CHI 2008 was held from May 5-10 in Florence, Italy.
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Committee
Conference Chairs
Mary Czerwinski, Microsoft Research
Arnie Lund, Microsoft
Conference Chair Assistant
Jon Froehlich, University of Washington
Technical Program Chair
Desney Tan, Microsoft Research
Technical Program Chair Assistant
T. Scott Saponas, University of Washington
VP for Conferences
Gerrit van der Veer, Vrije Universiteit
ACM Liaison
Brooke Hardy, ACM
Papers Chairs
Margaret Burnett, Oregon State University
Maria Francesca Costabile, University of Bari
Notes Chairs
Tiziana Catarci, University of Rome “La Sapienza”
Boris de Ruyter, Philips Research
Workshops Chairs
Philippe Palanque, IRIT
Carmen Santoro, ISTI-CNR, Pisa
Courses Chairs
Luca Chittaro, University of Udine
Steven Poltrock, The Boeing Company
Interactivity Chairs
Steve Brewster, University of Glasgow
Matt Jones, Swansea University
Work-in-Progress Chairs
Kris Luyten, Hasselt University
Manuel Perez-Quinones, Virginia Tech
Doctoral Consortium Chairs
Joseph Konstan, University of Minnesota
Alistair Sutcliffe, University of Manchester
Student Design Competition Chairs
Jon Kolko, frog design
Ilona Posner, Usability Consultant
Special Interest Groups Chairs
Richard Anderson, Riander
Effie Law, ETH Zurich
alt.chi Chairs
Louise Barkhuus, University of Glasgow
Joseph “Jofish” Kaye, Cornell University
Student Research Competition Chairs
Kori Inkpen, Microsoft Research
Luciano Gamberini, University of Padova
Research Landscapes Chairs
Piero Mussio, University of Milano
Khai N. Truong, University of Toronto
Education Chairs
Alan Dix, Lancaster University
Stefano Levialdi, University of Rome “La Sapienza”
Design Chairs
Jonathan Arnowitz, Google Inc
Elizabeth Dykstra-Erickson, ACCESS Systems Americas
Sebastiano Bagnara, University degli Studi di Siena
Usability Chairs
John Karat, IBM Research
Manfred Tscheligi, University of Salzburg
Engineering Chairs
Alberto del Bimbo, University of Florence
Fabio Paterno, ISTI-CNR, Pisa
Management Chairs
Ping Zhang, Syracuse University
Roberto Polillo, University of Milano Bicocca
Student Volunteer Chairs
Kirstie Hawkey, University of British Columbia
Nicolai Marquardt, Bauhaus University Weimar
CHI Madness Chairs
Gonzalo Ramos, Microsoft LiveLabs
Jeffrey Nichols, IBM Research
Communications Chairs
Helena Mentis, Pennsylvania State University
Jon Kolko, frog design
Sponsors & Exhibits Coordinator
Carol Klyver
ePublications Chairs
T. Scott Saponas, University of Washington
Joshua Gross, Pennsylvania State University
Print Publications Chairs
Bongshin Lee, Microsoft Research
Kathy Seyama, Qualcomm Inc.
Julie Kientz, Georgia Tech
Design Director
Oscar Murillo, Microsoft
Technology Liaison
John “Scooter” Morris, University of California, San Francisco
Logistics Coordinators
Paul Henning, CLC
Janee Pelletier, CLC
Local Arrangements Chair
Sebastiano Bagnara, University degli Studi di Siena
CHI 2008 Attendance
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CHI 2008 Income
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CHI 2008 Expenses
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Survey Data
Survey data from conference attendees is available for PDF download.