EstCHI was established in 2010 to promote human-computer interaction in Estonia. It brings together academics and professionals from both public and private sectors through bi-monthly meetings of 70+ people and an annual conference of 300+ attendees from Estonia and neighboring countries. In 2014, EstCHI and Cyprus SIGCHI started hosting annual HCI summer schools for 30+ doctoral students and practitioners, supported by SIGCHI. EstCHI's activities have helped develop HCI education and research in Estonia, including a master's program and growing number of doctoral students and projects applying HCI principles.

1. David Lamas, Hegle Sarapuu, Hanna-Liisa Pender

2. Established in November 2010
with the explicit goal of promoting
the field of human-computer
interaction in Estonia

4. EstCHI has a very small formal
member base but reaches a large
community bringing together
academia and both public and
private sectors

5. EstCHI promotes bi-monthly
meetings attended by 70+
participants…

10. …and an yearly event in November,
bringing together over 300
participants from Estonia and
surrounding countries

14. In 2014 EstCHI, together with
Cyprus SIGCHI, started a series of
HCI themed summer schools, with
SIGCHI’s support

17. The summer school was attended by
30+ participants, mainly doctoral
students from allover the world but
also by practitioners from Estonia
and surrounding countries

18. EstCHI’s activities are sponsored by
Tallinn University, Estonian IT
Foundation for Education, Trinidad
Consulting, and many other
occasional sponsors, including
SIGCHI

19. EstCHI’s activities have impact!

20. There is now a successful Master’s
Programme in Human-Computer
Interaction and several doctoral
students working on HCI related
topics

21. The number of HCI related projects
and dissertations is raising as the
topics are addressed by more and
more students in many education
institutions in the country

22. Practitioners are clarifying their
roles and maturing their approaches

23. But more important, there is a
growing uptake of HCI values and
practices in both public and private
sector

25. David Lamas, Hegle Sarapuu, Hanna-Liisa Pender