We invite you to read the following message from CHI Steering Committee members Heloisa Candello and Julie Williamson, who lead site selection for the conference series:

Where should CHI go next? We want to hear from you!

As part of the Site Selection team of the CHI Steering Committee, we are opening a call for suggestions of cities and venues to host the ACM CHI Conference in 2030 and 2031. CHI is SIGCHI’s flagship event, and choosing where it takes place is a decision that affects the community at large — accessibility, affordability, visa processes, sustainability, and the opportunity to engage local and regional HCI communities around the world.

We invite all SIGCHI members to share their suggestions through this short survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SV786R3

When suggesting a location, it helps to consider aspects such as:

• Venue capacity for a large conference (4,000+ attendees) and nearby hotel availability.

• International accessibility (flight connections and visa accessibility for a global community).

• Affordability for attendees, especially students and participants from underrepresented regions.

• Local HCI community and potential for regional engagement.

• Safety and inclusiveness for all.

You are welcome to suggest more than one location, and no suggestion is too early — site selection happens years in advance, so your input now shapes CHI's future editions.

The survey takes only a few minutes, and we would love to receive your responses by August 15, 2026. Thank you for helping us bring CHI to places that reflect the diversity and reach of our community!

The Executive Committee will be holding a SIGCHI town hall on July 2, 1pm UTC. On the agenda are:

• Our post-CHI conference survey results, shared by Caroline Appert (CHI Steering Committee Data Director)

• Updates on conference futures, including a discussion of conference formats, and planning for the SIGCHI Futures Summit later this year

• Other miscellaneous updates re: the new CHI Steering Committee, awards, cross-SIG activities, etc.

• General Q&A

Zoom link is available on the event page: https://sigchi.org/events/sigchi-town-hall-july-2026/

We are excited to be adding the four conferences below to the SIGCHI family of conferences! 

ACM Interactive Health is a new conference for presenting work at the intersection of HCI and Health, bringing together researchers, designers, practitioners, healthcare professionals, and patients. IH will be taking place in Porto, Portugal, July 5 - 8, 2026. There will be an online pre-conference event on June 1, 2026 and registration for it is free.

The Critical Computing Conference* is a new upcoming conference on the social, political, and justice-oriented processes of computational technology, bringing together researchers, activists, artists, and practitioners. There will be an online gathering on June 24, 2026. Refer to the call for participation for more details. 

The ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication gathers experts and enthusiasts from academia and industry to explore the use of computational tools for the creation of physical things. SCF has been running for a decade and will be holding its 11th iteration in Tokyo, Japan, December 6 - 8, 2026, now co-sponsored by SIGCHI and SIGGRAPH. The call for papers (deadline July 24) and other tracks are detailed on their website. 

The Augmented Humans International Conference* focuses on physical, cognitive, and perceptual augmentation of humans through digital technologies. The conference has been running since 2010 and AH 2027, now SIGCHI-sponsored, will take place in Sri Lanka. The call for joining the organizing committee is still open. 

*Official sponsorship for these conferences is not yet confirmed but we look forward to confirming very soon.