HFESA CHISIG

Glad to announce the @ozchiconf call for papers for 2024 was released today, 31st December. The provisional info for 2025 is also available. See you in Brisbane in 2024!

Would you like to host a great conference about people interacting with information in 2026? The @ACM_CHIIR call for conference bids is out here. Please feel free to contact me or any other steering committee member for more information docs.google.com/document/d/1Pr…

Our April WiUX meetup kicks off tomorrow at 5:30 pm, and if you’ve been meaning to book your spot, now is the time! Register for an evening of insights with Sarah Stokes (Atlassian) here: zurl.co/FfK3

Today in @theage I ask tech companies for one small thing: report the gender breakdown not just of your tech workforce, but of your tech leadership workforce. theage.com.au/national/male-…

We at OzCHI are delighted to announce that #Ozchi2022 is in cooperation with @sigchi ; a reminder that members of both the ACM and HFESA benefit from special registration rates

Many thanks to @MargotBrereton for her fantastic #OzCHI keynote!

Our program is now online at ozchi.org/2021/program.h… Do note that all times are in standard AEDT, current Melbourne/Sydney daylight savings time. Adjust your clocks accordingly!

The fantastic @TagBenjamin wants to remind #OzCHI Doctoral Consortium participants that the DC is on Monday 29th November!

Delighted to announce that @MargotBrereton will keynote #OzCHI this year.

The accepted papers for #OzCHI are now up at ozchi.org/2021/program.h… more program details to follow soon.

A reminder that #OzCHI registration is online at eventbrite.com.au/e/ozchi-2021-t…

Registration for OzCHI 2021 is available through EventBrite at: eventbrite.com.au/e/ozchi-2021-t…

Good news! The paper submission deadline has been extended to 27th August. Time for that last-minute push! For more info: ozchi.org/2021/

#OzCHI2020 Doctoral Consortium applicants, please make sure to submit your final DC submissions to PCS by 11:59 pm, 9th Nov. Congratulations to everyone who got in! A big thank you to our DC chairs @GlendaACaldwell @ProfJudyKay & Sonja Pedell for their hard work. @HFESA_CHISIG

We are looking for Student Volunteers (SV) to help us run #OzCHI2020 smoothly. As a SV, you will gain first hand experience assisting paper sessions and plenty of opportunity to interact with senior HCI researchers. Interested? Register at forms.gle/tdzd6ugW8vsexA… @HFESA_CHISIG

Design challenges are borderline unethical. We definitely should judge organizations that require them as being places we recommend professionals not consider applying to. Companies post jobs should have to state whether they’ll require a candidate to do a design challenge.

we are recruiting PhD students to study Digital Emotion Regulation - details at apps.eng.unimelb.edu.au/research-proje…

A warm thank you and a big round of applause to all #OzCHI2020 reviewers for going above and beyond with the reviews this year! We really appreciate you taking the time and effort to provide constructive feedback to fellow researchers in the community. @HFESA_CHISIG

There are some new updates to the paper track this year: The length of submissions should be between 8 and 16 pages in the new, single-column ACM Master Article Template that you can find here: ozchi.org/2020/call-for-…

Following discussions with our organising committee, @HFESA_CHISIG and members from the #OzCHI community, we have decided to run #OzCHI20 as a virtual conference, with #OzCHI21 taking place in Sydney. Details about what that means and revised deadlines will follow!