The term late-breaking has become synonymous with news that becomes available after the end of the day’s normal television programming, especially in North America. Before 24-hour news networks, breaking news was reported by cut-ins, which interrupted regular programming and allowed for the use of special lower thirds to convey a sense of urgency (e.g., a tornado warning). These types of alert crawls are now more commonly seen on the lower screen on cable and satellite channels that provide long-form coverage of immediate events (e.g., the 9/11 terrorist attacks).
CHI 2025 Late-Breaking Works (LBW) are a great way to present and discuss your work at the conference. LBWs must report results that became available for public dissemination after the submission deadline, and be of critical importance to the scientific/clinical community. Examples of LBWs include experimental therapeutic interventions, clinical trials of novel treatment approaches, quantitative data demonstrating the effectiveness of new diagnostic tools, rating scale validation and small confirmatory studies.
LBWs consist of an extended abstract and an optional appendix. Please see the CHI 2025 LBW submission guidelines for more information.