CHI PLAY 2025 will be a hybrid event with an option to attend on-site in Pittsburgh or online with associated registration fees, as follows:
Full conference (On-site)
| EARLY BIRD UNTIL SEPTEMBER 15TH | REGULAR FROM SEPTEMBER 16TH | |
|---|---|---|
| On-site Attendee – ACM/SIGCHI Professional Member | $700 | $800 |
| On-site Attendee – Non-Member | $800 | $925 |
| On-site Attendee – ACM/SIGCHI Student Member | $375 | $450 |
| On-site Attendee – Student Non-Member | $475 | $550 |
| Retiree | $375 | $450 |
Full conference (Online)
| Online Attendee – ACM/SIGCHI Professional Member | $250 |
| Online Attendee – Non-Member | $350 |
| Online Attendee – ACM/SIGCHI Student Member | $100 |
| Online Attendee – Student Non-Member | $175 |
One day (On-site)
| On-site Attendee – ACM/SIGCHI Professional Member | $300 |
| On-site Attendee – Non-Member | $375 |
| On-site Attendee – ACM/SIGCHI Student Member | $175 |
| On-site Attendee – Student Non-Member | $275 |
Please note that we only accept payments through credit cards and bank transfer. Registration questions can be directed to conferencechair@chiplay.acm.org
Discounted registration fees
If you are registering from one of the countries listed below, you will be given a discount code at the checkout page. Please use this code for applying the discount.
Countries receiving 60% discount
Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belize, Bosnia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, French Guiana, Gabon, Georgia, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, North Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, Namibia, Paraguay, Peru, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Serbia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St. Vincent, Suriname, Thailand, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Venezuela
Countries receiving 75% discount
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, C African Rp, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic, Djibouti, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Federal State of Micronesia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, People’s Dem. Republic of Lao, Philippines, Republic Moldova, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Isl, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Requests for Support and Accessibility
If you have accessibility requests that are time-consuming to organize or depend on schedules of other professionals (e.g., you are in need of a sign language translator), please reach out directly to a11y@chiplay.acm.org and we will do our best to support you.
Disclaimer
Some parts of the sessions, chats, questions, and answers will be captured and streamed and/or made available for later viewing. Please also be aware that – in the case of in-person attendance – you may be captured by camera and streamed to the online audience, e.g., while seated in the auditorium, and that you give consent to being filmed in these settings.
Please note: You cannot register for this event unless you give consent.
Financial Support
If you require financial support to attend CHI PLAY 2025 and are a SIGCHI member, please be aware of the opportunities offered through the Gary Marsden Travel Awards (see https://sigchi.org/awards/gary-marsden-travel-awards/) and the SIGCHI Development Fund (see https://sigchi.org/community/membership/).
You can apply for a compassionate waiver if you have demonstrated financial need, and that you have exhausted and/or are ineligible for other funding, such as: the Gary Marsden Travel Awards; financial support from your supervisor (if applicable); and institutional support. If you would like to apply for a compassionate waiver, please contact the General Chairs: conferencechair@chiplay.acm.org. In your email, please indicate the following: i) whether you are applying for an On-site or Online Attendee fee waiver; ii) your funding status, iii) other funding you have applied for, and iv) projected costs for attending CHI PLAY 2025 (approximate is fine). You may also include any other background information that might be helpful. The limited number of compassionate waivers will be allocated according to need, and evidence that you have exhausted other funding avenues. We encourage individuals who identify with equity-seeking groups to apply. The deadline for applying for compassionate waivers is September 1st, 2025.