Reminder to submit your nominations for SIGCHI Awards and Special Recognitions! The deadline is Oct 31, 11:59pm AoE.

The deadline for the new ACM SIGACCESS/SIGCHI Vicki L. Hanson Early Career Research Award in Computing Accessibility is also coming up Nov 14.

People can't get awards for which they are not nominated so please submit and share this call! Our Submittable page has more details: https://sigchi.submittable.com/

The CHI Steering Committee and the SIGCHI Executive Committee are pleased to announce the leadership team for CHI 2028 in Cape Town, South Africa

CHI 2028 General Chairs: Anicia Peters (National Commission on Research, Science and Technology), Melissa Densmore (University of Cape Town) and Ian Oakley(KAIST)

CHI 2028 Technical Program Chairs: Sarah Fdili-Alaoui (University of the Arts London), Reem Talhouk (Northumbria University), and Daniel Epstein (University of California, Irvine)

Please join us in wishing Anicia, Melissa, Ian, Sarah, Reem, and Daniel well in taking on these leadership roles!

On their behalf, we’re also sharing the call for volunteering for CHI 2028. You’re welcome to apply, regardless of experience volunteering or attending CHI. The call will be open until November 27, 2026.

The Executive Committee will be holding a series of biweekly coffee hours in preparation for the next SIGCHI Futures Summit, focusing on topics relevant to SIGCHI conferences..

The fifth coffee hour will take place on Friday, October 16, at 14:00-15:00 UTC (this is the new date, postponed from Oct 2). The first half will be dedicated to AI and peer review the remainder will be left for open discussion. We will feature Thomas Zimmermann, the SIGs’ Publications Advisor who serves on the SIG Governing Board Executive Committee. The event is open to representatives of our 30 conferences, as well as aspiring conference leaders and community members who would like to participate.

The Zoom link is available on the event page: https://sigchi.org/events/sigchi-conferences-coffee-hour-5/