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Program (Daily)
Wednesday 24/09/2025
Timezone: EEST, Athens (UTC/GMT +3)
08:30 - 09:30
Registrations & Socialize
09:30 - 10:00
Welcome & Conference Opening (GC, PC)
Room: Amphitheatre
10:00 - 11:00
Keynote: How does AI Impact Human Behaviour? The Interplay among Research, Design and Policy Perspectives
Session Chair:
Room: Amphitheatre
How does AI Impact Human Behaviour? The Interplay among Research, Design and Policy Perspectives11:00 - 11:30
Session 1 – Human-Centered AI and Ethical Interaction I
11:30 - 12:00
Coffee Break (+ Poster / Demos)
12:00 - 14:00
Session 1 – Human-Centered AI and Ethical Interaction II
Session Chair:
Room: Amphitheatre
User Experience in Sustainable Tourism: Enhancing Transparency in Tour Guide App Recommendations (S) The differential effects of algorithmic recommendations on user experience: Enjoyment and serendipity in everyday music streaming (F)
101 reasons to stop: A systematic review of media cues for disengagement (F)
Generative AI: A Systematic Review of Related Interfaces and Interactions (F)
Designing a Gamified Social Platform for Artists (F)
Human-Computer Interaction in the Big Data Era: Systems, Cognition, and Interactive Intelligence (F)
14:00 - 15:00
Lunch Break & Socialize
15:00 - 16:00
Session 2 – HCI and Games I
Session Chair:
Room: Amphitheatre
Expressing Digital Character Personality through Motion capture: A study of body movements and personality traits. (F)
AI-Driven NPCs Enhancing Player Challenges and Skill Development in Games (S)
Co-Minecrafting Hermoupolis with Children: a Minecraft-based Digital Twin for Architectural Heritage Education (S)
16:00 - 16:30
DC Poster Madness Session
Session Chair:
Rooms: Amphitheatre
Reevaluation of standards and procedures of human-computer interaction in XR Voice-based interactions in Immersive Interactive Digital Narratives Animated Threads: Digital Cloth applications as a Creative Tool in Choreography and Costume Design CyberOps Commander: Tactical Decision Simulator ChatGPT and Pi AI under the Microscope: Artificial Empathy for Enhancing Digital Customer Service16:30 - 17:00
Coffee Break (+ Poster / Demos)
17:00 - 18:30
Panel on: Emerging Technologies and the Human Experience
Session Chair:
Room: Amphitheatre
Panelists:
- Konstantinos Boletsis, Senior Researcher, SINTEF Digital, Oslo, Norway
- Maria Kontogiorgou, UX consultant, CEO at Atride, Syros, Greece
- Irene Mavrommati, Professor, Interaction Design, Hellenic Open University, Patras, Greece
- Alexandros Rosso, UX Lead, Kotsovolos, Athens, Greece
The topic:
Emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and immersive interfaces, are transforming human interactions with digital systems and environments. As these innovations rapidly evolve, it is crucial to prioritize user privacy, build robust trust mechanisms, and maintain human-centered design principles. By thoughtfully integrating technological advancements with ethical considerations, we can create digital experiences that are not only powerful and innovative but also respectful of individual needs and rights.
Following ACM SIGCHI general purpose, in this panel discussion, we aim to highlight the role of the human – technology – user experience, and how their interaction may enable priority strategic objectives and actions that would generate a significant impact in people's lives. In this respect, it would be great if you could elaborate on your standpoint on the topic, share your experiences and insights, address current/future programs and workstreams that you (and your organization) may be involved in, promote collaborations & cooperations, and discuss challenges and opportunities for the greater good.
18:30 - 19:00
Day Wrap-Up
21:00 - 23:00
Conference Dinner, Textile Museum
Thursday 25/09/2025
Timezone: EEST, Athens (UTC/GMT +3)
08:30 - 09:30
Registrations & Socialize (Meet the Mentor)
09:30 - 10:30
Keynote: Engaging Human-Computer Interaction for Good
10:30 - 11:30
Session 2 – HCI and Games II
Session Chair:
Room: Amphitheatre
Exploring Social Interaction with Asymmetrical XR through the Playful Cabinet of Curiosities Experience (S) Focalization in video games: narrative agents, cinematic techniques and gaming experience (S) Augmenting character animation in MOCAP systems through sonification and live coding (S)11:30 - 12:00
Coffee Break (+ Poster / Demos)
12:00 - 14:00
Session 3 – HCI, Digital Heritage, and Immersive Technologies
Session Chair:
Room: Amphitheatre
Those Who Do Not Learn History Are Doomed to Play It: Toward a Framework for Historical Inquiry in Video Games (F) A Framework for Co-designing Mixed Reality Experiences to Enrich Intangible Cultural Heritage in Museums (F) Exploring the role of Emerging Technologies in preservation and promotion of traditional costumes: The role of AI in current practices. (F) Talking to Users in VR: Assessing Different Communication Methods with participants in VR User Studies (S)
Colour-coded Visual Aids for Learning Unfamiliar Virtual Keyboards (S)
Exploring User Turning Perception and Comfort of the Segment Addition Redirected Walking Technique (S)
VR Prova: Requirements Analysis for a Collaborative Virtual Reality Opera Rehearsal Platform (S)
MusiCityX: Conceptual Tools for Urban Architectural Design through Music Composition (S)
14:00 - 15:00
Lunch Break & Socialize
15:00 - 15:45
Invited Industrial Talk: MITOS: A Single Source of Truth for Public Services – Interoperability, Standardization, and Citizen-Centric Delivery
15:45 - 16:30
Session on Exhibition & Interactive Experiences I - Industrial
Session Chair:
Rooms: Amphitheatre + Α.05 + A.06
From Judgment to Paradise: Designing Reflective Spatial AR Experiences in the Helysian Exhibition LLMs can play a role of user interface assistance for enterprise software ATRIDE’s Smart Respiratory Shirt, ANASA VirtualZeus: Oral human-LLM interaction in AR for dialog with a mythological character ANNETTE: Immersive AR Telepresence– The Dodona Oracle Experience AI4Debunk: Immersive VR Training for Critical Thinking and Digital Resilience NooNiot: AI Marketplace and Interoperable Sandbox for What-If Scenario Simulation Across Six Smart City Verticals SMART TESLA: AI-Driven, Sensorless Energy Optimization for Public Buildings – A Modular Add-on for Smart City Sustainability16:30 - 17:00
Coffee Break (+ Poster / Demos)
17:00 - 18:30
Session on Exhibition & Interactive Experiences II - Academic
Session Chair:
Rooms: Amphitheatre + Α.05 + A.06
Return to Life in the Garden Expressing Character Personality Across Media: Experimental Approaches to Transmedia Worlds
Imagine Farewell Station: A VR Described Footage Experience of Memory and Loss
XR Cognitive Training for Early Dementia & Alzheimer’s: Games, Simulated Activities, and Holographic Telepresence
Splash App: Share your art with the creative community
A Case Study on Accessibility of Document Scanning Applications
Explorations into the Past, AI-Powered Virtual Reconstruction for Heritage Education
Interactive Techniques for Entering and Editing Text on Smart Watches Through the Rotary-Crown
Temporal Ethics: AI & The Shifting Self
Evaluation of Deceptive Design Patterns in Health Applications
Turning Fact-Checks into Narratives with LLMs
World Usability Day every day: Embracing the Values of Usability & Accessibility.
18:30 - 19:00
Day Wrap-Up
21:00 - 23:00
Cocktail Party, Apollon Theatre
Friday 26/09/2025
Timezone: EEST, Athens (UTC/GMT +3)
08:30 - 09:30
Registrations & Socialize (Meet the Mentor)
09:30 - 10:30
Keynote: Logging Off or Stressing Out? Digital Disconnection and its Role for Digital Resilience
Session Chair:
Room: Amphitheatre
Logging Off or Stressing Out? Digital Disconnection and its Role for Digital Resilience10:30 - 11:30
Session 4 – Design and Evaluation for the User Experience I
Session Chair:
Room: Amphitheatre
Playing, Moving and Designing with Data: Exploring Young Students’ Data Literacy Skills in Embodied Classification Games (S) How Many Participants Do You Need for Closed Card Sorting? A Case Study of an E-commerce Website (S) Distinguishing Voluntary and Involuntary Blinks Through Eye Openness Metrics (S) A Multimodal Approach to User Experience Evaluation: Integration of Physiological, Behavioral, Contextual and Self-Report data with UserSence (S)11:30 - 12:00
Coffee Break (+ Poster / Demos)
12:00 - 14:00
Session 4 – Design and Evaluation for the User Experience II
Session Chair:
Room: Amphitheatre
UX Evaluation and Best Practices for Social Research Data-Collection Tools: The Case of iMedius FormBuilder (F)
The Reel Deal: Designing and Evaluating LLM-Generated Short-Form Educational Videos (F)
UEQ-GR and UEQ-S-GR: Towards a Greek Adaptation of the User Experience Questionnaire and its Short Version (F)
Interaction Design in Mobile Augmented Reality in Education: Insights from a Systematic Review (F)
A Longitudinal Evaluation of Heart Rate Efficiency for Amateur Runners (F)
14:00 - 15:00
Lunch Break & Socialize
15:00 - 16:30
Session on Poster & Demos & Hands-On Experience
Rooms: B13 + A.05 + A.06 + Parthenon room
A.05 Posters & Demos
- NooNiot: AI Marketplace and Interoperable Sandbox for What-If Scenario Simulation Across Six Smart City Verticals
- Turning Fact-Checks into Narratives with LLMs
- Splash App: Share your art with the creative community
- AI4Debunk: Immersive VR Training for Critical Thinking and Digital Resilience
- A Case Study on Accessibility of Document Scanning Applications
- Evaluation of Deceptive Design Patterns in Health Applications
- World Usability Day every day: Embracing the Values of Usability & Accessibility.
- ATRIDE’s Smart Respiratory Shirt, ANASA
- VirtualZeus: Oral human-LLM interaction in AR for dialog with a mythological character
- Imagine Farewell Station: A VR Described Footage Experience of Memory and Loss
- Return to Life in the Garden
- Temporal Ethics: AI & The Shifting Self
- IQMedia: A knowledge-transfer Hub for collaborative actions towards business transformation, Innovation, Quality journalism, exploitation and use of AI and Big Data in the Media environment.
- CALYPSO.GR: Collaborative AnaLYsis, and exPosure of diSinfOrmation in Greece
A.06 Posters & Demos
- ANNETTE: Immersive AR Telepresence– The Dodona Oracle Experience
- Expressing Character Personality Across Media: Experimental Approaches to Transmedia Worlds
- Interactive Techniques for Entering and Editing Text on Smart Watches Through the Rotary-Crown
- XR Cognitive Training for Early Dementia & Alzheimer’s: Games, Simulated Activities, and Holographic Telepresence
- From Judgment to Paradise: Designing Reflective Spatial AR Experiences in the Helysian Exhibition
- LLMs can play a role of user interface assistance for enterprise software
- SMART TESLA: AI-Driven, Sensorless Energy Optimization for Public Buildings – A Modular Add-on for Smart City Sustainability
- Explorations into the Past, AI-Powered Virtual Reconstruction for Heritage Education
B.13 Doctoral Consortium
- Reevaluation of standards and procedures of human-computer interaction in XR
- Voice-based interactions in Immersive Interactive Digital Narratives
- Animated Threads: Digital Cloth applications as a Creative Tool in Choreography and Costume Design
- CyberOps Commander: Tactical Decision Simulator
- ChatGPT and Pi AI under the Microscope: Artificial Empathy for Enhancing Digital Customer Service
16:30 - 17:30
Closing Ceremony
Session Chair:
Room: Amphitheatre
17:30 - 19:00
Greece SIGCHI Chapter Meerting
21:00 - 23:00
Farewell Drink, Kyveli Institute