This part-day workshop will be organised as part of the ACM CHI 2019 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, held in Glasgow, UK between 4 and 9 May 2019.

ArabHCI is an initiative inaugurated in CHI17 SIG Meeting that brought together HCI researchers/practitioners from the Arab World with those who are conducting/interested in research in this context. The goal was to start a community that explores challenges and unique opportunities for future research in Arab countries and with Arab participants. This ArabHCI workshop aims at draw a roadmap for future HCI research and practice in the Arab world. With Arab and non-Arab researchers and practitioners, we are looking forward to deepening and expanding the discussion on current research trends in the region and envisioning future agenda by reflecting on existing practices and synthesising published research.

We invite researchers, practitioners, and students to envision an agenda for the future reflecting on their own practice and research. The workshop will result in developing a research and/or practice agenda specific to the Arab world. Submitted position papers must not exceed four pages in the CHI Extended Abstract Format including references. The submissions should be sent in PDF format to (submit@arabhci.org). Position papers will be selected based on the contribution to the workshop theme, quality of presentation, and potential to stimulate discussions. Upon acceptance, at least one of the authors must register for both the workshop and for at least one day of the main conference.

Workshop Abstract: Download

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Workshop Programme:
08:00 – 08:15      Opening and ice-breaker

08:15 – 08:30      Introductions of participants using trading cards

08:30 – 09:00     Keynote by Bryan Semaan from Syracuse University

09:00 – 09:30     Themes introduction and selected position papers oral presentations

09:30 – 10:15       Group activity 1: thematic round table discussions

10:15 – 10:30        Group activity debrief from each table
10:30 – 11:00        Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00        Group activity 2: Drafting future agendas and action plans
12:00 – 12:15        Coffee Break

12:15 – 13:00        Group activity presentation on their proposed agendas

13:00 – 13:15        Closing

Organizers:
Ebtisam Alabdulqader – Open Lab, Newcastle University, UK; CCIS, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Shaimaa Lazem – Informatics Research Institute, SRTA-city, Egypt
Soud Nassir – IDHuP, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Mennatallah Saleh – Hamm-lippstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Sarah Armoush – Open Lab, Newcastle University, UK
Susan Dray – Dray Associates, USA

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