The use of AI on the DL has been a big point of discussion, prompting a new ACM Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the Responsible Use of AI. If you have input to share with the PTF, please reach out at sigchi-president@acm.org.
Following our Jan 2026 town hall to share feedback on the Digital Library (DL) with ACM, we invite members to read this CACM article on the evolution of the DL: cacm.acm.org/opinion/evol.... The article lays out the rationale for changes, and further iteration that is underway.
See our 2026 awards blog post for more details (medium.com/sigchi/2026-...). A big thank you to the awards committee for reviewing nominations!
The distinctions highlight remarkable achievements in scholarship, service, mentorship, and impact. We look forward to celebrating the recipients at CHI 2026 in Barcelona!
2026 ACM SIGCHI Awards and Special Recognitions recipients. Photos of 31 awardees are featured. Names are listed in the attached blog post.
We are excited to announce this year’s ACM SIGCHI awardees, Academy inductees, and Special Recognition recipients!
Vicki’s family is hosting a virtual Celebration of Life for Vicki Hanson event on Feb 21 at 11 ET. Email sigchi-president@acm.org for the Zoom link, and Bran Knowles at b.h.knowles1@lancaster.ac.uk if you would like to speak.
Thank you to those who shared words in memory of Vicki. You can find them in our post: bit.ly/4rSc0nK
Friendly reminder that this open call for CHI 28 in South Africa will be open through Feb 16! Please submit your nominations for General Chairs and Technical Program Chairs soon!
As we remember Vicki and grieve her loss, we invite the SIGCHI community to share a few words of remembrance or condolence. You can send a short reflection or memory of Vicki to sigchi-president@acm.org. We will compile these messages into a community blog post to honor Vicki.
Image of former ACM CEO Vicki Hanson
It is with great sadness that we must inform the SIGCHI community that our former CEO and President Vicki L Hanson passed away on Jan 20. Vicki gave many, many years of service to our SIG, until she was elected ACM President in 2016, and then served as ACM CEO from 2018 to 2025.
🌍 Big news! #CHI2028 for the 1st time in #Africa, South Africa! 🎉
🙌 Interested in serving (or nominating someone) as a General Chair or Technical Program Chair?
🔗 Apply here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/VJCWP57 ⏰ by Feb 16 2026
🤝 We strongly encourage leaders with Global South & SA experience to apply!
You can find the complete open call on the CHI Steering Committee website for more detail about each role: chi.acm.org/open-call-20...
They especially welcome volunteer leaders with experience in cultivating participation from the Global South and South Africa in particular. If this is you, or if you would like to nominate a colleague, please respond to the call by Feb 16, 2026.
We’re very, very excited to share that CHI 2028 will be in South Africa and the CHI Steering Committee has put forth an open call for the General Chairs and Technical Program Chairs of CHI 2028 (and beyond)! www.surveymonkey.com/r/VJCWP57
As per our bylaws, the VP Ops serves as a voting member of the SIGCHI Executive Committee, and they (and their committee) oversee operations of SIGCHI’s electronic infrastructure and outreach, serve as SIGCHI’s information director, and liaison with ACM’s technical staff.
We thank Kashyap Todi for contributing in this role from July 2021 to January 2026!
We are delighted to announce our new SIGCHI VP for Operations: Carla Griggio! Learn more about her and her vision on our blog: medium.com/sigchi/new-v...
And this blog post from Julie Williamson regarding sustainable open access: medium.com/sigchi/getti...
We recommend reading this letter from the ACM President re: the DL and recent changes: www.acm.org/about-acm/ac...
We will be joined by Julie Williamson (DL Board Member), Jack Davidson (DL Board Chair), and Yannis Ioannidis (ACM President).
Please attend our upcoming SIGCHI Town Hall, on Jan 16, 1:30pm UTC, where we will discuss the recent changes to the ACM Digital Library—the Basic and Premium versions—that were launched just prior to the launch of ACM Open on Jan 1. Full details: sigchi.org/events/sigch...
Please email sigchi-apcs@acm.org with any questions.
Thanks to the staff and volunteers who have been working to prepare for the transition and provide SIGs with agency and resources in the process: ACM HQ, the SIG Governing Board, SIGCHI’s Council of Steering Committee Chairs, SIGCHI Conferences Team, and SIGCHI APCs Committee!
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.
We're ~12 days away from ACM Open! Most authors will be covered through agreements, but for the rest, SIGCHI will ensure that everyone makes it through the transition smoothly. Conference leaders and authors can read about financial hardship waivers in this new blog post: medium.com/sigchi/acm-o...
🗳️ Announcing the #CSCW Steering Committee Chair (Elect) Elections! Two exceptional nominees received multiple nominations each: Jessica Vitak and Naomi Yamashita.
Voting is anonymous and closes on *December 18*. You'll need your SIGCHI membership number to vote: karriekarahalios.com/CSCW/ChairEl...
For 2026, we're launching member spotlights to showcase the incredible people who make up SIGCHI! Please reach out at sigchi-vp-communications@acm.org if you want to participate, nominate someone, or have an idea for a new column or article!
Read through for an insightful retrospective on the fields of AI and HCI, reflections on research ethics and peer review, and updates from HCI community-building initiatives across the world!
📰 We're excited to share a new issue of Voices of SIGCHI, our quarterly newsletter that launched earlier this year! dl.acm.org/toc/sigchiv/...
Our third @acm-sigchi.bsky.social Research Ethics Committee column is live! With @cfiesler.bsky.social and @vitak.bsky.social, we examine how ethics intersects with SIGCHI peer review, and how to better embed it into community practice.
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