Photos, Thanks, Awards
Photos, Thanks, Awards
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A huge shoutout to our incredible organising committee for making this year’s event possible:
Grace Stangroome, Brooke Morris, Tegan Roberts-Morgan, Nathalie Alexandra Tcherdakoff, Paul Goddard, Cameron Steer, Adwait Sharma, Fernando Maestre Avila, Maisie Palmer, and Jack Burnett.
Your hard work, creativity, and care were essential to the success of this year’s Pre-CHI.
The committee would like to acknowledge Maura Lydon from Pro2 (see Funders) for her time and help in mentoring the committee: thank you so much Maura!
Committee photos from SWUK and De Cymru Pre-CHI 2025
Thank you to our funders
Thank you to our funders
We would like to acknowledge our lovely sponsors Pro2 (with Maura Lydon), Bristol Interaction Group, and University of Bristol School of Computer Science for keeping our conference free and accessible, with their generous contributions and help. Without them, we would not have catering, or the hardship fund!
A Huge Thank You to All of You!
A Huge Thank You to All of You!
We’d like to express our heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed—from engaging talks, vibrant posters, insightful workshops, exciting demos, to our supportive and inspiring Doctoral Consortia. And of course, thank you to everyone who attended and made the day so special!
Left: Speaker Min Zhou presenting her work (Emotionally Challenging Games Can Satisfy Older Adults’ Psychological Needs) Right 3: Photos from the Special Interest Group: Designing for Neurodiversity (see Programme)
Celebrating Award-Winning Work
Celebrating Award-Winning Work
We were delighted to present Pre-CHI Awards during the day—congratulations again to the winners!
Best PowerPoint: Yoshiaki Shiokawa et. al. (Beyond Vacuuming: How Can We Exploit Domestic Robots’ Idle Time?)
Funniest talk: Eszther Vigh et. al. (Lost in Translation: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Linguistic Inaccessibility in HCI)
Most "Outside the Box" talk: Eszther Vigh et. al. (Lost in Translation: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Linguistic Inaccessibility in HCI)
Quizmaster: Oussama Metatla
Best Session Chair: Patricia Hinojosa
Most Helpful Student Volunteer: Vishal Joshi
Best Demo: Dominic Potts et. al.
Poster you would hang in your house: Mamoru Watanabe et. al.
We were also proud to showcase several award-winning CHI papers during the event, including:
BEST PAPER AWARDS
"It Helps Us Express Our Feelings Without Having To Say Anything": Exploring 'Accompanying Social Play Things' Designed With and For Neurodiverse Groups of Children - Brooke Morris, Hayati Havlucu, Alison Oldfield, Oussama Metatla
How should we design technology with diverse stakeholders who wish not to attend design activities together? - Otuu Obinna Ogbonnia
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
RetroSketch: A Retrospective Method for Measuring Emotions and Presence in Virtual Reality - Dominic Potts, Miloni Gada, Aastha Gupta, Kavya Goel, Klaus Phillip Krzok, Genevieve Pate, Joseph Hartley, Mark Weston-Arnold, Jakob Aylott, Christopher Clarke, Crescent Jicol, Christof Lutteroth
Rethinking Lived Experience in Chronic Illness: Navigating Bodily Doubt with Consumer Technology in Atrial Fibrillation Self-Care - Paul Marshall, Aisling O'Kane, Graham Stuart, Rachel Keys
Pictured are the 5 receivers of the 6 first Pre-CHI awards mentioned above
Thanks again for being part of such a vibrant and thoughtful community. We can’t wait to see you at CHI 2025 and back at Pre-CHI next year!
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