SportsHCI
2026

16-18 November
Saarbrücken
Germany

Organizers

General Chairs
generalchairs@sportshci2026.com
Portrait of Florian Daiber (he/him) Florian Daiber (he/him)
Florian Daiber (he/him)

German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence

Portrait of Danny Harrison (he/him) Danny Harrison (he/him)
Danny Harrison (he/him)

Northumbria University

Assistant to General Chairs
Portrait of İlayda Tufan (she/her) İlayda Tufan (she/her)
İlayda Tufan (she/her)

Northumbria University

Technical Program Chairs
tpcs@sportshci2026.com
Portrait of Kristy Boyer (she/her) Kristy Boyer (she/her)
Kristy Boyer (she/her)

University of Florida

Portrait of Paula Alexandra Silva (she/her) Paula Alexandra Silva (she/her)
Paula Alexandra Silva (she/her)

University of Coimbra

Portrait of Dennis Reidsma (he/him) Dennis Reidsma (he/him)
Dennis Reidsma (he/him)

University of Twente

Late Breaking Work Chairs
lbw@sportshci2026.com
Portrait of Vincent van Rheden (he/him) Vincent van Rheden (he/him)
Vincent van Rheden (he/him)

University of Salzburg

Portrait of Ulrike (Rika) Kulzer (she/her) Ulrike (Rika) Kulzer (she/her)
Ulrike (Rika) Kulzer (she/her)

Saarland University

Portrait of Don Samitha Elvitigala (he/him) Don Samitha Elvitigala (he/him)
Don Samitha Elvitigala (he/him)

Monash University

Demo Chairs
demos@sportshci2026.com
Portrait of Marie Muehlhaus (she/her) Marie Muehlhaus (she/her)
Marie Muehlhaus (she/her)

Saarland University

Portrait of Thomas Dylan (he/him) Thomas Dylan (he/him)
Thomas Dylan (he/him)

Northumbria University

Publication Chair
publication@sportshci2026.com
Portrait of Aswin Balasubramaniam (he/him) Aswin Balasubramaniam (he/him)
Aswin Balasubramaniam (he/him)

University of Twente

Portrait of Nihar Sabnis (he/him) Nihar Sabnis (he/him)
Nihar Sabnis (he/him)

Max Planck Institute for Informatics

Awards Chairs
awards@sportshci2026.com
Portrait of Armağan Karahanoğlu (she/her) Armağan Karahanoğlu (she/her)
Armağan Karahanoğlu (she/her)

University of Twente

Portrait of Renan Guarese (he/him) Renan Guarese (he/him)
Renan Guarese (he/him)

Maynooth University

Web Chairs
web@sportshci2026.com
Portrait of Wesly Ménard (he/him) Wesly Ménard (he/him)
Wesly Ménard (he/him)

University of Florida

Portrait of London Thompson (he/him) London Thompson (he/him)
London Thompson (he/him)

University of Florida

Publicity Chairs
publicity@sportshci2026.com
Portrait of Mafe Montoya (she/her) Mafe Montoya (she/her)
Mafe Montoya (she/her)

Monash University

Student Volunteer Chairs
sv@sportshci2026.com
Portrait of Moiz Sakha (he/him) Moiz Sakha (he/him)
Moiz Sakha (he/him)

Saarland University & DFKI

Portrait of Nina Knieriemen (she/her) Nina Knieriemen (she/her)
Nina Knieriemen (she/her)

Saarland University & DFKI

Portrait of İlayda Tufan (she/her) İlayda Tufan (she/her)
İlayda Tufan (she/her)

Northumbria University

Portrait of Marloes Vredenborg (she/her) Marloes Vredenborg (she/her)
Marloes Vredenborg (she/her)

Utrecht University

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Chairs
edi@sportshci2026.com
Portrait of Lars Elbæk (he/him) Lars Elbæk (he/him)
Lars Elbæk (he/him)

University of Southern Denmark

Portrait of Breneil Malcolm (they/them) Breneil Malcolm (they/them)
Breneil Malcolm (they/them)

Pennsylvania State University

Portrait of Lukas Strobel (he/him) Lukas Strobel (he/him)
Lukas Strobel (he/him)

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Visual Design
Portrait of Marta Devesa Cabrera (she/her) Marta Devesa Cabrera (she/her)
Marta Devesa Cabrera (she/her)

Local Arrangements Chair
local@sportshci2026.com
Portrait of Felix Kosmalla (he/him) Felix Kosmalla (he/him)
Felix Kosmalla (he/him)

German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence