Who controls the data narrative and hence the AI narrative Shaimaa Lazem sharing her work at #AI for the next billion talk

The long slow path of HCI education. How do we flip the model on how we teach HCI Shaimaa Lazem @AI4NB

Very interesting talks happening HCI4SouthAsia

Excited to introduce our guest speakers for this year's virtual ACM COMPASS (28 June - 2 July)!👇👇 Author of 'Next Billion Users', Prof Payal Arora @3Lmantra, and Solferino Academy IFRC's Digital Innovation Lead, Heather Leson HeatherLeson - @[email protected]. Register ➡ compass.acm.org

Closing this year's ACM COMPASS, HeatherLeson - @[email protected], Digital Innovation Lead of IFRC, will discuss how we can connect open source solutions and volunteer technical networks to support humanitarian response. Happening online 28 June-2 July Register ➡ compass.acm.org #ICT4D

Excited to introduce ACM COMPASS 2021's Practitioner Experiences, Reports & Systems session chair, Josiah Chavula - University of Cape Town! We got heaps of exciting papers from both practitioners & academics! Follow this thread to see what to expect next week! 👇👇👇

TODAY'S THE DAY! #acmcompass2021 virtual conference opens later with a talk from our keynote speaker @3Lmantra🤩 Another must sees today are 2 exciting paper presentations & 3 parallel poster tracks! See you there! It's not too late to join! Register at compass.acm.org

After an extensive collaborative effort with Shaimaa Lazem, Makuochi Samuel Nkwo PhD, Hafeni Mthoko, Jessica Upani, and Anicia Peters (she/her), I'm proud to announce that our critical discussion on #decolonising #HCI is finally online and, more importantly, open access at: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Wow #vghc21 keynote right now amazing. #Haben Girma you are amazing. Super inspired. Disability definitely an opportunity for innovation

I enjoyed the process of writing this dialogue piece with Hafeni and Muhammad Adamu... thankful that Anicia Peters (she/her) and Daniela Rosner engagement with it. We will present a provocation based on it in the education symposium at #chi2023 #hcieducation HCI Education #Africhi

Designing for volunteer translators--amazing work! #chi23

CFP: COMPASS’23 Dr & and Masters Consortium. Cape Town 16/08/23. A forum for in-depth research discussions and to build a mentoring and peer network for participants. compass.acm.org/call-for-docto… Submissions due 1st June.

An open call for #African leaders/ digital technology enthusiasts who want 2 help form a continent-wide community of people who r interested in promoting the design and development of #people_centered ICTs across Africa. forms.gle/BHqBhX6taM6eAe… #HCI #UX #UI AfriCHI Conference ACM SIGCHI

Such a privilege 2 be a member in #Africhi steering committee🙏 Attending the 1st #Africhi has tremendously influenced my research& I am ever so grateful 4 those who made it happen. More work is needed so plz heck z open call 2 grow this vibrant community forms.gle/kqXA95CUAs1ZFP…

We received 50+ submissions to the open call and we are very excited about our upcoming online leadership event in June. The application is still open and we would like to host more people to discuss the future of people-centered technology in Africa 🤩👇 forms.gle/Y5qZDY92DUCRnD…

Are you still thinking whether to submit your manuscript for AfriCHI 2023? You have just 17days to go. Don't allow this opportunity to slip off your hands; 19th June, 2023 is the deadline for paper submission #Callforpaper #Africhi2023

Exactly 8days to deadline for AfriCHI 2023 Paper Submission. You still have a chance to turn in your manuscript for review and possible acceptance. Mind you! AfriCHI 2023 Papers will be indexed in ACM Digital Library

Proud of this ambitious project that we launched #acmcompass2021 to lower the barrier 2 academic communities. Diversifying knowledge production should be by-design & challenging the status quo with ideas like the shadow program is a reminder that change starts with experimenting.