We invite HCI researchers working in France and neighboring countries to join us for a two-day mini-conference around CHI'24 as part of the para.chi initiative. Our goal is to create a space to discuss the latest works accepted in CHI, to foster new ideas and future collaborations, and to explore the future of hybrid conferences. Our program will include CHI’24 keynotes, presentations of accepted CHI papers from researchers attending the mini-conference, and discussions on a variety of topics. The event will be in person at the Inria Paris research Center. The default language of this event is English.

Some of the motivations for participating in this event include: the #whychi movement and the geopolitical implications of holding the conference in Hawaii, the desire to reduce the carbon footprint of air travel and scientific conferences, and the interest in supporting stronger local interactions.

Registration

The event is free. We will provide snacks for the breaks but lunch will not be provided.

Registration is open and mandatory as Inria requires a complete list of attendees a week before the event. 

The deadline for registration is on 9 May 2024.

We have a maximum capacity of 60 participants, if you registered and changed your mind or cannot make it, let us know ! Holding a seat will block other people from attending.

Program

Please note the program is tentative. While the beginning and end times are certain, we may reorder the sessions for organizational reasons and based on the final number of paper presentations.

Day 1 – Thursday 16 May 2024

09:30–10:00 Welcome coffee

10:00–10:30 Mini-conference opening

10:30–12:00 Paper session 1 

12:00–14:00 Lunch break

14:00–15:30 Topic discussion session 

15:30–16:00 Break

16:00–17:30 CHI opening keynote / Lifetime awards

Day 2 – Friday 17 May 2024

08:15–8:45 Welcome coffee

08:45–10:15 Topic discussion session 

10:15–10:45 Break

10:45–12:15 Paper session 2

12:15–14:15 Lunch break

14:15–15:45 Round table on conference hub formats

15:45–16:15 Break

16:15–17:45 CHI closing keynote / Lifetime awards

Paper presentation sessions  

These sessions propose first authors or co-authors of papers accepted at CHI'24 to present their work. Following the CHI format, each presenter will have 10 to 15 minutes for their presentation, followed by a 15 minutes Q&A with the audience.  Below are the list of authors that already proposed to present their work.

Paper session 1 (Thu):

• Thibault Raffaillac
  Supporting Interdisciplinary Research with Cards-based Workshops - A Case Study on Participatory Planning for Mountain Pastoralism
  
  

• Elise Bonnail
  Was it Real or Virtual? Confirming the Occurrence and Explaining Causes of Memory Source Confusion between Reality and Virtual Reality
  
  

• Julien Gori
  Model-based Evaluation of Recall-based Interaction Techniques
  
  

• Anne-Flore Cabouat
  Position paper: A case to study the relationship between data visualization readability and visualization literacy
  
  

Paper session 2 (Fri):

• Solène Lambert
  Understanding Takeovers and Telestration in Laparoscopic Surgery to Inform Telementoring System Design
  
  

• Natalie Bressa
  Input Visualization: Collecting and Modifying Data with Visual Representations
  
  

• Petra Isenberg
  Glanceable Data Visualizations for Older Adults: Establishing Thresholds and Examining Disparities Between Age Groups
  
  

Topic discussion sessions

This format proposes participants to curate, present, and discuss a selection of papers from CHI'24 that revolve around a common theme of interest (for example 2 to 5 papers). These sessions aim to provide an overview of a topic and stimulate discussions among attendees. Each presenter will have 30 minutes for their topic, which can, for example, be divided into a 5 to 10-minute presentation, followed by a 20 to 25-minute discussion with the other participants. Examples of topics: "Privacy and boundaries", " Data Visualization and Literacy"...

Venue

para.chi.paris will take place at the Inria Paris research center, in the 12th arrondissement, 2 rue Simone Iff.

The closest metro stations are:

• Montgallet (line 8, North-East, 7 min walk, last metro at 00:45)

• Dugommier (lines 6 and 8, South-East, 8 min walk, last metro at 00:45)

• Gare de Lyon (lines 1 and 14, RER A and D, North-West, 13 min walk).

You may use an application such as Citymapper (Android, iPhone) to plan your trips inside Paris. Be sure to check for planned maintenance on your lines before traveling.

Metro/RER/bus/tram Ticket t+ may be bought in any station at 2.15€ each. Please note that once validated you may commute inside the metro/RER network or tram/bus network at will, but you may not commute between the two networks (e.g. taking the metro then switching to tram).

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