{"id":310271,"date":"2016-10-25T08:57:38","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T15:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&#038;p=310271"},"modified":"2025-05-29T09:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:33:08","slug":"africhi-2016-microsoft-research","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/event\/africhi-2016-microsoft-research\/","title":{"rendered":"AfriCHI 2016 and Microsoft Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Venue:&nbsp;<\/strong><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uonbi.ac.ke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Nairobi<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, November 21\u201323<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kempinski.com\/en\/nairobi\/hotel-villa-rosa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Villa Rosa Kempinski hotel<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>,&nbsp;November 24\u201325<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are excited to have been part of the first African conference for Human Computer Interaction (<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/africhi.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AfriCHI<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>) in Nairobi, Kenya, November 21-25, 2016, at the University of Nairobi and the Kempinski Hotel. This is the first conference of its kind that seeks to showcase the finest talent in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and Interaction Design from within and across Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft was a Lion sponsor and proud to be part of this inaugural effort aimed at widening Africans\u2019 international participation in the practice and study of HCI and Interaction Design, and to advance HCI by increased awareness of designs, tools, inventions, methods, theories and pedagogies for creating or using technology in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"program-committee-members\">Program Committee&nbsp;members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ilda Ladeira<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/people\/jaoneil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jacki O\u2019Neill<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/people\/thies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Thies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"microsoft-research-attendees\">Microsoft Research&nbsp;attendees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jacki O\u2019Neill<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colin Scott<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"workshop\">Workshop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Doctoral & Masters Colloquium<br>Interdisciplinary workshops in which students discuss their work, explore and develop their research interests guided by a panel of experts.<br>Advisor: Jacki O\u2019Neill<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"accepted-papers\">Accepted papers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cSociality, Tempo & Flow: Learning from Namibian Ridesharing\u201d by Joseph Kasera; Jacki O\u2019Neill, Microsoft Research; Nic Bidwell<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to have been part of the first African conference for Human Computer Interaction (AfriCHI) in Nairobi, Kenya, November 21-25, 2016, at the University of Nairobi and the Kempinski Hotel. 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