Another wonderful time at #CUI2025, right at home! I had an amazing time both helping to organizing and attending CUI this year. This conference is near and dear to my heart, and I love meeting both old and new friends. Can’t wait for next year’s @ACM_CUI in Bremen!

Now, looking ahead, #CUI2026 will be taking place in... 𝘽𝙍𝙀𝙈𝙀𝙉, 𝙂𝙀𝙍𝙈𝘼𝙉𝙔! 🇩🇪 In a warm handover moment, next year’s GCs – Effie Law, Nima Zargham, Thomas Eßmeyer – thanked this year’s team and shared their excitement for what’s to come for #CUI2026! 💫

As it began, #CUI2025 🇨🇦 closes with words from our General Chairs – Jaisie Sin, Jim Wallace, and Edith Law. What a blast these past few days have been. Huge thanks to everyone who took part and made this event so special. 👏

𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 #𝟱: 𝗨𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗨𝗫, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗨𝗜𝘀

A big shoutout to our #CUI2025 presenters who couldn't be here in person...your work is absolutely part of the conversation in Waterloo! We're so glad to have your work in the program and on our minds. 💬✨

Our second(-ever!) tutorial — 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵(𝘪𝘤) 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 — prepared by Heloisa Candello (who is also presenting!) and Michelle Brachman. https://t.co/GDlf1loB1o

𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 #𝟰: 𝗖𝗨𝗜𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴

Day 3 of #CUI2025 began with keynote talk 'Conversations in Context: Considering the Sociality of Agentic AI' from @mattratto: "Developing good agentic AI requires an expansive and dynamic approach to context."

Today's early morning trip to St. Jacobs Farmers' Market in nearby Woolwich, Ontario — featuring fresh apple fritters, a true ‘taste of place’ in the Waterloo Region. 🍎

Enjoyed chairing this session to go back to the age-old question: what exactly is context?

It’s the final day of #CUI2025! 😢🙂 Day 3 kicks off soon — here’s what’s ahead: 🎤 Keynote: Dr. Matt Ratto 📄 Paper Panel 4: CUIs for Health and Wellbeing 📄 Paper Panel 5: Usability, UX, and Evaluation of CUIs 📚 Tutorials and Posters 🏛️ Town Hall, Closing, and Handover

Tonight’s banquet wrapped up with a lively game of #CUI2025 trivia 🎲Congrats to Group Intuition for clinching the top spot! 🥇🏆

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸!

𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 #𝟯: 𝗜𝗻-𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 & 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁-𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗨𝗜𝘀

𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 #𝟮: 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗨𝗜𝘀

Loved this keynote! One paper I plan to check out by Maurita is entitled "Identifying and reducing barriers to having a racially and ethnically diverse research population" https://t.co/FbaMoLThMf #CUI2025

CUI's first-ever tutorial — 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘜𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴: 𝘈𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘎𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴. https://t.co/mMfPWmc175

𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 #𝟭: 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁, 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗨𝗜𝘀

Learn more about the smudging ceremony here:

"Smudging is a cultural tradition common to many (not all) First Nations, which involves the burning of one or more traditional medicines gathered from Mother Earth. The four sacred medicines used in First Nations' ceremonies are tobacco, sage, cedar, and sweetgrass."