Last reminder about SIGCHI awards and special recognition nominations! The strict deadline is this Saturday: Dec. 13, 11:59pm AOE. For more details and to nominate, please use this form:

Open access means going from “pay to read” to “pay to publish”. This helps you share your work and institutions foot the bill. ACM only charges enough to cover publishing costs. Learn about how ACM Open advances equity from the ACM DEI Council Chair ➡️

Most SIGCHI authors are covered through ACM Open agreements and geo waivers. If you’re not yet covered, SIGCHI will also have financial hardship waivers during transition year 2026. Details in our recent blog post ➡

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We're continuing our monthly virtual coffee hours with a session later today (Nov 19) at 9pm UTC! In your time zone: https://t.co/0wdFohoSzL Join us for open conversation on conferences, community, and chapters. Refer to the event page for the Zoom link:

Catch up on SIGCHI's annual report! ACM SIGs submit an annual report to the SIG Governing Board, describing accomplishments of the year. We submitted ours in August, but also wanted to share it as a blog post for members, whether long-standing or new.

Read a summary of our quarterly town hall on Nov 13, which covered awards, ACM Open, and accessibility! We thank attendees, and Kentaro Toyama (Chair for Awards) and Dragan Ahmetovic (VP Accessibility) for co-presenting.

We have two new blog posts out on the SIGCHI Medium, covering our Nov 13 town hall and the SIG's annual report!

Friendly reminder that we have our quarterly town hall coming up on Nov 13, 2pm UTC. We have three topics to focus on, and will set aside time for any general concerns/suggestions/asks as well. Join us if you can!

Please reach out to our Chair for Awards Kentaro Toyama with any questions or concerns.

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People can't get awards/recognitions for which they are not nominated, so we hope that you will help by nominating not just your closest colleagues, but also deserving people from institutions and organizations around the world, especially from the Global South.

As last year, we are also inviting Special Recognitions to honor individuals/groups who have made exceptional contributions to HCI in ways not captured by existing awards. Special recognitions are different from awards, but will help us identify new permanent awards in future.

SIGCHI Awards identify and honor leaders and shapers of the field of human-computer interaction. We currently present awards in six categories and have four awards subcommittees to oversee their review.

Nominations for the 2026 cycle of the SIGCHI awards and special recognitions are now open! Nominate your colleagues and recent Ph.D. graduates! The deadline is Saturday, December 13, at 11:59pm AoE. The full call and nomination form are on Submittable:

@kentarotoyama is our new Awards chair and we are ready to dive into SIGCHI Awards Season. The call for nominations has gone out, and Kentaro will be at the Town Hall to answer any questions about the process. If you have questions about nominations, you are welcome to join!

SIGCHI VP Accessibility Dragan Ahmetovic will present his vision for accessibility across SIGCHI conferences, and invites you to attend and discuss where we can do better. If you have been or wanted to be an access chair at any SIGCHI conference, please join.

2026 is the transition year as ACM moves to 100% open access. Most of our authors are already covered through ACM Open agreements. For those who are not yet covered, SIGCHI is setting up Financial Hardship Waivers. If you're concerned about how you'll be covered, please attend.

Please join us for our upcoming quarterly town hall on Nov 13, 2pm UTC. We will be discussing ACM Open, accessibility, and awards, while leaving some time at the end for more open-ended feedback and Q&A! More details are on the event page:

We'll be continuing our monthly virtual coffee hours with a session later today (Sept 25) at 11pm UTC! Join us for open and informal conversation on anything related to conferences, community, and chapters. Refer to the event page for the Zoom link:

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