The discipline of Human-Computer Interaction has a key role to play in the convergence of computing, information and communications and those working in this field constantly face new challenges as new technologies emerge, adapt and change. HCI7 is the premier European Human-Computer Interaction forum, held in 1997 at the University of the West of England, Bristol. The conference is a major international forum for the people-oriented disciplines of human factors, psychology, ergonomics, sociology and organisational theory, the computer-oriented disciplines of software engineering, systems analysis and project management, and increasingly the arts, graphic design, interactive media and the Internet, and annually brings together researchers and practitioners from both industry and the academic community who are working to improve the effectiveness of the computer as a tool and creative medium.