From: ydkort@gmail.com   
      
   18-19 May 2006, Eindhoven, The Netherlands   
      
   Can computers help fight obesity? Can technology motivate you to waste   
   less energy? Can communication devices help overcome racial prejudice?   
   Can a virtual agent persuade you to break your smoking habit? Can a   
   mobile phone help you study? Can a robot challenge you to perform   
   rehabilitation exercises?   
      
   PERSUASIVE 06 is aimed at exploring technology in the service of human   
   well-being, within the broader context of a socially and ecologically   
   sustainable society. Join academic researchers, designers, and   
   technology developers from around the world in investigating the   
   potential of persuasive technologies to positively affect human   
   attitudes and behaviour.   
      
   The goal of PERSUASIVE 06 is to bring together a multidisciplinary   
   group of social scientists studying persuasion, and engineers   
   developing persuasive technologies in areas such as health and   
   rehabilitation, housing, information and communication, and energy   
   conservation, so they can meet, share experiences, present research,   
   and exchange ideas.   
      
   Key themes of the conference include, but are not limited to: (1)   
   Health, comfort, and wellbeing, (2) Sustainability, (3) Education and   
   training, (4) Communication, (5) Decision making, (6) Ethics of   
   persuasive technology, (7) Theories of persuasion and related topics   
   such as motivation, credibility, trust and control.   
      
   Call for Papers   
      
   Academics and practitioners with an interest in research, theory,   
   technologies, design, and applications related to persuasion are   
   invited to submit their work for presentation at PERSUASIVE 06 at the   
   Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 18-19   
   May 2006.   
      
   The conference welcomes original papers that are based on empirical   
   results from studies of persuasive technologies, in particular as they   
   are applied to areas of human well-being. Papers that make substantial   
   advances in theoretical understanding of persuasion or contribute to   
   the development of relevant technologies are also welcome, provided   
   they are clearly related to the overall theme of the conference.   
   Submissions will be rigorously reviewed, using blind peer-review. High   
   quality papers are therefore sought which make substantial   
   contributions to the field.   
      
   Deadline: November 15, 2005.   
      
   Information:  http://www.persuasivetechnology.org/   
      
   or contact the organisers:   
   Yvonne de Kort: y.a.w.d.kort@tm.tue.nl   
   Wijnand IJsselsteijn: w.a.ijsselsteijn@tue.nl   
      
   prof.dr. Cees Midden, TU/e (chair)   
   prof.dr.ir. Berry Eggen, TU/e (vice-chair)   
   dr. Wijnand IJsselsteijn, TU/e (organiser)   
   dr.ir. Yvonne de Kort, TU/e (organiser)   
   dr. Elise van den Hoven MTD, TU/e (treasurer)   
      
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