ACM CHI PC Meeting Agenda

Location: Hyatt Harborside Hotel, Boston.
Note: Times / events are tentative; they depend on the meeting's progress

Dec 3, Wednesday evening

When What Where Notes
5:00 - 7:00pm Meet and Greet Reception Skyline Ballroom
  • An informal reception with light hors d’oeuvres and drinks.
7:00pm - ? On your own Hotel restaurant and bar, perhaps
  • We suspect some folks will congregate here after the reception for dinner and drinks.

Dec 4, Thursday

When What Where Notes
7:30 – 8:30am Common breakfast Grand Ballroom
  • A light buffet breakfast will be served
8:30 – 9:15 Plenary Meeting Grand Ballroom
  • Overview and process description (Saul and Scott)
9:15 - 10:15 Sub-committee meeting Breakout rooms
  • Set up and introde sub-committee
  • Correct scores
  • Finalize auto-accept / auto-reject that ACs want to move to 'discuss'
  • Nominate best papers
  • Start at the top: AC briefly summarizes auto-accept >= 4.3
  • Next: Discuss top-scoring papers < 4.3
  • All: Discuss best papers as they come up
10:15 - 10:30 Coffee break Grand Ballroom
10:30 – 12:00 Sub-committee meeting Breakout rooms
  • Switch discussion to lowest-scoring papers
12:00 – 1:00 Working lunch Grand Ballroom
12:50-1:00 SC and Chairs meeting Grand Ballroom
  • Progress update
  • Questions and issues
1:00 – 1:30 Plenary (if needed) Grand Ballroom (or breakout rooms to continue subcommittee work)
  • Status update
  • Discussion of calibration across groups
1:30 – 3:00 Sub-committee meeting Breakout rooms
  • Continue from top-scoring papers
3:00 – 3:15 Coffee Break Grand Ballroom
3:10-3:20 SC and Chairs meeting Grand Ballroom
  • Progress update
  • Questions and issues
3:20 – 4:20 Plenary Grand Ballroom
  • Issues and callibration (Saul and Scott)
  • Status of paper/note nominations
  • Each group summarizes 1 nomination for calibration
4:20 - 6:00 Sub-committee meeting Breakout rooms
  • Continue from lowest-scoring papers
6:00 Break
  • On your own
7:00 Dinner McCormick & Schmick
  • Transport by water taxi outside of hotel entrance.
  • If you miss the taxi, its at North Market Building, Faneuil Hall Marketplace
  • Meal supplied by ACM

Dec 5, Friday

When What Where Notes
7:30 – 8:30am Common breakfast Grand Ballroom
  • A light buffet breakfast will be served
8:30 – 9:15 Plenary Meeting Grand Ballroom
  • Where we are (Saul and Scott)
9:15 - 10:15 Sub-committee meeting Breakout rooms
  • Resolve remaining papers
10:15 - 10:30 Coffee break Grand Ballroom
10:30 – 12:00 Sub-committee meeting Breakout rooms
  • Resolve remaining papers
  • Establish proposed best paper/note nominations
12:00 – 1:00 Working lunch Grand Ballroom
  • Some ACs with tight flights may leave around here
12:30 – 1:00 Plenary meeting during lunch Grand Ballroom
  • Wrap-up
  • Discussion of calibration across groups
  • SCs: Final tally of accepted papers
  • SCs: Final list of best paper nominations
  • AC duties are done after this meeting
1:00 – 3:00 Plenary Sessions meeting Grand Ballroom
  • Process improvement discussions
  • SCs and remaining ACs all help to group papers into sessions
3:00 – 3:15 Coffee Break Grand Ballroom
  • Some SCs with tight flights may leave around here
3:15 - 6:00 Plenary Sessions meeting Grand Ballroom
  • SCs and remaining ACs all help to group papers into sessions
6:00 SCs: All done
  • On your own