CHI 2009 Press Information Sheet
Welcome!
Welcome to CHI 2009! We are delighted you are here, and we hope that you will enjoy your time covering the conference. As the premier international conference on human-computer interaction, CHI 2009 is a conference with great depth and breadth, and often it is difficult to decide to attend. In addition to the special press events that we have scheduled, you may wish to attend the “CHI Madness” session first thing in the morning. At CHI Madness, presenters of the day are given 30 seconds each to convince attendees to attend to their particular session. This can lead to a somewhat frenetic, though often entertaining overview of the day’s activities.
Scheduled Press Events
To assist you, we have arranged several press events that we hope you will attend. They have been scheduled during the breaks so you will not have to miss sessions, and they are listed at the end of this document. We will be adding to these events, so please check in with the press office daily, and leave us your contact information so we can forward updates as we have them. You will also find hard copies of our press kit in the press office.
Special Seating/Private Tour
Please note that we have special press seating in the front of the opening and closing plenary sessions, the software/food design panel, the panel on mobile technologies for children, and the invited talk by Nokia Design’s Jan Chipchase. We also have a private press tour of the Interactivity Demonstrations arranged just before the reception on Monday evening. Please let us know if you are planning to attend these events when you sign in, so we can make sure we have enough seating.
Support for Arranging Interviews
In addition to our scheduled events, we will do our best to locate presenters you wish to interview. Please let a Student Volunteer or CHI 2009 committee member in the press office know if you would like to arrange an interview and we will try to help. You may also use the press office to conduct interviews that you set up yourself, as long as we do not have a conflicting event in the press office.
Press Office Hours / Location
Sunday ONLY - Room 303 7:30 am – 5:30 pm (17:30)
Monday through Thursday - Room 300
- Monday 8:00 am – *5:45 pm (17:45)
*Meet for Private Press Tour of Interactivity - Tuesday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm (17:30)
- Wednesday 8:00 am – 5:30 pm (17:30)
- Thursday 8:00 am – 4:00 pm (16:00)
Press Activity Schedule
CHI 2009 Press Scheduled Activities - Monday, April 6th
8:30 - 10:30 am (Ballroom A)
Opening Plenary (Recommended Session – Press seating at front)
1:00 - 1:30 pm (Room 300)
Sixth Sense (Interview Session)
Pattie Maes, Director of the Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT Media Lab
Pranav Mistry, Researcher & PhD Candidate, Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT Media Lab
4:00 - 4:30 pm (Room 300)
What Can User Experience Learn from Food Design? (Interview Session)*
Patanjali S. Venkatacharya, Chief Evangelist & Architect in the Applications User Experience, Oracle USA
Jody Adams, Executive Chef at Rialto Restaurant
Jason Santos, Executive Chef at Gargoyles on the Square
Daniel Schwartz, Senior Interaction Designer, Oracle USA
Dr. Ronald Baecker, Chair in Human-Computer Interaction, and founder, Director, and Chief Scientist of the Knowledge Media Design Institute at the University of Toronto
*Note: You may wish to attend the actual panel session from 2:30 – 4:00pm in Ballroom B. The press office interview is scheduled for immediately after this session.
4:30 - 6:00 pm (Ballroom B)
Designing for Global Impact (Recommended Session – Press seating at front)
6:00 - 6:30 pm (Exhibit Hall D)
Private Press Tour of Interactivity Demonstrations
See separate document for descriptions of individual demonstrations. Interactivity Demos can be viewed on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon as well.
CHI 2009 Press Scheduled Activities - Tuesday, April 7th
10:30 - 11:30 am (Room 300)
Mobile Technologies for the World’s Children Panel (Interview Session)*
Allison Druin, Director of the Human Computer Interaction Lab, University of Maryland
David Cavallo, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)
Jim Gray, LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc.
Glenda Revelle, Sesame Workshop
Christopher Fabian, UNICEF
Benjamin Bederson, University of Maryland
Yvonne Rogers, Open University, UK
*Note: You may wish to attend the actual panel session from 9:00 – 10:30am in Ballroom B. The press office interview is scheduled for immediately after this session.
1:00 - 1:30 pm (Room 300)
Sixth Sense (Additional Interview Session)
Pattie Maes, Director of the Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT Media Lab
Pranav Mistry, Researcher & PhD Candidate, Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT Media Lab
4:00 - 4:30 pm (Room 300)
Wattfinder: A Residential Electricity Monitoring and Feedback System (Interview Session)
Dane Petersen, graduate student, Indiana University's School of Informatics
Jay Steele, graduate student, Indiana University's School of Informatics
Joe Wilkerson, graduate student, Indiana University's School of Informatics
| Contact: | Rosemary W. Stevens Ace Public Relations (650) 494-2800 chi2009media@gmail.com |
