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.

One of the cross-SIG collaborations SIGCHI has been working towards is the inaugural ACM AI Leadership Summit, taking place in Atlanta (USA) from August 30, 2026 to September 2, 2026. You can find more information about the event on this website: https://aisummit26.acm.org/ and read below.

We will share more details once the SIGs Day program is finalized. For now, please note that (a) the deadline for the Future Leaders of AI Doctoral Consortium is on May 24, 2026, and (b) attendance will be capped at approx. 500 (for the entire Summit), so you may wish to register early.

+++ACM AI Leadership Summit 2026 (Aug 30—Sept 2, Atlanta, USA)+++

Artificial intelligence is transforming every dimension of human knowledge, creativity, and collaboration. The inaugural ACM AI Leadership Summit 2026 convenes researchers, practitioners, industry leaders, educators, and policymakers to explore how AI can be developed and deployed responsibly to advance science and society. Across keynotes, panels, and interactive sessions, participants will examine frontier AI technologies, governance and ethics, workforce transformation, creative collaboration, and the rise of agentic systems. The Summit will build shared understanding and practical pathways toward AI that strengthens society, enriches culture, and expands human capability. Register by June 30 for discounted prices. We also invite submissions to the Future Leaders of AI Doctoral Consortium and the Papers Track. See below for more details.

Future Leaders of AI Doctoral Consortium

Deadline: May 24, 2026The Future Leaders of AI Doctoral Consortium will take place August 30, 2026, on Georgia Tech’s campus. It will provide a dedicated forum for doctoral students to engage with researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and more, at a formative stage of their careers. Through invited talks and discussions with peers and mentors, doctoral students will be equipped to reflect on their research directions, build community, and actively contribute to—and lead—the broader conversations of the ACM AI Leadership Summit.

To apply, students should submit a two-page position statement, CV, letter of recommendation, and indication of their main research area. Read more details and submit on our website.

Papers TrackDeadline: June 30, 2026We invite submissions to the Papers Track, which will showcase cutting-edge advances and forward-looking ideas in AI. This track brings together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to share recent breakthroughs, emerging methodologies, and visionary perspectives that will shape the future of AI. We invite two types of submissions: Breakthrough Impact Highlights and Visionary Papers. Submissions must be 4 pages (excluding references); they will be presented as posters and published in the summit’s proceedings following the event. More details and the submission portal are on our website.