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Wednesday | Late Afternoon | 16:30—17:50
n SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP | 11A
HCI RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN ARABIC
UNIVERSITIES
ORGANIZERS
Habib M. Fardoun, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Jose A. Gallud, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Daniyal Alghazzawi, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
“HCI Research and Education in Arabic Universities” SIG objective
is to identify the century challenges for Arabic universities to
improve the HCI research and promote the international presence
in cooperation projects.
n SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP INVITED| 11B
ENGINEERING COMMUNITY: THE ROLE OF
ENGINEERING WORK IN CHI
ORGANIZERS
Ruven Brooks, Ruven Brooks Consulting, USA
Nicholas Graham, Queen’s University, Canada
Jeffrey Nichols, IBM Research, USA
Philippe Palanque, Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse, France
Fabio Paternò, CNR-ISTI, Italy
This SIG is a forum to discuss the state of the engineering
community and how to strengthen its role in CHI.
86 | ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
SPECIAL EVENT
JOINT HOSPITALITY RECEPTION
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
1800 North Congress Avenue, Austin
18:30–20:30
This year, a joint hospitality reception will be held
at the beautiful Bob Bullock Texas State History
Museum. Your badge is your ticket to enter the
museum (and transportation), so please be sure
to wear it. Delicious Texas-style hors d'oeuvres will
be served, and a full bar is available. (You pick up
your drink tickets at the door). In addition to
meeting our hosts and networking with old and
new colleagues in this lovely venue, you can visit
all of the fascinating exhibits which will be
specially open for our conference attendees.
The well-stocked gift shop will also offer a special
10% discount on all purchases this evening.
Busing Available
Buses will be running throughout the event to
take you to and from the museum. Pick up
and drop off will take place in front of the
convention center.
CHI Champion Hosts:
Bloomberg Google, Inc.
eBay/PayPal Microsoft Corp.
Friend of CHI Host:
Samsung UX Center America
Other Hosts:
IBM
Virginia Tech, University of California Irvine,
University of Maryland, Iowa State University,
and Cornell University