ACM CHI 2027 Digital Experience Competition: Build New Interactive Conference Experiences by December 4
The subject is the attendee experience, not a generic art contest
ACM CHI, a major international conference in human-computer interaction, is inviting designers, software makers, accessibility researchers and creative technologists to rethink how attendees experience its 2027 meeting. The call is not for a simple conference schedule clone. Instead it asks for original applications that help people discover unfamiliar interests, find communities across a very large gathering, connect with relevant talks or make a first visit less intimidating. Applicants may propose responsive websites, mobile-first tools or other working interactive software.
December 4 prototype deadline and a public showcase
Submissions opened on 11 September 2026. The organiser lists Friday 4 December 2026 as the prototype deadline, with notifications expected toward the end of January 2027 and an integration and testing phase during April. Accepted work will be demonstrated at ACM CHI 2027 in Pittsburgh from 10–14 May 2027. CHI also proposes category awards for user experience, creativity, accessibility and related design strengths. This announcement does not set out a cash-prize pool, so teams should not treat an award as guaranteed funding for travel or development.
Conference data and proposed technical resources
The event supplies historical programme information in JSON format to help creators test their designs, plus a live JSON-update API for programme changes during the conference. Organisers may be able to offer computing and large-language-model API credits to shortlisted teams, but say that sponsorship is still being pursued; these credits should not be presented as confirmed. A good application should respect participant privacy, avoid implying that all attendee profiles are freely available and provide access for users with different disabilities and devices.
A verifiable HCI host and a product-minded application
The ACM CHI series is operated under the Association for Computing Machinery's human-computer interaction community, with well-established conferences and research publication archives. Its CHI 2027 official website directs participants to a separate dedicated digital-experience platform for the submission form and technical documentation. Teams should prepare a reproducible demo, explain their key use case and make their work easy to test on a phone. Check licensing and deployment responsibilities in the live competition terms before committing outside development services.
Official organiser information / 主催者公式情報 / 原始規章
Information verified on 23 October 2026. Application rules, dates, fees and eligibility may change. Check the original organiser before submitting or paying.