We are about 12 days away from the launch of ACM Open! For most of us, covered through ACM’s agreements with institutions and countries around the world, this is absolutely amazing news.

For those not yet covered, we assure you that SIGCHI is committed and prepared as we move into this year of transition, in terms of both volunteer and financial resources, to ensure that all our authors and research make it through smoothly as well.

Here is a blog post summarizing key points re: Article Processing Charges and financial hardship waivers as we move forward, for both conference leaders and authors: https://medium.com/sigchi/acm-open-financial-hardship-waivers-for-sigchi-5a9f6e4a482f

Even if you are ACM Open-covered, we encourage you to scan the post to keep yourselves updated on how we are navigating this transition as a SIG—especially if you are one of our volunteer leaders.

As the post mentions, and on behalf of the SIG, we want to thank the numerous staff and volunteers who have been working hard through this year to make sense of this major transition, and ensure that we are ready to move forward as inclusively as possible.

Many thanks to ACM Headquarters for introducing subsidies and implementing complex workflows to offer the SIGs agency in supporting our authors, the SIG Governing Board for providing guidance and financial support, SIGCHI’s Council of Steering Committee Chairs for staying on top of these changes, the SIGCHI Conferences Team for their endless support of conferences, and the SIGCHI APCs Committee that will be ensuring that our authors’ financial hardship waivers are processed and approved.

Please email sigchi-apcs@acm.org or reply to this email with any questions.

We are excited to share the most recent issue of Voices of SIGCHI, our quarterly newsletter that launched earlier this year! This issue features:

• An insightful retrospective on the evolving intersection of HCI and AI, by Jonathan Grudin at University of Washington

• A new piece for the research ethics column examining how ethics intersects with peer review, by Michael Zimmer, Casey Fiesler, and Jessica Vitak from the SIGCHI Research Ethics Committee

• Updates on chapters from VP Chapters Jeni Paay, and announcement of a new SIGCHI student chapter at Koç University, Turkey by Yaman Biçer

• Reflections from this year's SIGCHI-sponsored summer schools in Asia (by Asia Committee member Thippaya Chintakovid) and the Mediterranean (by Mediterranean Committee chair Maristella Matera and colleagues)

• Reflections on SIGCHI Development Fund-supported initiatives across Central Europe (by Evropi Stefanidi and Paweł Woźniak), and Italy (by Giuliana Vitiello and colleagues)

If you didn't get a chance to look through past issues, some highlights include a retrospective on the earlier SIGCHI Bulletin by its editor-in-chief Steven Pemberton, reflections on consent in the case of r/ChangeMyView from the Research Ethics Committee, membership updates by VP Membership Adriana Vivacqua, and a piece on SIGCHI CARES by yours truly.

For 2026, we'll be launching member spotlights to showcase the incredible people who make up SIGCHI and their passions and contributions. Please reach out at sigchi-vp-communications@acm.org if you want to participate or nominate someone. As always, please also reach out if you have an idea for a new column or article!

The CHI Steering Committee and the SIGCHI Exec are pleased to announce the leadership team for CHI 2027 in Pittsburgh, PA, USA!

CHI 2027 General Chairs: Amy Ogan (Carnegie Mellon University) and Anind K. Dey (University of Washington)

CHI 2027 Technical Program Chairs: Rosta Farzan (University of Pittsburgh) and Sven Mayer (TU Dortmund University)

Please join us in wishing Amy, Anind, Rosta, and Sven well in taking on these leadership roles!

On their behalf, we're also sharing the call for volunteering for CHI 2027. You're welcome to apply, regardless of experience volunteering or attending CHI. The call will be open until Jan 9, 2026.