Past Events

IrisX 2020

IrisX 2020 is the first annual gathering for UX and UI designers, developers, academics and students in Egypt. It aims at strengthening the existing community by providing an opportunity for the attendees to network and share their experiences and work. It additionally aims at building bridges with computing technology startups and entrepreneurs to raise their awareness about the potential benefits for leveraging UX knowledge in their technology products. The event is organized by ACM SIGCHI Professional Chapter CairoCHI (cairochi.acm.org) and powered by Babel Media Production & Design House

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Date: 22 Feb 2020

Location: Greek Campus Cairo, Egypt

IrisX 2019

IrisX 2019 is the first annual gathering for UX and UI designers, developers, academics and students in Egypt. It aims at strengthening the existing community by providing an opportunity for the attendees to network and share their experiences and work. It additionally aims at building bridges with computing technology startups and entrepreneurs to raise their awareness about the potential benefits for leveraging Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and UX knowledge in their technology products. The event is organized by ACM SIGCHI Professional Chapter CairoCHI (cairochi.acm.org) and powered by Babel Media Production House

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Date: 22 Feb 2019

Location: Greek Campus Cairo, Egypt

ACM SIGCHI Sponsored HCI Summer School@ AfriCHI 2018

CairoCHI has joined forces with othe African ACM SIGCHI chpaters, the Namibian Windhoek chapter, the Kenyan Wananchi chapter, and South African Protea chapter, to organise an ACM SIGCHI Sponsored Summer School on Designing With or For Marginalised Communities. The school welcomes post-graduate students, academics, and industry practitioners for hands-on training on HCI concepts, techniques and research methods. The school includes teaching, mentoring and taking the participants on a field trip to an existing research partner community in Namibia.

Start date: November 26, 2018

End date: December 2, 2018

Location: Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia

CairoCHI Bachelor Projects Competition

We invite all 2017/2018 graduates from Computer Science, Engineering, and Informatics disciplines to participate in the competition. Students will pitch their projects, get expert feedback and could win.

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Date: November 23, 2018

Location: German University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

CairoCHI Cafe Meetup 2

CairoCHI cafe is a series of casual meetings for the chapter members and invited guests to discuss HCI and UX Design related topics. Our guest in the second cafe meeting is Delvin Varghese, a PhD candidate Open Lab, Newcastle University, UK.

Date: November 20, 2018

Location: Alexandria

CairoCHI Cafe Meetup 1

CairoCHI cafe is a series of casual meetings for the chapter members and invited guests to discuss HCI and UX Design related topics. Our guest in the first cafe meeting is international UX researcher Kathi R. Kitner from Google, USA.

Date: September 8, 2018

Location: Trianon Cafe, Saad Zagloul Square, Alexandria, Egypt

CairoCHI 1st networking meeting

The GUC hosted “The First Meeting of the CairoCHI Chapter”, the third of its type in the Arab region after 2 chapters in Saudi Arabia.

Date: March 15, 2018

Location: The German University in Cairo