CHI 2026 Open Call for Volunteers

ACM CHI is the major venue in Human-Computer interaction and related disciplines. In order to coordinate the organization of the 2026 edition of this conference, we are collecting expressions of interest from the community to different volunteer roles. CHI 2026 will take place in Barcelona in April 2026.

Thank you for your interest in organizing CHI 2026 with us!

Nuria Oliver and David A. Shamma, CHI 2026 General Chairs

Heloisa Candello, Pablo Cesar, and Pedro Lopes, CHI 2026 Technical Program Chairs.

For us it will be helpful to fill in the form by or before Dec. 8th 2024.

Please note that associate chairs (ACs) and subcommittee chairs (SCs) are recruited using a separate process. There will be a separate call at beginning 2025 in PCS which is distributed via the SIGCHI member list (SIGCHI-MEMBERS@LISTSERV.ACM.ORG) and social media channels.

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* 1. Before starting, read carefully the following statements and let us know if you agree or disagree.

I am aware that the collection, processing, and use of my data is voluntary. I can stop taking the survey at any time for any reason, and all of my data will be deleted.

I agree that my data will be collected, processed, used, and stored by SIGCHI for the purposes of knowing with what roles people are willing to voluntarily support the organization of the CHI 2026 conference. The CHI 2026 General Chairs and the CHI 2026 Technical Program Chairs will have access to the responses.

Yes

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* 2. CHI 2026 will embark on a new format for the conference's technical program. Please read the blog post explaining the changes.

Yes I have read about the new format (or just read about it now).

No, I have not read about it.

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* 3. What is your full name?

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* 4. What is your preferred name for correspondence?

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* 5. At what email address would you like to be contacted?

Next we will list roles to volunteer for. Pick as many as you see fit...don't worry, if you're selected we will only pick one role for you. We will ask this as first General Roles then Technical Paper roles.

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* 6. What general conference role (or roles) would you be interested in? Look at the CHI2025 org list to find examples of roles. Most are listed here but feel free to add something not listed.

Accessibility Co-Chair

Analytics Co-Chair

Assistants to Accessibility Co-Chair

Assistants to General Co-Chair

Assistants to Sponsorship Co-Chair

Design/Web Co-Chair

Family Co-Chair

Global Inclusion and Equity Co-Chair

Keynotes Co-Chair

Local Co-Chair

Publicity/Social Media Co-Chair

Sponsorship Co-Chair

Student Volunteer Co-Chair

Sustainability Co-Chair

Visa Co-Chair

I am not interested in a general conference role

Another role not listed (please specify) or comment.

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* 7. What technical papers role (or roles) would you be interested in? You can pick more than one. Remember, go read the blog post about the 2026 changes for more info. Most technical paper roles are listed here but feel free to add something not listed.

Papers Co-Chair

Panels Co-Chair

Meet ups Co-Chair

Posters Co-Chair

Workshops Co-Chair

Interactive Demos Co-Chair

Publication Co-Chair

Awards Co-Chair

Assistant to a Co-Chair role (add specifics in comment field)

I'm not interested in a technical paper role.

Another role not listed (please specify) or comment.

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* 8. Why are you a good candidate for these roles? If you selected more than one role, let us know your preference. (100 words max)

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* 9. How do you envision this task or venue could be developed further for CHI2026? (100 words max)

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* 10. How many times have you served as a chair or co-chair in a conference organizational role? For some roles, no previous experience may be required, but for others, we expect people have gained experience organizing another conference.

0 times

1–2 times

3–5 times

More than 5 times

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* 11. Please describe your previous experience in organizing SIGCHI events or similar conferences. (Optional, but recommended; 100 words max)

This could be like: e.g. student volunteer at CHI2021, program co-chair of MobileHCI 2020, demo chair of UIST 2018, web chair of Interact2019, etc.

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* 12. How would you describe yourself? (You may select more than one.)

Student (e.g. undergrad, master)

PhD Student

Post doc

Assistant/Associate Professor

Professor

Researcher at a university

Researcher in industry

Practitioner

Educator

Activist

Other (please specify)

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* 13. How do you describe your current position in which you work in HCI or a related field? (100 words max)

(e.g. I am PhD student at the Lancaster University working on ethnographic methods, Assistant professor in computer science focusing on fMRI for measuring cognitive load, I am a UX designer working at @Company with an expertise on speech-based interfaces)

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* 14. Please include up to 3 references (DOI-URLs from the ACM Digital Library if possible) for work you published on Human-Computer Interaction conferences. (Optional, but recommended)

(e.g. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642586, https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3544548.3580675)

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* 15. If you like you can share a link to the ACM Digital Library (DL) Profile, a Google Scholar page, a DBLP that lists your publications and/or other source that describe your profile. This helps us to understand your expertise better.

(e.g. https://dl.acm.org/profile/81100288295, https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VJlCMGYAAAAJ, https://dblp.org/pid/81/2409.html)

ACM DL Profile

Google Scholar

DBLP

Other

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* 16. What is your motivation to become a part of the CHI2026 organizing committee? What can you contribute and how would you benefit? (100 words max)

(e.g. I like to work with new people in HCI, I want to advance my career )

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* 17. In which country or countries do you primarily work, live or study?

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* 18. Do you consider yourself to be a member of an underrepresented group in SIGCHI? This question is optional and is intended to highlight diversity from the applicant's perspective.

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* 19. What is important for you in moving the CHI conference forward and what might be your focus for CHI2026? (100 words max)

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* 20. What is your gender?

Female

Male

Non-binary

Prefer not to say

Self-described

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* 21. Have you attended a CHI before?

Yes (once)

Yes (twice)

Yes (three or more times)

Thank you for your time. We will save the answers when you click or tap "Done".

CHI 2026 Open Call for Volunteers

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* 2. CHI 2026 will embark on a new format for the conference's technical program. Please read the blog post explaining the changes.

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* 3. What is your full name?

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* 4. What is your preferred name for correspondence?

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* 5. At what email address would you like to be contacted?

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* 6. What general conference role (or roles) would you be interested in? Look at the CHI2025 org list to find examples of roles. Most are listed here but feel free to add something not listed.

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* 7. What technical papers role (or roles) would you be interested in? You can pick more than one. Remember, go read the blog post about the 2026 changes for more info. Most technical paper roles are listed here but feel free to add something not listed.

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* 8. Why are you a good candidate for these roles? If you selected more than one role, let us know your preference. (100 words max)

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* 9. How do you envision this task or venue could be developed further for CHI2026? (100 words max)

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* 10. How many times have you served as a chair or co-chair in a conference organizational role? For some roles, no previous experience may be required, but for others, we expect people have gained experience organizing another conference.

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* 11. Please describe your previous experience in organizing SIGCHI events or similar conferences. (Optional, but recommended; 100 words max) This could be like: e.g. student volunteer at CHI2021, program co-chair of MobileHCI 2020, demo chair of UIST 2018, web chair of Interact2019, etc.

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* 12. How would you describe yourself? (You may select more than one.)

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* 14. Please include up to 3 references (DOI-URLs from the ACM Digital Library if possible) for work you published on Human-Computer Interaction conferences. (Optional, but recommended)(e.g. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642586, https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3544548.3580675)

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* 16. What is your motivation to become a part of the CHI2026 organizing committee? What can you contribute and how would you benefit? (100 words max)(e.g. I like to work with new people in HCI, I want to advance my career )

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* 17. In which country or countries do you primarily work, live or study?

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* 18. Do you consider yourself to be a member of an underrepresented group in SIGCHI? This question is optional and is intended to highlight diversity from the applicant's perspective.

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* 19. What is important for you in moving the CHI conference forward and what might be your focus for CHI2026? (100 words max)

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* 20. What is your gender?

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* 21. Have you attended a CHI before?

* 11. Please describe your previous experience in organizing SIGCHI events or similar conferences. (Optional, but recommended; 100 words max)

This could be like: e.g. student volunteer at CHI2021, program co-chair of MobileHCI 2020, demo chair of UIST 2018, web chair of Interact2019, etc.

* 14. Please include up to 3 references (DOI-URLs from the ACM Digital Library if possible) for work you published on Human-Computer Interaction conferences. (Optional, but recommended)

(e.g. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642586, https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3544548.3580675)

* 16. What is your motivation to become a part of the CHI2026 organizing committee? What can you contribute and how would you benefit? (100 words max)

(e.g. I like to work with new people in HCI, I want to advance my career )