The Oceania CHI Event brings together researchers and practitioners from across Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and the Pacific HCI community. Hosted alongside CHI 2026 in Barcelona, the event celebrates the region’s research contributions while creating opportunities for connection and new collaborations. This website highlights participating labs, publications, and event information for this year’s gathering.
Publications
This section will highlight publications from the Oceania HCI community accepted to CHI 2026. Once the final program is released, we will curate a list of papers, late-breaking works, workshops, and other contributions from researchers across Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and the Pacific. A booklet featuring highlights from these publications will also be available for download.
Event
On Tuesday evening, 14 April, we invite you to join us for the inaugural Australia and New Zealand HCI Networking Event at CHI 2026 in Barcelona. The event will bring together researchers, practitioners, and students from across Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and the Pacific HCI community to connect, celebrate our region’s contributions, and spark new collaborations. We are excited to begin this tradition and look forward to many gatherings to come.
Oceania CHI Event Info
🎉 Save the date! The Oceania CHI Event will take place on Tuesday evening, 14 April 2026, alongside CHI 2026 in Barcelona. The event will bring together researchers, practitioners, and students from across Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and the Pacific HCI community for an evening of networking and conversation.
Location: TBA – Barcelona, Spain Time: Evening (approximately 7:00 p.m. onwards)
OzCHI 2026
The 38th Australian Conference on Human–Computer Interaction (OzCHI 2026) will take place in Adelaide, Australia from 21–25 November 2026. OzCHI is the premier conference for Human–Computer Interaction research in the Australasian region, bringing together researchers, practitioners, and students to share new ideas and advances in the field.
More information coming soonSponsorship
We thank our amazing sponsors for supporting the OCEANIA @ CHI 2026.
Organising Team
Meet the dedicated team behind the OCEANIA @ CHI 2026.
Benjamin Tag
University of New South Wales
Delvin Varghese
Monash University
Donald Degraen
University of Canterbury
Howe Zhu
The University of Sydney
Minh Nguyen
University of Technology Sydney
Yufeng Wu
University of Technology Sydney
Parth Bhargava
The University of Sydney