair: Gillian Hayes , University of California, Irvine, USA Electronic Publications Chairs: Michal Jacovi , IBM Haifa Research Lab, Israel Vova Soroka , IBM Haifa Research Lab, Israel Publicity Chair: Madhu Reddy , The Pennsylvania State University, USA Industry Liaisons: Pamela Hinds , Stanford University, USA David Martin , SMART Technologies, Canada A/V and Computing Chairs: Brian Amento, AT&T Labs - Research, USA Patrick Wagstrom, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Student Volunteer Chairs: Karen Parker , UBC, Canada N. Sadat Shami , IBM Research, USA Local Arrangements Chair: Matthew Bietz , University of California, Irvine, USA

18. Program Committee Associate Chairs Volker Wulf, University of Siegen and Fraunhofer FIT, Germany Suzanne Weisband, University of Arizona, USA Gina Venolia, Microsoft Research, USA Loren Terveen, University of Minnesota, USA Nicolas Roussel, Université Paris-Sud, France Volkmar Pipek, University of Siegen, Germany Samuli Pekkola, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Leysia Palen, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA Gary Olson, University of Michigan, USA Mark W. Newman, University of Michigan, USA Les Nelson, PARC, USA Michael Muller, IBM Research, USA Gloria Mark, University of California, Irvine, USA Regan Mandryk, University of Saskatchewan, Canada Wendy Mackay, INRIA, France Alison Lee, Nokia Research Center, USA Cliff Lampe, Michigan State University, USA Hideaki Kuzuoka, University of Tsukuba, Japan Aniket Kittur, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Sara Kiesler, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Wendy Kellogg, IBM Research, USA Kori Inkpen, Microsoft Research, Canada Pamela Hinds, Stanford University, USA Gillian Hayes, University of California, Irvine, USA Jeff Hancock, Cornell University, USA Christine Halverson, IBM Research, USA Carl Gutwin, University of Saskatchewan, Canada Darren Gergle, Northwestern University, USA Danyel Fisher, Microsoft Research, USA Scott Counts, Microsoft Research, USA A.J. Brush, Microsoft Research, USA Barry Brown, University of California San Diego, USA Jakob Bardram, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark Brian Bailey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagn Daniel Avrahami, Intel Research Seattle, USA Paul Aoki, Intel Research, USA

19. Program Committee Associate Chairs Volker Wulf, University of Siegen and Fraunhofer FIT, Germany Suzanne Weisband, University of Arizona, USA Gina Venolia, Microsoft Research, USA Loren Terveen, University of Minnesota, USA Nicolas Roussel, Université Paris-Sud, France Volkmar Pipek, University of Siegen, Germany Samuli Pekkola, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Leysia Palen, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA Gary Olson, University of Michigan, USA Mark W. Newman, University of Michigan, USA Les Nelson, PARC, USA Michael Muller, IBM Research, USA Gloria Mark, University of California, Irvine, USA Regan Mandryk, University of Saskatchewan, Canada Wendy Mackay, INRIA, France Alison Lee, Nokia Research Center, USA Cliff Lampe, Michigan State University, USA Hideaki Kuzuoka, University of Tsukuba, Japan Aniket Kittur, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Sara Kiesler, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Wendy Kellogg, IBM Research, USA Kori Inkpen, Microsoft Research, Canada Pamela Hinds, Stanford University, USA Gillian Hayes, University of California, Irvine, USA Jeff Hancock, Cornell University, USA Christine Halverson, IBM Research, USA Carl Gutwin, University of Saskatchewan, Canada Darren Gergle, Northwestern University, USA Danyel Fisher, Microsoft Research, USA Scott Counts, Microsoft Research, USA A.J. Brush, Microsoft Research, USA Barry Brown, University of California San Diego, USA Jakob Bardram, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark Brian Bailey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagn Daniel Avrahami, Intel Research Seattle, USA Paul Aoki, Intel Research, USA … and 599 paper reviewers

20. Panels Making Web 2.0 Work for the Enterprise Monday 15:00-16:30 Capri + Riviera Ubicomp’s Role in CSCW Tuesday 10:30-12:00 Capri + Riviera CSCW at Play Wednesday 10:30 - 12:00 Capri + Riviera

21. Honorable Mention Imprint, a community visualization of printer data: designing for open-ended engagement on sustainability (note) Harnessing the Wisdom of Crowds in Wikipedia: Quality Through Coordination Articulations of WikiWork: Uncovering Valued Work in Wikipedia through Barnstars EatWell: Sharing Nutrition-Related Memories in a Low-Income Community The Context, Content & Community Collage: Sharing Personal Digital Media in the Physical Workplace Evaluating the Deployment of a Mobile Technology in a Hospital Ward The Computational Geowiki: What, Why, and How Linguistic Mimicry and Trust in Text-Based CMC (note) I’m Sad You’re Sad: Emotional Contagion in CMC (note) Asymmetry in Media Spaces Context-Linked Virtual Assistants for Distributed Teams: An Astrophysics Case Study Asymmetric Personal Information for Interpersonal Advantage (note) The Effects of Local Lag on Tightly-Coupled Interaction in Distributed Groupware

22. Best Papers & Notes Papers Coordinating High-Interdependency Tasks in Asymmetric Distributed Teams Petra S Bayerl, Delft University of Technology Kristina Lauche, Delft University of Technology Steps Toward a Typology for Health Informatics Ellen Balka, Simon Fraser University Pernille Bjorn, Simon Fraser University Ina Wagner, Vienna University of Technology Assistance: The Work Practices of Human Administrative Assistants and their Implications for IT and Organizations Thomas Erickson, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center Catalina M Danis, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center Wendy A Kellogg, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center Mary E Helander, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center Notes The Confusion of Crowds: Non-Dyadic Help Interactions (note) Vandana Singh, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Michael B Twidale, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Can You Ever Trust a Wiki? Impacting Perceived Trustworthiness in Wikipedia (note) Aniket Kittur, Carnegie Mellon University Bongwon Suh, Palo Alto Research Center Inc. Ed H Chi, Palo Alto Research Center Inc

23. Closing Keynote – Sara Diamond Wednesday 17:00 - 18:30 Between Cohesion and Cognitive Dissonance: Designs for Interdisciplinary Collaboration Selected Achievements President of the Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) Member of the Ontario Ministry of Culture's Minister's Advisory Council on Arts & Culture Member Board of Directors of the Toronto Arts Council Foundation Former Director of Research for the prestigious Banff Centre Created the renowned Banff New Media Institute (BNMI) Creator and Editor-in-Chief of www.horizonzero.ca She holds degrees from Canada and the United Kingdom in social history, communications, new media theory and practice

24. Opening Keynote Cory Ondrejka Recursive Collaboration: Building Linden Lab and Second Life Selected Achievements SVP of Digital Strategy for EMI music Cofounder of Second Life Adjunct professor at the Annenberg School for Communication Numerous video games including Road Rash 64 Graduate of US Naval Academy – Weapons/ Systems Engineering & Computer Science

25. Cory’s Talk Questions Name & Affiliation Madness presenters go line up

26. Madness Presenters go line up

27. Break Please leave the room quickly

28. Extra Slides

29. 8-12 Nov 2008, San Diego, Hilton Resort • A world class city with great climate • Keynotes: Cory Ondrejka, SecondLife • Sara Diamond, OCAD • Social and networking opportunities • Conference banquet at Sea World • Demonstrations reception • Diverse Program Wikis & Wikipedia Naughty & Nice issues in Social Networking Gaming Health Informatics • Deployments at Home • Distributed Teams Media Spaces Online Community Interpersonal Relations in the Group Work Places and Work Practices

30. Honorable Mention Imprint, a community visualization of printer data: designing for open-ended engagement on sustainability (note) Zachary Pousman, Georgia Institute of Technology Hafez Rouzati, Georgia Institute of Technology John Stasko, Georgia Institute of Technology Harnessing the Wisdom of Crowds in Wikipedia: Quality Through Coordination Aniket Kittur, Carnegie Mellon University Robert E. Kraut, Carnegie Mellon University Articulations of WikiWork: Uncovering Valued Work in Wikipedia through Barnstars Travis Kriplean, University of Washington Ivan Beschastnikh, University of Washington David W. McDonald, University of Washington EatWell: Sharing Nutrition-Related Memories in a Low-Income Community Andrea Grimes, Georgia Institute of Technology Martin Bednar, Georgia Institute of Technology Jay David Bolter, Georgia Institute of Technology Rebecca E Grinter, Georgia Institute of Technology The Context, Content & Community Collage: Sharing Personal Digital Media in the Physical Workplace Joseph F. McCarthy, Strands Labs Ben Congleton, University of Michigan F. Maxwell Harper, University of Minnesota Evaluating the Deployment of a MobileTechnology in a Hospital Ward Charlotte Tang, University of Calgary Sheelagh Carpendale, University of Calgary The Computational Geowiki: What, Why, and How Reid Priedhorsky, University of Minnesota Loren Terveen, University of Minnesota Linguistic Mimicry and Trust in Text-Based CMC (note) Lauren E Scissors, Northwestern University Alastair J Gill, Northwestern University Darren Gergle, Northwestern University I’m Sad You’re Sad: Emotional Contagion in CMC (note) Jeffrey T Hancock, Cornell University Kailyn Gee, Cornell University Kevin Ciaccio, Cornell University Jennifer Mae-Hwah Lin, Cornell University Asymmetry in Media Spaces Amy Voida, University of Calgary Stephen Voida, University of Calgary Saul Greenberg, University of Calgary Helen Ai He, University of Calgary Context-Linked Virtual Assistants for Distributed Teams: An Astrophysics Case Study Sarah S. Poon, Space Sciences Lab Rollin C. Thomas, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Cecilia R. Aragon, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Brian Lee, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Gatan Inc Asymmetric Personal Information for Interpersonal Advantage (note) Jeffrey T Hancock, Cornell University Catalina Toma, Cornell University Kate Fenner, InvestorGuide.com The Effects of Local Lag on Tightly-Coupled Interaction in Distributed Groupware Dane Stuckel, University of Saskatchewan Carl Gutwin, University of Saskatchewan