We're delighted to share the April issue of Voices of SIGCHI, our quarterly newsletter! In this issue, you’ll find:

• A tribute honoring the life of ACM's former CEO and President Vicki L. Hanson

• Updates on SIGCHI’s financial health

• A retrospective from Judy Olson on the early days of building the HCI community

• Thought-provoking posts from volunteers of ACM Interactive Health, the Research Ethics Committee, and Publications Committee

• Reflections on community-building and volunteer efforts around chapters, regions, mentorship, and HCI education

• Member spotlights showcasing the people and perspectives that shape SIGCHI

We hope you enjoy reading, and please be on the lookout for our open call for the July issue.

Please see below a note from Regan Mandryk, Sven Mayer, and Anna Cox, who have been leading a working group of the CHI Steering Committee to rethink peer review. Those of you at our recent Town Hall Preview would have heard them present their plans as they move forward. Please see instructions below to give them feedback now, at CHI, or later!

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Since 2024, a working group of the CHI Steering Committee has been working on reimagining peer review. We have held community input sessions, had an online feedback forum, and have met regularly over the last 2 years. We created reports on what other conferences (within SIGCHI and the ACM, but also beyond) have been doing. We looked to other review processes (e.g., grants, faculty search, grad school application, University ranking) for inspiration. We used previous CHI submission data to run simulations. We engaged in role-playing exercises where we enacted different review structures and processes. This all culminated in an in-person meeting in January 2026, where we finalized our proposal for CHI full papers review processes moving forward. We sought input and feedback from various stakeholders and discussed it with the CHI Steering Committee and the SIGCHI Executive Committee.

Our proposal is a 5-point action plan, with interconnected solutions which can be found at this link.

Now, we are reaching out to the larger CHI community for your input and feedback. You may provide feedback in person at CHI 2026 (Wednesday afternoon at 2:15 in the Auditorium), or via this online form.

Best wishes,

Regan, Sven & Anna

Please take our membership survey and help us identify areas where we are doing well, things that we can improve, and where we should develop new initiatives.

SIGCHI strives to create an enriching and supportive environment and we want to make sure the SIGCHI member experience is aligned with this goal. We look forward to your responses and to communicating back the results!

The survey will remain open until April 5, 2026.