Conference Organisers
HCI 2009 was hosted by Cambridge University and Microsoft Research Cambridge.
General chairs were Alan Blackwell (CU) and Ken Wood (MSRC)
Contact address: hci2009-chairs@cl.cam.ac.uk

Keynote Speakers
Keynote speakers were Bill Buxton (Microsoft Research) and Tony Dunne (Royal College of Art).

Advisory Council

• Jonathan Grudin (Microsoft Research)
• Ben Shneiderman (University of Maryland)
• John Carroll (Penn State University)
• Paul Dourish (University of California, Irvine)
• Andy Cockburn (Canterbury University, New Zealand)
• David Gilmore (Logitech)
• Wendy Mackay (INRIA)
• Lucy Suchman (University of Lancaster)

Programme Committee - Technical Co-Chairs

Economic and social benefits

• m c schraefel (University of Southampton)
• Matt Jones (University of Wales, Swansea)

Interactive technology

• Per Ola Kristensson (University of Cambridge)
• Hans Gellersen (University of Lancaster)
• Roderick Murray-Smith (University of Glasgow)

Theory for HCI

• Barry Brown (University of California San Diego)
• Nigel Shadbolt (University of Southampton)
• Yvonne Rogers (Open University)

Tools and methods

• William Newman (University College London)
• Rachel Jones (Instrata Ltd)

User engagement

• David Frohlich (University of Surrey)
• Alex Taylor (Microsoft Research)

New contribution areas

• Mark Blythe (University of York)
• Sally Jane Norman (Newcastle University)
• Gilbert Cockton (Sunderland University)

Programme Committee - Programme co-chairs

Doctoral Consortium
Contact address: hci2009-doctoral-consortium@cl.cam.ac.uk

• Kristina Höök (Swedish Institute of Computer Science)
• Andrew Monk (University of York)

Panels and debate
Contact address: hci2009-panel-debate@cl.cam.ac.uk

• Alan Dix (University of Lancaster)
• Ann Light (Sheffield Hallam University)

Workshops
Contact address: hci2009-workshops@cl.cam.ac.uk

• Peter Wild (University of Cambridge)
• Leon Watts (University of Bath)

Tutorials
Contact address: hci2009-tutorials@cl.cam.ac.uk

• Sally Fincher (University of Kent)
• Allan MacLean (Amdeo Ltd)

Recruitment

• Abigail Sellen (Microsoft Research)
• Elizabeth Churchill (Yahoo)
• Satinder Gill (University of Cambridge)

Open House Festival
Contact address: hci2009-open-house@cl.cam.ac.uk

• Steve Hodges (Microsoft Research)
• Tim Regan (Microsoft Research)
• Alex Butler (Microsoft Research)

Encounter sessions

• Marian Petre (Open University)
• Stephen Brewster (University of Glasgow)

Programme coordination

• Richard Harper (Microsoft Research)
• Peter Robinson (University of Cambridge)

Student volunteers
Contact address: hci2009-student-volunteers@cl.cam.ac.uk

• Siân Lindley (Microsoft Research)
• Luke Church (University of Cambridge)

Reviewing management

• Andy Dearden (Sheffield Hallam University)
• Chris Roast (Sheffield Hallam University)

International excellence awards
Contact address: hci2009-international-excellence@cl.cam.ac.uk

• Rose Luckin (Institute of Education)
• Ann Blandford (University College London)

BCS liaison
Contact address: hci2009-bcs-liaison@cl.cam.ac.uk

• Russell Beale (University of Birmingham)
• Dianne Murray (Interacting with Computers)
• Tom McEwan (Napier University)
• Janet Read (University of Central Lancashire)
• Lachlan MacKinnon (Abertay)