{"id":797,"date":"2021-09-21T19:22:49","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T19:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cscw.acm.org\/2021\/?page_id=797"},"modified":"2021-09-21T19:27:10","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T19:27:10","slug":"chairs-welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cscw.acm.org\/2021\/chairs-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"CSCW 2021 Chairs\u2019 Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"797\" class=\"elementor elementor-797\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55c5369a elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55c5369a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-26050a40\" data-id=\"26050a40\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b621af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b621af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>We are excited to welcome you to the 24th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW). This is the second CSCW to be held virtually, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose challenges at every scale from global to local. Our community remains poised for lasting impact in the face of these challenges and beyond, and we look forward to the conversations and interactions that will surely happen over the next few days.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c0a159b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c0a159b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>While we (anxiously) look forward to meeting you all again in person, we continue to see a virtual conference as an opportunity to apply our community\u2019s insights about virtual work, broaden access\/participation in our community, and derive knowledge and ingenuity that will benefit future events. For example, two systems for building knowledge at online conferences were tested at CSCW 2020. CSCW 2021 will provide further opportunities for innovation.<\/p>\n<!-- wp:fl-builder\/layout \/--><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-348f93e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"348f93e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>We are confident that we offer you a strong and extremely rich program, thanks to all of your submissions and the efforts of countless volunteers. There will be 340 paper presentations, reflecting submissions from October, 2020 &#8211; April, 2021 to the CSCW issues of PACM-HCI. Integrated into the program, you will also find 3 panels featuring vibrant discussions of globally pertinent issues. You will not want to miss our virtual posters and demos session, with 46 posters and 5 demos. Over the weekend, 15 workshops met and a new cohort of doctoral students was mentored in our Doctoral Consortium.<\/p>\n<!-- wp:fl-builder\/layout \/--><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c5b78d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c5b78d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>We also strongly encourage you to attend our plenary sessions.<\/p>\n<!-- wp:fl-builder\/layout \/--><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-657864e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"657864e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><ul>\n<li>In Monday morning\u2019s opening keynote, Josephine Miliza, of the Association of Progressive Communications-LOCNET project, will discuss how community networks in Africa are contributing towards ending the social and economic isolation of the unserved and underserved communities through digital inclusion.<\/li>\n<li>On Tuesday, join us for the CSCW Town Hall to help plan for our community\u2019s future, and to honor influential work from our past at the Lasting Impact Award session.<\/li>\n<li>In Wednesday afternoon\u2019s closing keynote, Mary Gray, of Microsoft Research and Indiana University, will trace the history and tacit theory of power embedded in the practice of software \u2018dogfooding\u2019 to argue for the need to develop an explicit analysis of power in computing. <!-- wp:fl-builder\/layout \/--><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-989adf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"989adf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>CSCW is made possible every year by an extraordinary group of dedicated individuals and supporters. Planning for a fully online conference of this size and scope raised some completely new challenges even for seasoned conference organizers. We extend our thanks on behalf of the community to our organizing committee, program committees, student volunteers, conference planners, PACM-HCI editors, SIGCHI volunteers, ACM\u2019s staff, reviewers, and everybody else who played a role in making this event possible. We also thank SIGCHI for its sponsorship and our generous supporters: Facebook, Google, The National Science Foundation, Userfocus, Microsoft, Spotify, The Underwood Institute, and Adobe.<\/p>\n<!-- wp:fl-builder\/layout \/--><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6354af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6354af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hope that you find valuable opportunities to learn, connect with new and familiar colleagues from around the world, and engage in thought-provoking conversations over the next few days. <\/span><\/p>\n<!-- wp:fl-builder\/layout \/--><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e240580 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e240580\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c7fde1\" data-id=\"5c7fde1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c67f8ef\" data-id=\"c67f8ef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d7f0fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d7f0fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><strong>Jeremy Birnholtz<\/strong><br \/><em>CSCW \u201921 General Co-Chair<\/em><br \/><em>Northwestern University, USA<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e80294\" data-id=\"3e80294\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e77e29a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e77e29a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><strong>Luigina Ciolfi<\/strong> <br \/><em>CSCW \u201921 General Co-Chair<\/em><br \/><em>University College Cork, Ireland<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nWe are excited to welcome you to the 24th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW). 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