Exploring Hybrid: A (hybrid) SIG to discuss hybrid conferences

• Authors: SIGCHI EXECUTIVE Committe; VIVACQUA Adriana S; KUN Andrew L; PASSMORE Cale; MENTIS Helena; ANDRES Josh; TODI Kashyap; RUSSIS Luigi De; JONES Matt; YAMASHITA Naomi; KUMAR Neha; BIDWELL Nicola J; MIRZA-BABAEI Pejman; KUMAR Priya C; BARDZELL Shaowen; KRIGLSTEIN Simone; BRANHAM Stacy M; DRAY Susan; BOLL Susanne; CLEGG Tamara
• Year of publication: 2022
• Type: Article in Proceedings
• Conference: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts (CHI EA '22)
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Informatics
• Web: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3491101.3516405
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3491101.3516405
• Keywords: hybrid, conferences, sustainability, design
• Description: In this special interest group (SIG), we follow up on previous conversations around hybrid models for conferences, conducted in open sessions by the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI) Executive Committee (EC). The COVID-19 pandemic led to a sudden shift to virtual conferences; as we start to go back to in-person events, it is important to reflect on the types of events we desire, and design these accordingly. With this SIG, we hope to share experiences from previous conferences (successful or not) and discuss potential solutions to pending issues. This SIG will be led by VP at Large Adriana S. Vivacqua, with the participation of other EC members.