Looking Back at CHI’26’s Refactored Poster Track
By Sven Mayer and Guo Freeman, TPCs, & GCs. In this blog post, we provide insights into the poster track outcomes at CHI 2026. As a reminder, the Poster track provides the CHI community with an opportunity to present new and exciting contributions that showcase innovative technologies, extend prior research conversations, detail short self-contained studies, […]
Special Recognition for Sustainable Practices Winners & Runners-Up
The CHI’26 sustainability committee received many strong submissions for the Special Recognition for Sustainable Practice, and we are excited to announce the winners. As with previous years, we recognized projects based on two tracks: (i) Research with Potential for Sustainable Impact and (ii) Research Teams with Inspirational Research Practices. For each category, a winner and […]
Insights Into the Paper Track Reviewing
By Sven Mayer and Guo Freeman In our previous blog post, we provided insights into the Paper Track Program Committee, comprising 1,203 individuals: 4 Paper Chairs, 55 Subcommittee Chairs (SC), 34 assistants who help with various tasks, and 1,110 Associate Chairs (AC). However, those insights still do not capture the full picture of the massive […]
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Informal ‘Lunchbox’ Gathering for Early Career Researchers
As part of CHI2026’s commitment to creating spaces for connecting and conferring, CHI in conjunction with the CHI Steering Committee offers an opportunity for Early Career Researchers (ECR, see below) to informally meet over their conference lunchboxes. Monday 13 April: 1pm-2pm, Banquet Hall Note, food purchased outside the venue is not permitted in the venue […]
How the waitlist operates
Curious how the waitlist works? Want to know what's next if you're in queue? Read on... Continue reading
From the CHI SC on Venue Capacity
This message on CHI 2026 is reposted from the CHI Steering Committee’s blog. The ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems is the leading international conference on Human-Computer Interaction. CHI 2026 will take soon take place in Barcelona from the 13th to the 17th of April. The CHI Steering […]
Waitlist Closed & Next Steps
The CHI 2026 waitlist is closed. You can register for remote video presentations (where applicable) or contact the chairs (if needed). Continue reading
Eating Gluten-Free at CHI 2026
We know many people have dietary restrictions that go beyond preference. Every year CHI does it’s best to support everyone it can from halal to vegan from lacto-ovo to gluten free and even very specific allergies. It’s always a challenge as many venues just can’t support everything. This year, with lunchboxes† for sale, we’re doing […]
On Nearing Venue Capacity
CHI is nearing venue capacity and will likely sell out of tickets. Here's what's happening. Continue reading