I ran CHI so you don't have to...

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:26:22 -0400

In April 2026, I co-ran the ACM CHI conference in Barcelona. Most people who know me know I am no stranger to academic service work. Some people go as far to call me a fool or sucker pretty much to my face. Whatever, I’m old enough not to care to much about all that. For CHI 2026, we tried to keep everyone informed. We ran a blog and sent emails and tried to keep everyone in the loop with what was happening as it happened. We blasted all our social channels (and even found out how to access the lost Mastadon account as somoene requested it).

So You Decided To Run A Workshop

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:02:14 -0700

Note: this was first published 2014-10-03 on Medium; reposting here via PESOS.

Photo CC-BY-NC-SA Trey Ratcliff on Flickr.

The CHI workshop deadline is almost upon us. I’ve run a few workshops over the years: some fantastic, some a bit rustic. Quite a few times now, some younger scientists have asked me how do you write a proposal and run an academic workshop.

Years ago, fresh out of my own Ph.D. I asked a friend, Corey Cheng, the same thing. “How do I run a workshop” as I was trying to figure out how to write a workshop proposal for Creativity and Cognition 2007. He sent me this long and wonderful email. It’s how I’ve modeled my workshop proposals ever since and what I’ve looked for as a workshop chair. And, at the risk of sounding too formulaic, I thought to publicly share it. His direct quotes are inline or marked.

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I ran CHI so you don't have to...

So You Decided To Run A Workshop