Symposia, Workshops, and Tutorials
--Monday, January 6, 2014 ---- 8am - 4pm

HICSS conferences have become a unique and respected forum in computer and information systems and technology for the exchange of ideas among researchers and development communities around the world. This reputation derives from its high quality papers, and the active discussions and interaction that the conference carefully facilitates and promotes. The four program components that specifically contribute to the quality of the conference are its Minitracks, Symposia, Workshops, and Tutorials.

Symposia, workshops and tutorials present an opportunity to explore, discuss, document, and/or add to the literature base on a topic, to which invited authors may present papers tha are still in development and not ready for publication.

Symposium

A HICSS Symposium is a half-day or full-day meeting at which several specialists deliver short presentations on the title topic. The session consists primarily of invited talks by persons distinguished in the area of research. Also, there may be panel discussions with the intent to summarize or encourage a particular research area. A symposium should have a well-defined agenda, specifically allowing for Q & A and discussion toward the end of the session. After the Symposium you will have the opportunity to publish a report of the session, including the presented papers, on the HICSS Reports web page. These publications are not part of the Proceedings copyrighted by the IEEE, but are a permanent part of the official publications of the conference, as citable references. Copyright is held by the author(s).

Workshop

A Workshop, as the name implies, involves "work" by those who attend as part of a half-day or a full-day session. Workshop leaders may invite specific contributors, or they may use a more general call for contributions, or they may structure their session in some other way to achieve their desired goal, a goal that should be specifically defined in the publicity description of the workshop. The structure could include a few paper presentations or talks or panels, but should primarily involve a collaborative activity that will advance thinking and discover new insights, often about a relatively immature area of research. Position Papers made available prior to the conference are often a useful means of stimulating interest in the topic and encouraging attendance. The output could be a state-of-the-art report, a taxonomy, a research framework, a survey, a research agenda, or some other study that in some way advances the field.

Tutorial

A tutorial is a half-day or a full-day gathering, often cross-disciplinary in nature, that aims to give participants a brief overview of the subject matter. Some tutorials are actually advanced seminars that represent an in-depth survey of the topic for those who already have significant background in the area under discussion.