The technical program - the main portion of the conference - runs from Monday through Thursday. We also invite you to explore the pre-conference courses and workshops that are offered on Saturday and Sunday (note that workshop attendance is limited to those who have approval from the workshop organizers).
Posters will be featured during the extended coffee break sessions. Work In Progress posters featured during the Tuesday morning coffee break will be available for viewing throughout Monday and Tuesday, and Work In Progress posters featured during the Wednesday morning coffee break will be available for viewing throughout the day Wednesday and Thursday. Posters from the Student Research Competition, Student Design Competition, Doctoral Consortium, and Workshops will be available for viewing throughout the conference, and will be featured during the Thursday morning coffee break. Interactivity demos will be shown Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 2:30 - 6:00, as well as during the conference reception on Monday evening.
Saturday, April 4 | Sunday, April 5 | Monday, April 6 | Tuesday, April 7 | Wednesday, April 8 | Thursday, April 9 || Courses || View by Author || View by Affiliation
| 8.30 AM - 10:00 AM | Opening Plenary: Judith Olson, University of California at Irvine, "Even Small Distance Matters: Social Ergonomics in Collocated and Remote Teams" | |||||||||||||
| 10.00 AM - 10.30 AM | CHI Madness: A fast-paced concatenation of 25-second previews for all papers, notes, and case studies of the day | |||||||||||||
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM |
| Creativity, Challenges, and Opportunities in Social Computing |
| Expertise/People finding | Design Methods | Navigation | New Tabletop Input and Output Methods | Touch and Feel | Aesthetics | Driving User Centered Design into IT Organizations -- Is It Possible? | Courses | Courses | Courses | Courses |
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
| What Can User Experience Learn from Food Design | Robots | Education and Science | Personal Information Management | Clicking on Buttons | Privacy and Trust | Specific User Populations | Real Life and Real Work: Real Experiences Negotiating the Competing Needs of Illness, Disability, Children, and Work | End User Software Engineering: CHI 2009 Special Interest Group Meeting | Courses | Courses | Courses | Courses |
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM |
| Invited Talk: Jan Chipchase on "Designing for Global Impact" |
| Creative Thought and Self-Improvement | Telepresence and Online Media | Learning Challenges | Tangibles on Tables | Feel the Love, Love the Feel | Growing up Programming: Democratizing the Creations of Dynamic, Interactive Media | Designing for Families | Courses | Courses | Courses | Courses |
Evening Events:
Conference Reception
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall D