"Fostering Reflective Inquiry: A Dialogue on Value-Driven Research in HCI" invites Chinese researchers, both in China and abroad, to engage in a critical dialogue about the direction and depth of HCI research. This keynote is not about providing set answers but rather about initiating a collective exploration into what constitutes truly impactful research in the diverse and global landscape of HCI. The talk aims to bridge cultural and academic perspectives, highlighting how Chinese researchers can leverage their unique insights and experiences to contribute to the field. The speaker, a fellow researcher engaged in this global dialogue, will share personal reflections and encourage an open discussion on how to cultivate research that is deeply innovative, socially relevant, and scientifically sound, regardless of geographical boundaries. Read more Read less

Digital twins have become a buzz-word referring to the ability to have digital counterpart of physical parts of our worlds. While starting with digital models of physical objects like machines, today digital twins are real-time connected counterparts of the physical world. And beyond being real time, we see not only digital twins of objects, but digital twins of human hearts, of systems – and systems of systems.

Digital twins will be a key technology when it comes to monitoring and optimizing future services, when it comes to understanding possible alternative scenarios and especially when predicting future events, like when to repair a machine, but also maybe when to repair a heart?

This inspirational keynote will guide you through some examples of digital twins applications that touch everyone of us in our everyday life, our healthcare, the city we are living in. But it will also show how HCI and HCI research methods have to be adapted and re-invented to address the challenges digital twins as a technology bring to our HCI research community. Read more Read less