Call for Papers
Theme: Interaction in Nature, in the Wild, at the Summit
We are thrilled to invite you to the inaugural AlpCHI, the HCI conference dedicated to elevating Human-Computer Interaction in the spirit of the Alps. This year’s theme — Interaction in Nature, in the Wild, at the Summit — calls for contributions that embrace nature, wildness, remoteness, and the extreme. AlpCHI seeks to shape the landscape of Alpine HCI: resilient, mindful, sustainable, and deeply connected to people and places. We welcome Short Papers accompanied by a demonstration or showcase, because we believe at AlpCHI ideas should be experienced, not just described. Researchers, designers, artists, and practitioners worldwide are warmly invited to contribute — you do not need to live and work in the Alpine region to participate!
Topics of Interest
Whether you explore mindful technologies, sustainable innovations, or new social and local connections through technology, AlpCHI is the place to share your ideas and experiences.
We encourage submissions across a broad range of topics, including (but not limited to):
- Elevating HCI: New perspectives on interaction shaped by alpine challenges and inspirations
- The Landscape of Alpine HCI: Emerging trends, practices, and designs rooted in mountainous regions
- HCI in the Wild / HCI in Nature: Interactions beyond the lab, in forests, on glaciers, lakes, summits or cities
- HCI at the Top: Interaction design for remote, high-altitude, or extreme environments
- Mobility: Travel, accessibility, remote interaction, and interaction “on the go” in mountainous regions
- Health and Wellbeing: Technologies supporting physical, mental, and social wellbeing in outdoor and alpine contexts
- Sports and Games: Interaction designs for outdoor activities, mountain sports, and playful experiences
- Evaluation: Methods and challenges of assessing technologies in wild, unpredictable, or remote settings
- Communication, Collaboration, and Social Interaction: How we connect, collaborate, and communicate in and across “wild” places
Note: We encourage experimental, interdisciplinary, artistic, and thought-provoking submissions.
Submission Details
| Format | Short Paper (6 pages max.), using the ACM Conference Proceedings Primary Article Template in two-column format (LATEX/Overleaf: \documentclass[sigconf, review]{acmart}, Word). Submissions must be anonymized and use ACM Reference Formatting. |
| Additional Requirements | Your submission must be original; it cannot be published or under concurrent review elsewhere. The paper must be accompanied by a demonstration or showcase (live or pre-recorded video). |
| Review Process | Double-blind peer review |
| Publication | Accepted papers will be published Open Access in the ACM Digital Library through the ACM Production System (TAPS). |
| Submission Portal | EasyChair [link TBA] |
Important Dates
| Full Paper Submission | October 10, 2025 (Anywhere on Earth) |
| Notification of Acceptance | November 28, 2025 |
| Camera-ready Deadline | December 12, 2025 (Anywhere on Earth) |
| Conference Dates | March 01 – March 05, 2026 |
Questions?
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us: papers@alpchi.org
Program Committee
- Adelaide Genay (University of Melbourne)
- Adwait Sharma (University of Bath)
- Antonella De Angeli (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano)
- Bruno Herbelin (EPFL)
- Christian Geiger (University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf)
- Daniel Leithinger (Cornell University)
- David Lindlbauer (Carnegie Mellon University)
- Dieter Schmalstieg (University of Stuttgart)
- Enrico Rukzio (Ulm University)
- Florian Mathis (University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons)
- Florian Michahelles (TU Wien)
- Hugo Brument (TU Wien)
- Irmandy Wicaksono (National University of Singapore)
- Jean-Baptiste Labrune (Human-IST, Uni.fribourg)
- Jens Gerken (TU Dortmund)
- Kathrin Probst (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)
- Marianna Obrist (University College London)
- Marie Mühlhaus (Saarland University)
- Nitzan Cohen (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano)
- Pavel Manakhov (Lancaster University)
- Ralf Dörner (RheinMain University of Applied Sciences)
- Sofia Seinfeld (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)
- Thiemo Wambgans (Bern University of Applied Sciences)
- Ujwal Gadiraju (Delft University of Technology)