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CHI 2020: Right Here, Right Now?

Accepted version
Peer-reviewed

Type

Conference Object

Change log

Authors

Jacques, Jason T 

Abstract

Over the last twenty years the CHI conference has grown substantially. However, with the reframing of climate change as a climate crisis, environmental concerns have become increasingly pervasive in the community. In 2019 CHI introduced a sustainability role and set a goal to make CHI more sustainable. In 2020 CHI is in Hawaii. This work looks back over the last two decades and estimates what are substantial and growing CO2 emissions from conference travel. First, it posits how, in the short term, potential environmental damage can be minimised. Second, and longer-term, it invites the community to reflect on research dissemination and how the conference experience may need to change.

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Keywords

4802 Environmental and Resources Law, 48 Law and Legal Studies, Complementary and Integrative Health, 13 Climate Action

Journal Title

Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Conference Name

CHI '20: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Volume Title

Publisher

ACM

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All rights reserved
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/R004471/1)
This work was supported by EPSRC grant EP/R004471/1