Elisabeth André received an ACM SIGCHI award for her innovative contributions to the field of human-computer interaction at the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, which took place in Denver/Colorado USA on May 2017 and was attended by nearly 3,000 people. With the award, Elisabeth André was inducted into the ACM SIGCHI Academy. The CHI Academy is an honorary group of principal leaders in the field of human-computer interaction whose work has shaped the field and given directions to it.