Conferences

• ACM SIGCHI organizes the annual CHI conference (Human Factors in Computing Systems) - next edition CHI 2010 is in Atlanta, USA April 10-15.

Annual SIGCHI Conference: Human Factors in Computing Systems - the CHI conference

• CHI 2010 — April 10 - 15, Atlanta, USA
• CHI 2011 — May 7 - 12, Vancouver, Canada
• CHI 2012 — May 5 - 10, Austin, USA

SIGCHI Specialized Conferences

Overview

ACM SIGCHI Specialized Conferences are all conferences other than CHI that involve ACM SIGCHI as sponsor or co-sponsor, or are in-cooperation with another party. The ACM SIGs will consider cooperating with (lending their name to) conferences which are fully sponsored by other nonprofit incorporated organizations. This status is know as “in-cooperation ” and is appropriate when it will lead to enhanced visibility in the technical community, access to services of the sponsoring organization sometimes at reduced rates, and discounted rates for ACM/SIG members for conference registration and conference by-products.

 Why to request ACM SIGCHI sponsorship?

• All SIGCHI Specialized Conferences (either sponsored, co-sponsored or in-cooperation) benefit of full advertisement in appropriated ACM channels, including the magazine Interactions. 
• ACM SIGCHI bears sole responsibility for promoting, organizing, providing the initial investment, and any financial risk and financial benefit associated with sponsored conference.
• ACM SIGCHI shares financial responsibility (including risks and benefits) for co-sponsored conferences with one or more other professional societies. ACM SIGCHI may or may not be the principal promoter and/or organizer of the conference. 

• ACM SIGCHI can ensure the promotion of an in-cooperation conference but it does not carries any financial risks or benefits, and does not take responsibility for the organization of the conference.
• Proceedings generated from conferences are automatically approved for ACM Digital Library inclusion. If the conference sponsor (or anyone else) holds copyright on the proceedings, permission needs to be given to ACM to include the proceedings in the Digital Library.

Roadmap for conference organizers

If you are organizing a conference you might consider to get support from ACM SIGCHI.

• To request the ACM SIG In-Cooperation status you just need to fill in the Technical Meeting Request Forms (TMRF) available online.  For further information, please refer to the ACM In-Cooperation guidelines.
• To request the ACM SIGCHI Sponsorship or co-sponsorship you should first to submit the Preliminary Approval Form (PAF) at least 24 month before the conference start. Once the PAF is approved, organizers should submit the Technical Meeting Request Forms (TMRF). Notice that there are specific rules for conferences that have already received ACM SIGCHI sponsorship in the past. For further information please refer to the guidelines for organizing ACM conferences.

For general questions about ACM SIGs sponsorship, please contact thompson.lauren@hq.acm.org.

ACM SIGCHI Specialized Conferences Committee

• Philippe Palanque (chair: approval for ACM SIGCHI support - calendar of events)
• Regina Bernhaupt (surveys management and reporting and CHI conference courses)
• Jean-Daniel Fekete (data curation and analysis)
• Marco Winckler (process for sponsored, co-sponsored and in-cooperation approval and support)