Where should #ACMCHI be held in 2030 & 2031? We invite SIGCHI members to share ideas for future CHI locations! 🌍 Share by Aug. 15: www.surveymonkey.com/r/SV786R3 #HCI #SIGCHI

We will be hosting a SIGCHI Town Hall on Thursday, July 2, at 1pm UTC to discuss key community issues! Save the date! See the event page for full details: sigchi.org/events/sigch...

We will be hosting a SIGCHI Town Hall on Thursday, July 2, at 1pm UTC to discuss key community issues! Save the date! See the event page for full details: sigchi.org/events/sigch...

We're welcoming four new additions to the SIGCHI family of conferences! ACM Interactive Health is for work at the intersection of HCI and Health. IH will be in Porto, Portugal, July 5 - 8, 2026. There will be an online pre-conference event on June 1 and registration for it is free. ih.acm.org

The #SIGCHI Lifetime Service Awards went to Cliff Lampe & Helena M. Mentis at #CHI2026! Many thanks to them for their dedication, endeavors, and mountains of work they do for our community.

This year @sigchi welcomed 11 new CHI Academy members at #chi2026! Congrats to them all for driving our community forward!

Announcing the inaugural @acm.org AI Leadership Summit, a cross-SIG collaboration that SIGCHI is a part of! It will be in Atlanta, USA, Aug 30 - Sept 2. Register and read more about the DC and call for papers at aisummit26.acm.org. Meanwhile, stay tuned for the SIGs Day program!

The deadline to apply to our new open calls is coming up (May 5 11:59pm AoE)! Please consider applying or nominating someone for these roles: sigchi.submittable.com

📣Apply or nominate someone for our new open calls! We're seeking volunteers for VP at Large on the SIGCHI Exec, the CHI Steering Committee, and SIGCHI Conference Futures (due May 5). We also have our rolling open call for SIGCHI committees. Apply at sigchi.submittable.com!

If you’re at #CHI26, stop by the SIGCHI Lounge in the Exhibition Hall to appreciate the volunteer thank you notes and add your local chapter to the map! You can thank a volunteer (whether or not you’re at CHI!) using the link on our website: sigchi.org/events/sigch...

#CHI26 in BCN has kicked off with an amazing opening! The SIGCHI Exec will be holding initiatives throughout the week to celebrate our awardees, discuss community issues, recognize volunteers, and build connections across local communities! Details at sigchi.org.

Take the SIGCHI membership survey (open until Apr 5)! www.surveymonkey.com/r/KMWHV5B We strive to create an enriching and supportive environment and this survey will help us identify where we're doing well, and things we can improve. We look forward to sharing back the results!

Join our virtual Town Hall Preview on Mar 23, 7pm UTC!: sigchi.org/events/sigch.... Given how much is in flux around us this year, this will be a space for members to raise concerns ahead of our annual town hall at CHI. We'll also get your input on initiatives we've been working on.

Given the current situation in the Middle East and its impacts on our community, the @chi Chairs David A. Shamma and Nuria Oliver have written an update: chi2026.acm.org/2026/03/14/c.... Please reach out to the chairs if you have concerns about participating in the conference.

Following our Jan 2026 town hall to share feedback on the Digital Library (DL) with ACM, we invite members to read this CACM article on the evolution of the DL: cacm.acm.org/opinion/evol.... The article lays out the rationale for changes, and further iteration that is underway.

We are excited to announce this year’s ACM SIGCHI awardees, Academy inductees, and Special Recognition recipients!

Thank you to those who shared words in memory of Vicki. You can find them in our post: bit.ly/4rSc0nK

Friendly reminder that this open call for CHI 28 in South Africa will be open through Feb 16! Please submit your nominations for General Chairs and Technical Program Chairs soon!

It is with great sadness that we must inform the SIGCHI community that our former CEO and President Vicki L Hanson passed away on Jan 20. Vicki gave many, many years of service to our SIG, until she was elected ACM President in 2016, and then served as ACM CEO from 2018 to 2025.

🌍 Big news! #CHI2028 for the 1st time in #Africa, South Africa! 🎉 🙌 Interested in serving (or nominating someone) as a General Chair or Technical Program Chair? 🔗 Apply here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/VJCWP57 ⏰ by Feb 16 2026 🤝 We strongly encourage leaders with Global South & SA experience to apply!

We’re very, very excited to share that CHI 2028 will be in South Africa and the CHI Steering Committee has put forth an open call for the General Chairs and Technical Program Chairs of CHI 2028 (and beyond)! www.surveymonkey.com/r/VJCWP57

We are delighted to announce our new SIGCHI VP for Operations: Carla Griggio! Learn more about her and her vision on our blog: medium.com/sigchi/new-v...

Please attend our upcoming SIGCHI Town Hall, on Jan 16, 1:30pm UTC, where we will discuss the recent changes to the ACM Digital Library—the Basic and Premium versions—that were launched just prior to the launch of ACM Open on Jan 1. Full details: sigchi.org/events/sigch...

We're ~12 days away from ACM Open! Most authors will be covered through agreements, but for the rest, SIGCHI will ensure that everyone makes it through the transition smoothly. Conference leaders and authors can read about financial hardship waivers in this new blog post: medium.com/sigchi/acm-o...

🗳️ Announcing the #CSCW Steering Committee Chair (Elect) Elections! Two exceptional nominees received multiple nominations each: Jessica Vitak and Naomi Yamashita. Voting is anonymous and closes on *December 18*. You'll need your SIGCHI membership number to vote: karriekarahalios.com/CSCW/ChairEl...

📰 We're excited to share a new issue of Voices of SIGCHI, our quarterly newsletter that launched earlier this year! dl.acm.org/toc/sigchiv/...

Our third @acm-sigchi.bsky.social Research Ethics Committee column is live! With @cfiesler.bsky.social and @vitak.bsky.social, we examine how ethics intersects with SIGCHI peer review, and how to better embed it into community practice. doi.org/10.1145/3778...

The CHI Steering Committee and the SIGCHI Exec are pleased to announce the leadership team for CHI 27 in Pittsburgh, USA! General Chairs: Amy Ogan (Carnegie Mellon Univ) and Anind K. Dey (Univ of Washington) TPCs: Rosta Farzan (Univ of Pittsburgh) and Sven Mayer (TU Dortmund)

📣🗳️ If you're part of the CSCW community, vote in the CSCW Steering Committee Chair Elect Elections!

Last reminder about SIGCHI awards and special recognition nominations! The strict deadline is this Saturday: Dec. 13, 11:59pm AOE. For more details and to nominate, please use this form: sigchi.submittable.com/submit/f6b12...

🥳 We're 30 days out from #ACMOpen, SIGCHI! We're sharing reminders about the transition to 100% open access throughout December, stay tuned! Open access = 2-3x more downloads + 70% more citations than paywalled articles. Read more about the benefits ➡ authors.acm.org/open-access

We're continuing our monthly virtual coffee hours with a session later today (Nov 19) at 9pm UTC! In your time zone: dateful.com/eventlink/32... Join us for open conversation on conferences, community, and chapters. Refer to the event page for the Zoom link: sigchi.org/events/novem...

We have two new blog posts out on the SIGCHI Medium, covering our Nov 13 town hall and the SIG's annual report!

Friendly reminder that we have our quarterly town hall coming up on Nov 13, 2pm UTC. We have three topics to focus on, and will set aside time for any general concerns/suggestions/asks as well. Join us if you can!

Nominations for the 2026 cycle of the SIGCHI awards and special recognitions are now open! Please nominate your colleagues and recent Ph.D. graduates! The deadline is Saturday, December 13, at 11:59pm AoE. The full call and nomination form are on Submittable: sigchi.submittable.com/submit/f6b12...

Please join us for our upcoming quarterly town hall on Nov 13, 2pm UTC! We will be discussing ACM Open, accessibility, and awards, while leaving some time at the end for more open-ended feedback and Q&A! More details are on the event page: sigchi.org/events/sigch...

@cfiesler.bsky.social, @vitak.bsky.social and I have another column in the @acm-sigchi.bsky.social newsletter on behalf of the SIGCHI Research Ethics Committee: "The Ethics of Consent: Reflecting on the Case of r/ChangeMyView" sigchi.org/news/newslet...

We'll be continuing our monthly virtual coffee hours with a session later today (Sept 25) at 11pm UTC! Join us for open and informal conversation on anything related to conferences, community, and chapters. Refer to the event page for the Zoom link: sigchi.org/events/septe...

🚨 Important Registration Updates We’re thrilled by the interest in joining #UIST2025, as capacity is nearly full. At this time, priority will be given to SVs, scholarship recipients, sponsors, and presenting authors. Others will be approved as space permits. Details below👇

🚨 Early Bird EXTENDED! 🚨 Join us at CSCW 2025 → Bergen, Norway 🇳🇴 | Oct 18–22 New early bird in-person deadline: Sept 9 🌍 Global inclusivity: discounts up to 70% Don’t miss your chance → cvent.me/NMxvQW More info: cscw.acm.org/2025/index.p... #CSCW2025 #SIGCHI #HCI

Reminder🔉 Abstract/metadata deadline is today (Sep 4 AoE)! No new submissions and author changes after the deadline. Make sure metadata is finalized before time runs out!

📢 Get ready for #chiplay2025! You can now register for online and on-site attendance. Find out more about our registration fees and register here: chiplay.acm.org/2025/registr... #chiplay @acm-sigchi.bsky.social

Announcing our new open call for volunteers (deadline Sept 30th)! sigchi.submittable.com/submit/32914...

#TEI2026 Work In Progress (WIP) track is looking for ACs! Apply by August 31, 2025: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Learn more about the WIP track: tei.acm.org/2026/partici...

🚀 #UIST2025 decisions were sent out this past weekend! There's still plenty of opportunities to submit your work. Check out the upcoming deadlines for posters, demos, doctoral symposium, workshops, visions, and more! uist.acm.org/2025/cfp/

Join #RecSys2025 as a student volunteer! 🧑‍🎓 We have extended the deadline for submitting student volunteer applications. Submissions are now due on July 17. All details can be found on the RecSys website: recsys.acm.org/recsys25/stu...

We look forward to seeing everyone at our virtual Town Hall in a little less than 3 hours!

🎉 #TEI2026 invites sponsors! Support cutting-edge research on tangible, embedded, and embodied interaction! Details on sponsorship tier benefits: tei.acm.org/2026/become-... Contact: [email protected]

COMPASS'25 is less than a month away! Make sure to register by July 8th! compass.acm.org

Deadline extended! Submission deadline: July 3rd (11:59PM AoE), 2025 Notifications: August 1st, 2025 Camera-ready deadline: August 8th, 2025