Call for Participation: HCI Across Borders: Building a Collective Vision for the Future

🌍 Theme: Building a Collective Vision for the Future

🗓 Event Date: April 26 – May 1, 2025 (TBD)

📍 Location: Yokohama, Japan (CHI 2025)

About the Workshop

The HCI Across Borders (HCIxB) community has been fostering collaboration across geographies and disciplines since 2016. This year’s workshop at CHI 2025 will focus on “Building a Collective Vision for the Future,” providing a platform for researchers and practitioners to share insights, reflect on global challenges, and envision the future of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), particularly in the Global South.

Why Participate?

•Share your experiences on global HCI trends influenced by local contexts.

•Envision the future of HCI in addressing global challenges for the next 20 years.

•Strengthen collaborations and mentorship opportunities among researchers.

•Engage with diverse perspectives and innovative ideas.

Call for Submissions

We invite contributions reflecting on the following topics:

•Global HCI Trends: How have local, cultural, or social contexts shaped your work in HCI?

•Future of HCI in the Global South: What developments or technologies will be pivotal in the next 20 years?

•Collaboration and Community Building: Strategies to enhance networks in underrepresented regions.

•Sustaining the HCIxB Community: Ideas for growth and fostering global engagement.

•Workshop Impact: How will this event benefit your work and the communities you engage with?

Important Dates

•February 8, 2025: Submission deadline

•February 25, 2025: Notifications sent

•April 10, 2025: Posters due

•April-May 2025: HCIxB Workshop

Organizers

•Sara Moin, IIIT-D, India

•Hafeni Mthoko, The Independent Institute of Education’s Varsity College, South Africa

•Cuauhtémoc Rivera-Loaiza, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, México

•Tsuyoshi Kano, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan

•Delvin Varghese, Monash University, Australia

•Sarina Till, University of Cape Town, South Africa

•Aakash Gautam, University of Pittsburgh, USA

•Marisol Wong-Villacres, Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral, Ecuador

•Laura S. Gaytán-Lugo, Universidad de Colima, México

•Susan Dray, Dray & Associates, USA

•Christian Sturm, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, Germany

•Vikram Kamath Cannanure, Saarland University, Germany

Join us to shape the future of HCIxB! 🚀