CHI 2026 takes place in Barcelona at the Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona. CHI 2026’s General Chairs are Nuria Oliver and David A. Shamma and the CHI 2026 Technical Program Chairs are Heloisa Candello, Pablo Cesar, and Pedro Lopes. The entire committee is excited to bring the conference to the Iberian peninsula for the first time and we look forward to engagements with the broader Mediterranean region.
We have a website up:
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For #chi2026 we have opened a call for volunteers:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GGHGP98
As the conference has been growing, the CHI Steering Committee (with input from many other CHI futures committees and a symposium that has been run over the years) put forth a new format for the conference (see: https://chi.acm.org/new-chi-format-to-launch-at-chi-2026/).
In short summary, technical program submissions will fall into six submission areas:
Papers
Panels
Meet up
Posters
Workshops
Interactive demos
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For #chi2026 , the aim is to reduce the number of types of submissions and rename them to be more self-explanatory to simplify the conference program. We have explained the changes and historical background for the restructuring in detail. 2026 will be adding more guidance for authors and session organizers later.
CHI runs because of its volunteers. Chairs fill roles from papers to demos and from accessibility to family, it’s a massive community led operation. We invite you to join us!
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For #chi2026 we want to announce this open call for volunteers!
If you’re new to CHI or conference organization or a long time volunteer, we want to hear from you. We have a call for volunteers form as we look for technical chairs (papers, panels, etc.) as well as organizational chairs (accessibility, diversity, web/design, etc.).
The call is open now, is easy to fill out, so please consider offering to volunteer.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GGHGP98 The call will be open until December 10th.
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@chi the consultation post and selection post are worth reading fully before completing the survey I suggest.
The CHI conference Steering Committee is seeking feedback on potential future CHI locations, to guide the decision for where #chi2028 or #chi2029 might be outside of the normal rotation, e.g. in the global south.
This post has more details https://chi.acm.org/chi-steering-committee-site-selection-consultation/ with links to further details on site selection and the survey itself which closes Nov 15th.
I’m honoured to be running with Margaret Burnett as President/Executive Vice President of @sigchi.
Please find our election statements here:
https://www.acm.org/elections/sigs/2024-sig-election/sigchi-election-bios
You can vote here: https://www.acm.org/elections/sigs/vote
Please listen to our online "meet the candidates" session:
https://youtu.be/ZgV0d9xePV8?si=llyov1SgmrSsMYNv
The deadline for submitting your vote is 16:00 UTC, 10 June 2024
Jogging at CHI in person at #CHI2024 in Hawaii 🏃♀️🏃♂️
If you are packing for #CHI2024, here is your chance to bring your running shoes for another "Jogging at CHI" event! We are organizing a jog around the conference venue to discuss interactive technology and sports. We invite you to bring your running gear with you (and any jogging apps, your own prototypes etc.). We meet Wednesday, May 15 at the Registration after the last paper session.
Join our online-only panel at #chi2024 discussing sustainabilities and HCIs from the Global South’s perspective. Supported by #SIGCHI Sustainability Committee.
Pose questions via https://t.ly/KynYf
Singapore annual #sghci2024 is bringing a small but diverse group together. Previewing our 12 #CHI2024 papers !
On the final day of #everythingopen:
@aquigley demonstrated a fascinating approach to detecting the type of a material using radar
https://2024.everythingopen.au/schedule/presentation/60/
@darrylb123 showed how Berry scripting can be used within Tasmota to provide functionality within the device itself
https://2024.everythingopen.au/schedule/presentation/55/
Paul Schulz (https://www.mawsonlakes.org/) gave an introduction to ESPHome and how it can be used
https://2024.everythingopen.au/schedule/presentation/42/
@Unixbigot explained how local voice control is possible when you keep it lightweight
https://2024.everythingopen.au/schedule/presentation/56/
Simon Lees (http://simotek.net/) abused 80s video tech to smash together analog video for interesting results
https://2024.everythingopen.au/schedule/presentation/44/
@raejohnston gave a brutal rundown of the groups (more than you think) that are not represented in STEM and some possible ways to address that imbalance
https://2024.everythingopen.au/schedule/presentation/57/
Reading: Ms Dhu coronial findings show importance of teaching doctors and nurses about unconscious bias
@tedted Jonathan has addressed the cost structure here — publication costs aren’t tiny. https://medium.com/sigchi/what-benefits-do-traditional-publishers-provide-83b7bd3fcbc0
While I have frustrations with ACM, I don’t think giving the org ‘s finances a massive haircut will address them or improve the state of computing research and education.
German Pre-CHI is kicking off at Saarland University :chi: #saarbrücken #sic #uds #germanhci #germanprechi2024 #chi2024
@alansaid that must be a relief!
@alansaid sorry to hear that. I’ve lost a talk myself and I used online videos plus pulling images from our papers in a Google presentation. It ended up well as I used the white board to supplement my points. The entire talk was already in my mind (as I expect its in yours).
I hope it goes well for you.
Good morning #EverythingOpen! We hope you had a wonderful Penguin Dinner 🐧 🍽️ at Ward's Brewery last night!
We will begin proceedings in just under an hour, where Conference Director @xrobau will have some remarks, followed by our third #Keynote from Deputy Director at #CSIRO's #Data61, Professor @aquigley
We hope you have a wonderful last day at #EverythingOpen!
Totally hooked on Professor @aquigley #keynote at #EverythingOpen today - it's all about #interfaces and #HCI - and about #sensors - and how they can be used for secondary purposes to those originally designed - and at the end of the day we are all #human - and this limits the attention we have for input.
Super interesting!
Paper references are on Prof Quigley's Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=LujyjYoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
#CHI2024 in-person attendees are invited to join a webinar on April 30 at 9am Hawaii time on the topic of "Being Good Guests in Hawai’i". Neil Hannahs from Ho’okele Strategies (http://hookelestrategies.com/about/) will host the webinar, with an Aloha theme with guest Dr. Kū Kahakalau.
Zoom info below:
When: Apr 30, 2024 09:00 AM Hawaii
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/96125130212?pwd=NjVObnl6VlJrdmtpQVcrSFFXSGxGUT09
Password: 299724
