Welcome from the ACM SIGCHI Chair and Executive Vice-Chair

Each CHI conference offers a snapshot of the HCI field as it grows and evolves, of the people who define the HCI field and of the people who collectively form SIGCHI. Each CHI conference provides an opportunity to examine the state-of-the-art, explore new areas and look to the future. This year is no exception.

While the CHI conference is the most visible activity of SIGCHI, we also:

• support conferences in computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW), multimedia (MM), user interface software and technology (UIST), design of interactive systems (DIS) and intelligent user interfaces (IUI).
• distribute the highly-respected quarterly SIGCHI Bulletin to members and others.
• supported the "birth" and continue to support the evolution of two new publications -- Transactions on Computer-Human Interactions (TOCHI), a member of the ACM Transactions series and interactions, ACM's first magazine devoted to HCI practitioners.
• provide support to a number of activities proposed by our members that provide benefit both to SIGCHI and the field of HCI. The SIGCHI Development Fund supports many of these activities and Calls for Proposals appear frequently in the SIGCHI Bulletin.

This conference is one of the forums that SIGCHI provides for people to meet, both formally and informally, to exchange views, to share experiences and to learn. This conference is also a good time to explore taking a more active role in SIGCHI activities. You can do this by contacting us through the ACM Booth at the conference, or by attending the SIGCHI Business Meeting at the conference.

Finally, on behalf of ACM SIGCHI, we thank and congratulate the conference committee and all the volunteers who make this conference possible and who ensure a valuable experience for all of us. Thanks for a job well done!

Welcome to CHI 97 and to ACM SIGCHI!

Mike Atwood, ACM SIGCHI Chair
Guy Boy, ACM SIGCHI Executive Vice-Chair

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