General Chairs
Günter Wallner
Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands &
University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria
Alexander Meschtscherjakov
University of Salzburg, Austria
Technical Program Chairs
Jo Iacovides
University of York, UK
Max Birk
Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Paper Chairs
Elisa Mekler
Aalto University, Finland
Kathrin Gerling
KU Leuven, Belgium
Work-in-Progress Chairs
Erik Harpstead
Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Simone Kriglstein
University of Vienna & AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
Rapid Communication Chairs
Katja Rogers
University of Waterloo, Canada
Loutfouz Zaman
Ontario Tech University, Canada
Student Game Design Competition Chairs
Oğuz 'Oz' Buruk
Tampere University, Finland
Bernhard Maurer
University of Applied Sciences Salzburg, Austria
Masterclass
Scott Bateman
University of New Brunswick, Canada
Madison Klarkowski
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Interactivity and Play Chairs
Dennis Reidsma
University of Twente, The Netherlands
Michael Lankes
University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Austria
Student Volunteer Chairs
Elizabeth Bonsignore
University of Maryland, USA
Melissa Rogerson
University of Melbourne, Australia
Sukran Karaosmanoglu
University of Hamburg, Germany
Doctoral Consortium
Magy Seif El-Nasr
University of California at Santa Cruz, USA
Manfred Tscheligi
University of Salzburg & AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
Helmut Hlavacs
University of Vienna, Austria
Web Chairs
Paula Palomino
University of São Paulo, Brazil
Thomas Grah
University of Salzburg, Austria
Social Media Chairs
Nicholas O'Donnell
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Elif Surer
Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Nick LaLone
University of Nebraska Omaha, USA
Accessibility and Equity Chairs
Katta Spiel
TU Wien, Austria
Marie Jarrell
Clemson University, USA
Proceedings Chairs
Mitchell McEwan
Macquarie University, Australia
Max Birk
Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Virtualization Chairs
Julian Frommel
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Moritz Kubesch
University of Salzburg, Austria
Associate Chairs
Augusto Esteves – ITI / LARSyS, ULisbon
April Tyack – Aalto University
Max V. Birk – Eindhoven University of Technology
Martin Flintham – University of Nottingham
Christos Mousas – Purdue University
Jim Wallace – University of Waterloo
Kostas Karpouzis – National Technical University of Athens
Patrick Dickinson – University of Lincoln
Maximus D. Kaos – University of Southern Denmark
Marc Herrlich – TU Kaiserslautern
Jinghui Cheng – Polytechnique Montréal
Julian Frommel – University of Saskatchewan
Jichen Zhu – IT University of Copenhagen
Lennart Nacke – University of Waterloo and MotiviUX, Inc.
Z Toups – New Mexico State University
Dennis Reidsma – University of Twente
Penny Sweetser – Australian National University
Dominic Kao – Purdue University
Sayan Sarcar – University of Tsukuba
Martin Gibbs – The University of Melbourne
Rafael Bidarra – Delft University of Technology
Conor Linehan – University College Cork
Guo Freeman – Clemson University
Gustavo F. Tondello – University of Waterloo / MotiviUX, Inc.
Perttu Hämäläinen – Aalto University
Vero Vanden Abeele – KU Leuven
Pedro F. Campos – ITI/LARSyS, Univ. of Madeira
Cody Phillips – University of Saskatchewan
Melissa J. Rogerson – The University of Melbourne
Daniel Johnson – Queensland University of Technology
Yoram Chisik – Independent
Katja Rogers – University of Waterloo
Andrés Lucero – Aalto University
Valentina Nisi – ITI/LArsys, IST, U. of Lisbon
Yubo Kou – Pennsylvania State University
Zhicong Lu – City University of Hong Kong
CHI PLAY Steering Committee
Daniel Johnson, SC Chair
Z O. Toups, SC Vice Chair
Ben Schouten, External Relations Director
Lennart Nacke, Web Director
Anna Cox
Regan Mandryk
Vero Vanden Abeele
Perttu Hämäläinen
Florian ‘Floyd’ Mueller
Jo Iacovides
Kathrin Gerling