Please join us at the ProteaCHI symposium in Cape Town in December 2026

Edward White <[email protected]> Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:03:03 +0300

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To whom it may concern,

We at the *ACM South African Special Interest Group in Computer-Human
Interaction known as ProteaCHI* are excited to announce our first
symposium, which will be held from* Monday the 30th of November to Thursday
the 3rd of December at Emeris Campus in Cape Town, South Africa*.

The aim for the symposium is to grow the human-computer interaction
community in Africa and South Africa, culminating in increased submissions
to both ACM AfriCHI 2027 in Lagos, Nigeria and ACM CHI 2028 which is to be
held in Cape Town in South Africa. Moreover, we are hoping that, through
this initiative, it will culminate in the advancement and development of
ACM SIGCHI chapters throughout the continent. For those coming from
industry, NPO/NGOs, as well as research and development are also invited to
join the event and help grow the network.

We hereby invite you, your colleague and or students to join us in Cape
Town. There is no registration fees to attend, you will however need to
cover your accommodation, flights and travel costs.

*Please distribute this to your networks who would like to take part in
this initiative. *

*Academic and students*
For you, your colleagues and or students to partake in our symposium we
require the following:

- You present your research or workshop which aligns to the topic
of "Embracing
HCI for an Empowered Africa and South Africa" at the symposium.
- Both you, your colleagues and or your students are required to become =
ACM
SIGCHI <https://sigchi.org/people/membership/> and ProteaCHI
<https://forms.gle/q8gHftnC5zvXxU1p9>members.
- You can find the additional requirements for you under "Academics
requirements" and students " Student requirements" at the end of this
email.
- All your and your student materials are sent to us via the relevant
form by relevant documentation is* submitted by 13:00 South African
Standard time on Thursday the 1st of October, 2026.*
- All submissions received will be guided by our speakers and organisers
to prepare their submission for AfriCHI 2027 and or CHI 2028.

*Industry/NPO/NGOs*

- You present your research or workshop which aligns to the topic
of "Embracing
HCI for an Empowered Africa and South Africa" at the symposium from an
industry perspective to provide academics and their students insights fr=
om
an alternative view.
- You are required to become ACM SIGCHI
<https://sigchi.org/people/membership/> and ProteaCHI
<https://forms.gle/q8gHftnC5zvXxU1p9>members.
- You can find the additional requirements for you under "Industry
requirements" at the end of this email.
- All your and your student materials are sent to us via the relevant
form by relevant documentation is* submitted by 13:00 South African
Standard time on Thursday the 1st of October, 2026.*

*Dates and travel information*

- *Those travelling from outside South Africa please ensure that you
obtain your visas, vaccinations, etc. well before your travel dates. *
- *Your are expected to arrive on the afternoon/evening of Sunday **the
29th of November **and fly out on the evening of the Thursday the 3rd of
December 2026. If there is no late flight please arrange a flight for
Friday the 4th of December. *

*Participation *
Please note that for you to engage in our symposium we will require all
attendees to present their research as either academic, researcher or
student and be registered ACM SIGCHI <https://sigchi.org/people/membership/=
>
and ProteaCHI <https://forms.gle/q8gHftnC5zvXxU1p9> as a members.

*Schedule*
The planned schedule for the event will look like the following:

[image: Schedule.jpg]

*We will be having the following speakers talking at the event:*

- Professor Anicia Peters
<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3Dhs32NncAAAAJ&hl=3Den> from =
the
Namibian National Commission on Research, Science and Technology
- Professor Heike Winschiers-Theophilus
<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3DmX_E1DYAAAAJ&hl=3Dde> from =
the
Namibia University of Science and Technology
- Professor Bill Tucker
<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3DPzzfct4AAAAJ&hl=3Den> from
the Stellenbosch
University
- Professor Melissa Densmore
<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3D5Bqgw2gAAAAJ&hl=3Den> from =
the
University of Cape Town
- Dr Jacki O'Neill
<https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=3Dde&user=3D3frDpO4AAAAJ> from
Microsoft Research Africa, Nairobi
- Dr Elizabeth Ankarah
<https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=3Dde&user=3D3frDpO4AAAAJ> from
Microsoft Research Africa, Nairobi
- and you

We are really hoping that you will be able to join us and contribute to
this being a successful symposium.
If you have any thoughts on schedule or would like to propose some ideas
please reach out to myself, Melissa or Sarina.

Best wishes,
Fazlyn, Melissa, Sarina and Ted

P.S. Questions, queries, comments contact Ted and I will help to the best
of my abilities.

*You can find the academic and student requirements below:*

*Student requirements [Submit it all here *=E2=86=92
https://forms.gle/1v2ptKxK7kVi7V7D7*] *
*Personal information *

1. Join both ACM SIGCHI <https://sigchi.org/people/membership/> and
ProteaCHI as a member here: https://forms.gle/5aDKVRuFuyWXXF1N8
2. Provide a copy of student registration and results.

*Research information *
Please provide us your research project, which includes the following:

1. Title
2. An abstract of 100 words maximum,
3. Keywords (five),
4. Description of the research for a maximum of five pages which has an
introduction, research questions, methodology, findings and conclusion
5. References

*Please note the following:** We are only accepting PDF format.
* The research cannot be published anywhere.
* An ACM referencing style must be used throughout the project/paper,
including references.
** You can only use Generative AI/LLMs for editing, language and styling
and not writing of the articles.*

*Academic/researchers requirements [Submit it all here * =E2=86=92
https://forms.gle/eFoorYs9TmsNGjsx8*] *

1. Join both ACM SIGCHI <https://sigchi.org/people/membership/> and
ProteaCHI as a member here: https://forms.gle/5aDKVRuFuyWXXF1N8

*Academics from you we request the following:*
Please provide us your research project or workshop proposal, which
includes the following:
1) an abstract of 100 words maximum,
2) keywords (five),
3) description of the research for a maximum of two pages which has an
introduction, research questions, methodology, findings and conclusion

*Industry requirements [Submit it all here * =E2=86=92
https://forms.gle/9NYGunBqFRggwHBk9*] *

1. Join both ACM SIGCHI <https://sigchi.org/people/membership/> and
ProteaCHI as a member here: https://forms.gle/5aDKVRuFuyWXXF1N8

*Industry from you we request the following:*
Please provide us your research project or workshop proposal, which
includes the following:
1) an abstract of 100 words maximum,
2) keywords (five),
3) description of the research for a maximum of two pages which has an
introduction, research questions, methodology, findings and conclusion

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