We will be continuing our monthly virtual coffee hour on November 19! Please join us for open and informal conversation on anything related to conferences, community, and chapters. Details are below:

When: Wednesday, November 19 at 9pm UTC (in your time zone) Where: https://acm-org.zoom.us/j/92663557052?pwd=LZXNxWVIbiS96t3RTBqN4fltCCkkzv.1

We have two new blog posts out on the SIGCHI Medium:

First is a summary of topics discussed at the quarterly town hall on Nov 13---awards, ACM Open, and accessibility. We thank those who attended, and Kentaro Toyama (Adjunct Chair for Awards) and Dragan Ahmetovic (VP Accessibility) for co-presenting and sharing updates on awards and accessibility.

Second is SIGCHI's annual report. Every year, the SIGs submit an annual report to the SIG Governing Board, describing their activities and accomplishments of the year. We submitted ours to the SGB back in August, but thought we could also share these in blog format with you all, particularly to offer an overview to those who keenly follow our SIG and an introduction to those who are new to it.

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 December 13, 2025 (Sat), at 11:59pm Anywhere on Earth (AoE).

Nomination form (requires a Submittable login): https://sigchi.submittable.com/submit/339253/2026-call-for-nominations-for-sigchi-awards

Please reach out to the AC for Awards Kentaro Toyama at toyama@umich.edu with any questions. Refer to the call below for more information:

Please forward this call widely to your HCI-related networks.

People can't get awards for which they are not nominated, so we hope that you will help by nominating not just your closest colleagues, but also deserving people from institutions and organizations around the world, especially from the Global South.

SIGCHI Awards identify and honor leaders and shapers of the field of human-computer interaction. We currently present awards in six categories and have four awards subcommittees to oversee their review.As we did last year, we are also inviting SIGCHI Special Recognitions to celebrate and honor individuals/groups who have made exceptional contributions to HCI in ways not captured by our existing awards. These can be of any meaningful type, but here are some examples:

• Emerging Researcher

• Excellence in HCI Education

• Community Building and Outreach

• Significant Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion in HCI

• Impactful Industry-Academia Collaboration 

• Lifetime Achievement in HCI Mentorship

• Etc.

Special recognitions are not awards, but they will help us identify new permanent awards to propose for future cycles.