The event begins with pre-conference workshops and tutorials on Friday, Nov. 14, followed by the conference kick-off cocktail party at 7 p.m. The main conference will begin on Saturday, featuring research and industry talks, a poster/demo session and panel discussions. We’ll celebrate the HCII in style Saturday night at our grand banquet, and reconvene Sunday morning for a few hours of additional activities. Confirmed keynote speakers throughout the weekend include Kerry Bodine, Stuart Card, Karen Holtzblatt and Don Norman. (A list of other confirmed speakers is available here.)

A schedule of events is included below.  Please note that some sessions are in parallel.

Friday, Nov. 14

TimeEventLocation
8:30 a.m.Registration and CoffeeKiesler-Kraut Commons Lobby (NSH 3rd Floor)
9 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
(Includes one 15-minute break.)
Workshops/TutorialsVarious
12:15–1:45 p.m.Lunch BreakTBA
1:45–5 p.m.
(Includes one 15-minute break.)
Workshops/TutorialsVarious
4:30–6:30 p.m.MHCI Reception300 South Craig Street, Room 230
7–10 p.m.Opening Reception407 South Craig Street

Saturday, Nov. 15

The main conference on Saturday and Sunday will take place on the fourth floor of the Gates-Hillman Center (GHC, Gates). The main room will be the Rashid Auditorium (Gates 4401), and the second room will be Gates 4307. Registration and coffee will be in the foyer outside Gates 4401. If the main room or second room fill up, the session will be simulcast to the overflow room, the Raj Reddy Room (Gates 4405).

TimeEventLocationParticipantsArchived Video
8:30 a..m.Registration and CoffeeOutside Gates Hillman Center Room 4405  
9– 9:15 a.m.Welcome and AnnouncementsGHC 4401Brad Myers, Amy Ogan, HCII Director Anind Dey, SCS Dean Andrew MooreVideo
9:15–10:15 a.m.Keynote Address: “What Makes Things Cool? Unpacking the Cool User Experience"Gates 4401Karen Holtzblatt(No video available.)
10:15–10:30 a.m.Break   
10:30–11:30 a.m.Former and Current Program Heads on Education In HCII
 
Gates 4401Bonnie John, Bob Kraut, Jenna Date, Carl Angiolillo, Jason Hong, Laura Ballay (Pittsburgh Masters of HCI); Simone Ashby (Portugal MHCI Program Director); Anind Dey, Scott Hudson (Ph.D.); Richard Scheines, Bob Kraut, Vincent Aleven (Second Major in HCI); Ken Koedinger (METALS)Video
11:30–11:45 a.m.Break   
11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m.Spreading HCIGates 4401Jon Kolko (Austin Center for Design), Elaine Kwong (Bloomberg), James Landay (Stanford)Video
 Ph.D. Alumni in IndustryGates 4307Turadg Aleahmad (Coursera), Daniel Avrahami (FXPAL), Jeff Nichols (Google)Video
12:45–2:30 p.m.Lunch, Poster and Demo SessionAtrium, Newell-Simon HallSee the Poster and Demo Session page. 
2:30–3:30 p.m.MHCI Alumni in IndustryGates 4401Chris Conners (WebKite), Jason Cornwell (Google), Kevin Lee (Visa), Marshall Roch (Facebook)Video
 Ph.D. Alumni in AcademiaGates 4307Tawanna Dillahunt, James Fogarty, Amy HurstVideo
3:30–3:45 p.m.Break   
3:45–4:45 p.m.Future of InteractionGates 4401Chris Harrison (HCII), Ivan Poupyrev (Google), Desney Tan (Microsoft)Video
 Startup CompaniesGates 4307Ayan Kishore, Andrew Ko, Julia Schwarz, Jake WobbrockVideo
4:45–5 p.m.Break   
5–6 p.m.Keynote Address: "From User Experience to Customer Experience"Gates 4401Kerry BodineVideo
6–7 p.m.Break/Transportation to Banquet   
6:30–7:30 p.m.Banquet (Cocktails)Urban Ballroom, Omni William Penn  
7:30–10 p.m.Banquet (Dinner), featuring speaker Don NormanGrand Ballroom, Omni William Penn  

Sunday, Nov. 16

TimeEventLocationParticipantsArchived Video
8:30 a.m.Registration and CoffeeOutside Gates Hillman Center Room 4405  
9–10 a.m.State of the Art in Research: Design and Software and TechnologyGates 4401Steven Dow and John Zimmerman (Design); Scott Hudson and Jen Mankoff (Software and Technology)Video
 State of the Art in Research: Learning and Social ComputingGates 4307Ken Koedinger and Amy Ogan (Learning); Niki Kittur and Bob Kraut (Social Computing)Video
10–10:15 a.m.Break   
10:15–11:15 a.m.HCII: The History and Future of the DepartmentGates 4401Former and Current HCII Directors: Anind Dey, Justine Cassell, Dan Siewiorek, Jim MorrisVideo
11:15–11:30 a.m.Break   
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.Keynote Address: "Theories with a Purpose: Help for Building Stuff"Gates 4401Stuart CardVideo
12:30–12:45 p.m.Closing RemarksGates 4401Anind Dey, Brad Myers, Amy Ogan