Keynotes for OzCHI 2024

Professor Paul Dourish

University of California, Irvine

Paul Dourish is Chancellor’s Professor of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine, where he also holds courtesy appointments in Computer Science and Anthropology. Additionally, he serves as an Honorary Professorial Fellow in Computing and Information Systems at the University of Melbourne. His research spans Human-Computer Interaction, Digital Media, and Science and Technology Studies.

Paul is the author of several influential books, including Where the Action Is: The Foundations of Embodied Interaction (MIT Press, 2001), Divining a Digital Future: Mess and Mythology in Ubiquitous Computing (MIT Press, 2011, co-authored with Genevieve Bell), and The Stuff of Bits: An Essay on the Materialities of Information (MIT Press, 2017). He is a Fellow of both the ACM and BCS, a member of the CHI Academy, and a recipient of prestigious awards such as the AMIA Diana Forsythe Award and the CSCW Lasting Impact Award.

Professor Marcus Foth

Queensland University of Technology

Marcus Foth is a Professor of Urban Informatics in the School of Design and a Chief Investigator in the QUT Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC), Faculty of Creative Industries, Education, and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. For more than two decades, Marcus has led ubiquitous computing and interaction design research into interactive digital media, screen, mobile and smart city applications.

Marcus founded the Urban Informatics Research Lab in 2006. He is a member of the QUT More-than-Human Futures research group. Marcus has published more than 280 peer-reviewed publications. He is a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society and the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Distinguished Member of the international Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and currently serves on Australia’s national College of Experts.

Professor Margot Brereton

Queensland University of Technology

Margot Brereton is Professor of HCI in Computer Science at Queensland University of Technology. She is a leading figure nationally and internationally in the collaborative design of humanitarian technologies and their interfaces. She works closely with communities whose needs are often overlooked in technology development, focusing on enhancing the lives and agency of older adults, neurodiverse individuals, and minimally-verbal children with autism. Her work also connects people to nature and supports the use of endangered Indigenous languages. Margot’s long-term engagements with these communities ensure that her designs fit seamlessly into people’s lives, allowing them to actively shape the technologies’ evolution.

Margot’s research centers on tangible, connected interfaces, AI, and machine learning technologies, contributing to innovative designs and new theoretical approaches in Human-Computer Interaction. She has served on the Australian Research Council College of Experts, and published more than 230 peer-reviewed papers. Beginning her career as an apprentice at Rolls Royce aircraft engines, she holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering Design from Stanford University, a Masters in Technology Policy from MIT, and a BSc.Eng(Hons) from the University of Bristol.