Calling Ninja Reviewers for the CHI 2026 Posters Track

We’re looking for HCI researchers who can take on emergency reviews for the Posters track within a short timeframe and submit their completed review by 15th February. If you’d like to volunteer for being a ninja reviewer, please sign up! For any questions, contact posters@chi2026.acm.org.

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Some essential tips on how to smoothly go through  the CHI 2026 publication process as an author

Dear authors,  We, the publication chairs, want to help you to complete the publication process as smoothly and stress-free as possible. Please read thoroughly the following steps to have a good chance for a smooth progress from acceptance to publication (here is a link to the living document on GDrive as we try to update […]

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Insights into the Papers Track Post-PC Meeting Outcomes

By Sven Mayer and Guo Freeman In this blog, we provide insights into the papers track outcomes after the CHI 2026 Program Committee (PC) meeting, which took place from January 12–14, 2026. As a reminder, after the first round of reviews, 2,603 submissions were invited to submit revisions. Of these invited resubmissions, 2,576 were resubmitted […]

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Global Plaza & the Global Science Program at CHI 2026

Global PlazaTrencadís de CHI26 Connecting Pieces. Creating Futures. Houda Elmimouni, Yiyue Luo, Prerna Ravi,CHI 2026 Global Inclusion and Equity Chairs Juan Enrique Garrido Navarro and Shaimaa LazemGlobal Affinity Science Program As CHI 2026 heads to Barcelona, we are delighted to share what’s coming for the conference’s global program. We planned a set of spaces and sessions […]

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CHI 2026 Schedule at a Glance

This year we have a full Monday through Friday program. Check out the Schedule at a Glance! Continue reading

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Finalizing Your Poster’s Track Submission

Some important last minute guidance to finalizing your Posters Track Submission. Continue reading

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Special Recognition for Sustainable Practices

The CHI’26 sustainability committee is excited to announce the return of the Special Recognition for papers that take exceptional measures toward sustainable research practices. This initiative aims to draw attention to sustainable research and celebrate authors’ dedication to sustainability. This honor is open to any project that has taken steps to be more sustainable, not […]

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Insights Into Submitting Authors of the Papers Track

By Sven Mayer and Guo Freeman Traditionally, we only learn about the many authors who get their CHI submissions accepted and published. However, this does not provide a comprehensive understanding of the global HCI community and our ongoing efforts to advance HCI research. Therefore, we believe that examining who submits to CHI is extremely valuable […]

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Insights Into the Papers Track (Assisted) Desk Rejections

By Sven Mayer, Guo Freeman, and Cristina Zaga. In our previous blog post, we shared details about the papers track first round outcomes, where Desk Reject (DR) and Assisted Desk Reject (ADR) decisions were presented together with X1 (rejected after the first round review) as rejections. In this blog post, we provide further statistics about […]

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Insights Into the Papers Track First Round Outcomes

By Sven Mayer, Guo Freeman, and Cristina Zaga. As the resubmission phase at CHI 2026 has wrapped up, we wrote this blog post to provide insights into the papers track first round outcomes, including: how many papers were submitted to CHI 2026 and how many papers were entered into the second round of reviewing in […]

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