= = =f= = (HI 96 A Preview Peter Stevens , . As computers become pervasive in our environment, so the problems of user interface design and computer-human interaction become ubiquitous. Since computers and the issues they raise are everywhere, the CHI commumty is moving towards even more &versxty in its interests and greater mclusmn of different user communities. Toward these ends, CH196 will include a special "techmcat track" for children, a growing user community, invited speakers from outside the CHI community on such topics as human commumcation, lnclusmn of right brain skills in a field dominated by left-brain analytical acnvities, the future oflibranes in an age of on-line reformation; and a "mentoring" program for promotion of papers from outside the tra&nonal CHI commumty. The conference, CHI 96, sponsored by the ACM special interest group on ComputerHuman Interaction, will be held April 14 through 18 at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It will emphasize communication and the establishment of common ground for understanding between people and between people and machines Common Ground is the theme for CHI 96, emphasizing the goals of the conference organizers to make the event more inclusive and to provide more conference experiences that are
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