The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (or CHI as it’s typically called) is the premier international conference for the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). This flagship conference is generally considered the most prestigious in the field of HCI and attracts thousands of international attendees annually. CHI has been sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction (SIGCHI) since 1983. However, CHI was born in 1982 as the “Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems” and following the 1983 CHI conference, it’s been held annually since 1985.
This conference series page has details of all past CHI conferences and the current CHI steering committee. The following table of past CHI conferences includes details of the location, paper acceptance rates, attendance figures and links to the proceedings and recorded talks (where available). The year archive page (e.g. CHI ’17) includes details of organisers involved in that year. While details of the upcoming CHI conferences can be found here.
Since April 2019 the CHI steering committee have been building a new website https://chi.acm.org
Past CHI Conferences
Archive |
Location |
Acceptance Rate (Accepted/Submitted) |
Attendance (Registrations) |
Publications |
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Hamburg, Germany |
879/3180 = 27.6% |
4721 (In-person + Online) |
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New Orleans, USA |
637/2579 = 24.7% |
4001 |
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Online |
747/2845 = 26.3% |
5145 |
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Honolulu, Hawaii (moved to fully virtual) |
760/3126 = 24.3% |
3209 plus online audience |
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Glasgow, UK |
703/2958 = 23.8% |
3759 |
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Montreal, QC, CA |
666/2592 = 25.7% |
3182 |
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Denver, CO, US |
600/2400 = 25% |
2939 |
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San Jose, CA, US |
565/2435 = 23% |
3624 |
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Seoul, KR |
379/1520 = 25% |
2896 |
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Toronto, ON, CA |
465/2043 = 23% |
3001 |
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Paris, FR |
392/1963 = 20% |
3443 |
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Austin, TX, US |
370/1577 = 23% |
2616 |
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Vancouver, BC, CA |
410/1532 = 27% |
2861 |
||
Atlanta, GA, US |
302/1346 = 22% |
2384 |
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Boston, MA, US |
277/1130 = 25% |
2358 |
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Florence, IT |
157/714 = 22% |
2361 |
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San Jose, CA, US |
182/840 = 22% |
2620 |
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Montreal, QC, CA |
151/626 = 24% |
2250 |
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Portland, OR, US |
93/372 = 25% |
1947 |
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Vienna, AT |
93/578 = 16% |
1815 |
||
Fort Lauderdale, FL, US |
75/468 = 16% |
1435 |
||
Minneapolis, MN, US |
61/414 = 15% |
1726 |
||
Seattle, WA, USA |
69/352 = 20% |
2832 |
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The Hague, NL |
72/336 = 21% |
2628 |
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Pittsburgh, PA, US |
78/312 = 25% |
2264 |
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Los Angeles, CA, US |
81/351 = 23% |
2310 |
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Atlanta, GA, US |
55/234 = 24% |
2081 |
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Vancouver, BC, CA |
55/256 = 21% |
2344 |
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Denver, CO, US |
66/228 = 29% |
2254 |
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CHI ’94 |
Boston, MA, US |
70/263 = 27% |
2618 |
|
CHI ’93 |
Amsterdam, NL |
62/330 = 19% |
1608 |
|
CHI ’92 |
Monterey, CA, US |
67/216 = 31% |
2350 |
|
CHI ’91 |
New Orleans, LA, US |
56/240 = 23% |
1762 |
|
CHI ’90 |
Seattle, WA, US |
47/260 = 18% |
2263 |
|
CHI ’89 |
Austin, TX, US |
54/199 = 27% |
1611 |
|
CHI ’88 |
Washington, DC, US |
39/187 = 21% |
1450 |
|
CHI ’87 |
Toronto, ON, CA |
46/166 = 28% |
1300 |
|
CHI ’86 |
Boston, MA, US |
47/122 = 39% |
1275 |
|
CHI ’85 |
San Francisco, CA, US |
35/170 = 21% |
1250 |
|
CHI ’83 |
Boston, MA, US |
59/176 = 34% |
1000 |
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CHI ’82 |
Gaithersburg, MD, US |
75/165 = 45% |
906 |
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Overall |
1982 to 2019 |
7181/30671 = 23.4% |
*These links provide open access for 12 months after becoming active in the ACM DL.
CHI Attendance
CHI Income
CHI Expenses
CHI Steering Committee
Members (updated January 31st, 2019)
- Regina Bernhaupt (CHI 2020 General co-chair)
- Steve Brewster (CHI 2019 General co-chair, CHI 2013 and 2014 Papers & Notes Co-Chair)
- Andy Cockburn (CHI 2020 TPC co-chair, CHI 2014 and 2015 Papers & Notes Co-Chair)
- Anna Cox (CHI 2018 and CHI 2019 TPC co-chair)
- Ashley Cozzi (for the setup phase only) – ACM liaison and CHI conference historical perspective
- Tovi Grossman (CHI 2014 TPC co-chair)
- Carl Gutwin (CHI 2011 Papers & Notes co-chair)
- Takeo Igarashi (CHI 2021 TPC co-chair)
- Kori Inkpen (CHI 2015 and 2016 TPC co-chair)
- Katherine Isbister (CHI 2021 TPC co-chair)
- Matt Jones (CHI 2014 General co-chair)
- Jinwoo Kim (CHI 2015 General co-chair)
- Yoshifumi Kitamura (CHI 2021 General co-chair)
- Joe Konstan (CHI 2012 chair)
- Regan Mandryk (chair elect) (CHI 2018 General co-chair)
- Jennifer Mankoff (Accessibility at CHI conferences)
- Joanna McGrenere (CHI 2020 TPC co-chair)
- Floyd Mueller (CHI 2020 General co-chair)
- Philippe Palanque (chair) (CHI 2014 General co-chair) – contact Phil here (palanque at acm.org) – CHI 2019 and CHI 2020 liaison
- Aaron Quigley (CHI 2021 General co-chair)
Past members
- Scooter Morris (CHI General co-chair 1992, past SIGCHI VP for conferences and past CMC chair)
- Cliff Lampe (CHI 2016 and CHI 2017 TPC co-chair)
- Allison Druin (CHI 2016 General co-chair)