CHI PLAY 2026

Hi Thais, PCS is now open for Full Paper submissions. We look forward to your work! :)

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✨Full paper submissions for CHI PLAY 2026 are now open via PCS!

Submit at: new.precisionconference.com/submissions
(Select SIGCHI ➡️ CHI PLAY 2026)

Deadline: February 18, 2026 (AoE)
Conference: York, UK, Nov 2-5, 2026

We're looking forward to your submissions!

#chiplay2026 #chiplay #sigchi

Hi Thais! Thanks for reaching out. There's no error on your side, we're simply still working on the PCS setup. We'll share an announcement once PCS is open for CHI Play 2026 submissions!

Just a reminder that the volunteer form for #chiplay2026 Associate Chair is closing tomorrow! Please consider filling out the form if you're interested in being an AC!

CHI PLAY 2026 Full Papers AC Volunteering Form Please fill out this form by January 22nd, 2026 if you are interested in serving as an Associate Chair for the CHI PLAY 2026 conference program committee - the ACM SIGCHI-sponsored conference on Playe...

✨Want to get involved with #chiplay2026?

We are inviting applications for Associate Chair (AC) volunteers to support the review process.

📝 Apply here until 22nd January, 2026: forms.gle/D3axemPJFE5B...

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We have published the Call for Papers for #CHIPLAY2026!

CHI PLAY 2026 will take place November 2-5 in York, United Kingdom.
Deadline for Full Paper Submissions is February 18, 2026 (23:59 AoE).

The full call is available here: chiplay.acm.org/2026/full-pa...

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Meaningful Play - Center for Transformational Play - Carnegie Mellon University The Center for Transformational Play for presents Meaningful Play 2026, hosted by Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in partnership with Michigan State University

You saw the panel, now mark your calendars! Join @cmuctp.bsky.social for Meaningful Play Fall 2026. Meaningful Play brings together academics, game designers, and educators to explore how games and play can change people’s lives. Learn more 👉 cmu.edu/ctp/conferences/meaningful-play.html

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After CHI PLAY is before CHI PLAY: We are happy to announce that #chiplay2026 will be held in York, England!
The website is now live: chiplay.acm.org/2026/
And if you want to already get in the mood for CHIPLAY 2026, check out this teaser:

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Thank you to all who participated in CHI PLAY 2025! Your contributions are shaping the future of player-computer interaction. Stay turned for details dropping this week about next year’s event! 🧑‍💻💾⛹️
#chiplay #chiplay2025

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CHI PLAY's Work In Progress (WIP) contributions provide a unique opportunity for authors to present reports on original yet incomplete work that seeks to advance our current knowledge in games and play through innovative or thought-provoking ideas. Great work all who presented! tinyurl.com/y27zs65w

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CHI PLAY 2025 is underway! For registration, workshop, and other location and schedule information, visit tinyurl.com/y27zs65w

Have a playful week! 🏁🤾🎉

#ACMSIGCHI
#chiplay #chiplay2025

We're excited to share that the PACM issue containing full papers that will be presented at CHI PLAY 2025 has just gone online 👉 dl.acm.org/toc/pacmhci/...
#chiplay #chiplay2025

It’s not too late to sign up to be a #CHIPLAY2025 session chair! You can volunteer in one or multiple roles to introduce speakers, host a Q&A, or moderate online discussions.

For the full details and to sign up, visit the CHI PLAY 2025 Session Chair Recruitment Form:
👉 tinyurl.com/m3cjz725

🎺Fanfare please for Jesse Schell who will deliver “News from the Future: Videogames from 2026 to 2035” as the exhibition keynote at #chiplay2025. Jesse is the founder and CEO of Schell Games and a Professor of the Practice of Entertainment Technology @cmu.edu.

Learn more: tinyurl.com/yeyruyke

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We’re delighted to announce that Katie Salen will deliver “Care(full) Play: Rethinking What Makes Play Meaningful” as the opening keynote address at #chiplay2025.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/bdfs8n43

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CHI PLAY 2025 Session Chair Recruitment Form If you're going to be attending CHI PLAY 2025 - either in person or online - then we would love to recruit you to be a session chair (SC)! You can volunteer as a session chair in one (or multiple) ro...

Attending CHI PLAY 2025? Sign up to be a session chair! You can volunteer in one or multiple roles:
📃Paper session chair
⌨️Online commentary session chair
🏗️Work-in-progress session chair
For the full details and to sign up: tinyurl.com/m3cjz725

📢Registration Update! We have extended the deadline for Early Bird registrations until Monday, 15.09. (AoW)!

Find out more about our registration fees and register here: chiplay.acm.org/2025/registr...

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#chiplay
#chiplay2025

📢You still have time until September 10th to register for #chiplay2025 with our discounted Early Bird fee!

Find more information here:
chiplay.acm.org/2025/registr...

@acm-sigchi.bsky.social
#chiplay

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📢 Get ready for #chiplay2025!

You can now register for online and on-site attendance.
Find out more about our registration fees and register here: chiplay.acm.org/2025/registr...

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📢📈The results of the second round of reviews are now online!

We are happy to announce that we accepted 39 papers to be presented at #chiplay2025!

Find out more more about the meta of the papers accepted for this year, head to chiplay.acm.org/2025/2025/07...

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📢 👀Got a bold idea, critical take, or fresh perspective on games or play?

#CHIPLAY2025 Perspectives on Play track wants your sharpest thoughts—short, punchy, and provocative—from any corner of the play world: academia, industry, indie, or beyond.

Deadline: June 4!

chiplay.acm.org/2025/perspec...

📢 🕹️ Have you made some awesome new playful tech?

Interactivity at #CHIPLAY2025 invites novel playful technologies that community members can get hands on with at the conference.

Deadline: June 4!

chiplay.acm.org/2025/interac...

📢 🪢The Connections track at #CHIPLAY2025 is all about bringing people together to connect across disciplines and share ideas.

Do you have an idea for a workshop, panel, or master class that you would like to share with the community?

Deadline: June 4!

chiplay.acm.org/2025/connect...

📢 🎮 Are you a student and want to showcase your game design project at #CHIPLAY2025?

Whether completely digital or technologically augmented games, we are looking forward to your novel and transformative approaches to game design!

Deadline: June 4th!

chiplay.acm.org/2025/student...

An imagine showing the deadline for the CHI PLAY 2025 Work in Progress track is Jun 4, 2025.

📢 🔨 Do you have something great you’re working on for CHI PLAY but it wasn’t quite ready for a full paper?

Submit to the Works-in-Progress track and get feedback from the community to move your research forward or spark new ideas!

Deadline: June 4!

chiplay.acm.org/2025/work-in...

A flow chart to decide where to send a submission to CHI PLAY. If your work is an original but incomplete contribution you should consider the Works in Progress or Doctoral Consortium tracks depending on your student status. If you have a reflection or provocation on the field or industry consider the Perspective on Play track. If you have a hands on demo consider the Student Game Design Competition if the work was made entirely by students or the Interactivity track if it is more general. If you want to organize an event like a workshop, panel, or fireside chat consider the Connections track. If none of these apply then you are still welcome to join as an attendee.

📢There are lots of ways to share your work with the #CHIPLAY2025 community. We’ve put together this guide of our Companion Tracks to help decide where best to submit your work: chiplay.acm.org/2025/compani...

You still have time to make a submission! The Companion Track deadline is June 4!

CHI PLAY 2025 Work-in-Progress Papers AC Volunteering Form Please fill out this form by May 30th, 2025 if you are interested in serving as an Associate Chair for the Work-in-Progress (WiP) track of the CHI PLAY 2025 conference - the ACM SIGCHI-sponsored confe...

📢Are you a senior PhD student, have reviewed for CHI PLAY before, and are eager to gain your first experience as associate chair? Then #chiplay2025 needs YOU! Volunteer now as Work-in-Progress AC: forms.gle/7YEDuk1AuxC1...

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📢We have shared the notifications for submitted Full Papers with the corresponding authors!

chiplay.acm.org/2025/2025/04...

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📢 We have now published the CFP for the Companion Proceedings tracks for CHI PLAY 2025!

Deadline for submissions: June 4th, 2025, 23:59 AoE.

You can find more information on each track and the submission here:
chiplay.acm.org/2025/compani...

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#chiplay2025
#chiplay

The image shows a drawing of a person holding a paper, which is connected to a cloud symbol by a line. Underneath the drawing there is a text reading: "PCS is open for Full Paper Submissions! Deadline is February 19.23:59 AoW." Underneath the text, there is the logo of CHI PLAY 2025.

PCS for #CHIPLAY2025 is open and ready for your submissions!