Quarterly meeting 3/2026 of HUMAIN
Since the unforgettable NordiCHI 2026 conference has taken a lot of our time and attention this autumn, the Quarterly meetings 3 of HUMAIN was delayed and we gathered…
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Special Issue Call for Papers: Reimagining Media, Technology, and Sustainable Futures
This Call for Papers is based on the Butterfly: Glo-cal Effects of Data, Energy and Industry performance and interactive art exhibition organized in Vaasa last year.
NordiCHI 2026 Brought Human-Centred Innovations and Experts to Vaasa
Hosted as a joint effort between the Åbo Akademi University and University of Vaasa, the conference brought together the Nordic and international Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community under the theme Pulse – exploring the energy that drives us.
HUMAIN takes the pulse of NordiCHI, exploring the energy that powers people, technology, and innovation
One of the key conferences in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI), NordiCHI 2026, will bring over 400 experts from academia and industry to Vaasa in early October 2026.
NordiCHI – Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
We are happy to host you at NordiCHI, one of the key international conferences in Human-Computer Interaction! The event brings the community together from a wide range of perspectives from theoretical and practical insights to creative explorations.
Media has been interested about us already!
Societal impact is important to us in this project. There has been already some news about HUMAIN in local newspapers and radio.
Future technology is already here – Let’s keep all involved!
There have been great steps in technology over the past few decades. The change seems to have become faster, but digitalizations is not for everyone. More often technology is here to not connect people but separate them.
2nd HUMAIN Quarterly Meeting was about demos and ethics
On Thursday 11th of June, the HUMAIN team met onsite at Technobothnia, Vaasa for the project’s second quarterly meeting. We started with a photoshoot of the team members, then a practical tour to get familiarized with related AI, robotics, and XR technology.