CHI Conference History
Human Factors in Computer Systems
Location: National Bureau of Standards
Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
Date: March 15-17, 1982
Chair: Jean A. Nichols - Central Intelligence Agency
Sponsor: Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology
National Bureau of Standards
U.S. Department of Commerce
Washington, D.C. Chapter
Association for Computing Machinery
Attendance: approx. 900
CHI'83
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Location: Boston Park Plaza Hotel
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Date: December 12-15, 1983
Chair: Raoul N. Smith - Northeastern University
TP Chair: Richard W. Pew - Bolt, Beranek & Newman
Sponsor: Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest
Group on Computer & Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI)
Human Factors Society
Attendance: approx. 1050
CHI'85
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Location: Hyatt Regency at Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, California, USA
Date: April 14-18, 1985
Co-Chairs: Lorraine Borman - Northwestern University
Austin Henderson - Xerox PARC
TP Chair: Bill Curtis - MCC
Sponsor: The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest
Group on Computer and Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI)
Attendance: 1141
CHI'86
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Location: Boston Marriott Copley Place
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Date: April 13-17, 1986
Co-Chairs: Marilyn Mantei - University of Michigan
Raoul Smith - Northeastern University
TP Chair: Stuart K. Card - Xerox PARC
Sponsor: The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest
Group on Computer and Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI)
Attendance: 1353
CHI+GI 1987
Human Factors in Computing Systems and Graphics Interface
Location: Toronto Hilton Harbour Castle
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date: April 5-9, 1987
Co-Chairs: Ronald Baecker - University of Toronto
William Buxton - University of Toronto
TP Co-Chairs: John Carroll - IBM Research at Yorktown Heights
Peter Tanner - University of Waterloo
Sponsors: The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest
Group on Computer and Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI)
The Canadian Information Processing Society's Canadian
Man-Computer Communications Society (CIPS/CMCCS)
Attendance: 1521
CHI'88
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Location: Omni-Shoreham Hotel
Washington, DC, USA
Date: May 15-19, 1988
Chair: John J. O'Hare - Office of Naval Research
TP Chair: Sylvia B. Sheppard - Computer Technology Associates, Inc.
Sponsor: The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest
Group on Computer and Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI)
Attendance: 1470
CHI'89
'Wings for the Mind'
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Location: Stouffer's Austin
Austin, Texas, USA
Date: April 30 - May 4,1989
Chair: Bill Curtis - MCC
TP Chair: Clayton Lewis - University of Colorado
Sponsor: The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest
Group on Computer and Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI)
Attendance: 1647
CHI'90
'Empowering People'
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Location: Sheraton Hotel and Tower and
Washington State Convention and Trade Center
Seattle, Washington, USA
Date: April 1-5, 1990
Co-Chairs: Gene Lynch - Tektronix, Inc.
Jon Meads - Bell-Northern Research
TP Chair: John Whiteside - DEC
Sponsor: The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest
Group on Computer and Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI)
Attendance: 2314
CHI'91
'Reaching Through Technology'
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Location: Sheraton New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Date: April 28 - May 2, 1991
Co-Chairs: Keith Butler - Boeing Advanced Technology Center
John Thomas - NYNEX Science and Technology
TP Chairs: Gary M. Olson - University of Michigan
Judith S. Olson - University of Michigan
Sponsor: The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest
Group on Computer and Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI)
Attendance: ~2100
CHI'92
'Striking a Balance'
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Location: Monterey Convention Center and
DoubleTree Hotel and
Monterey Marriott
Monterey, California, USA
Date: May 3-7, 1992
Co-Chairs: James R. Miller - Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
John "Scooter" Morris - Genentech, Inc.
TP Co-Chairs: Gene Lynch - Tektronix, Inc.
John Bennett - IBM Almaden Research Center
Sponsor: The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest
Group on Computer and Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI)
Attendance: ~2600
INTERCHI'93
'Bridges Between Worlds'
CHI'93 and INTERACT'93
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Location: RAI Convention Center
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Date: April 24-29, 1993
Co-Chairs: Bert Arnold - Delft University of Technology (NL)
Gerrit van der Veer - University of Twente and
Vrije Universiteit (NL)
Ted White - University of Twente and
University of Utrecht (NL)
TP Co-Chairs: Austin Henderson - Xerox PARC
Erik Hollnagel - CRI (DK)
Sponsor: The Association for Computing Machinery/Special Interest
Group on Computer and Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI)
under the aegis of the
International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)
in cooperation with the
IFIP Technical Committee 13 on Human Computer Interaction
(IFIP TC.13)
Attendance: ~1575
CHI'94
'Celebrating Interdependence'
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Location: Boston Sheraton and Towers and
Hynes Convention Center
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Date: April 24-28, 1994
Co-Chairs: Wendy Kellogg - IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Tom Hewett - Drexel University
TP Co-Chairs: Tom Landauer - Bellcore
Wendy Mackay - Rank Xerox EuroPARC
Sponsor: The Association for Computing Machinery/Special Interest
Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI)
Attendance: ~2600
CHI'95
'Mosaic of Creativity'
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Location: Denver Convention Center
Denver, Colorado, USA
Date: May 7-11 1995
Co-Chairs: Terry Roberts - U S WEST Advanced Technologies
Scott Robertson - U S WEST Advanced Technologies
TP Co-Chairs: Clayton Lewis - University of Colorado
Peter Polson - University of Colorado
Sponsor: The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest
Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI)
CHI'96
'Common Ground'
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Date: April 14-18, 1996
Co-Chairs: Michael Tauber - University Paderborn
Kevin Schofield - Microsoft
TP Co-Chairs: Bonnie Nardi - Apple Computer Advanced Technology Group
Gerrit Van der Veer - Vrije Universiteit (NL)
Sponsor: The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest
Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI)