Note: CHI 2026 has no hybrid or remote attendance.
Important Dates
All times are in Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone. When the deadline is day D, the last time to submit is when D ends AoE. Check your local time in AoE.
- Monday, September 29, 2025: Deadline for application as a Workshops Juror
- Thursday, October 9, 2025: Juror Notification
- Thursday, October 2, 2025: Organizer submission deadline
- Thursday, November 20, 2025: Organizer notification
- Thursday, November 27, 2025: e-rights completion deadline
- Thursday, December 4, 2025: Publication-ready deadline
- Thursday, December 4, 2025: Organizer update PCS’ final submission page with information of workshop title, workshop abstract and website URL
- Thursday, December 18, 2025: Call for participation released by workshop organizers and individual workshop website up and running
- Thursday, December 18, 2025: List of accepted workshops released by workshop chairs on CHI 2026 website
- Participant submissions are due approximately Thursday, February 12, 2026. Workshops can define a specific date as necessary to fulfill whatever selection process they have. However, workshop organizers must notify the participants of acceptance at least seven days before the conference’s Early Registration Deadline.
Submission Details
- Online submission: PCS Submission System
- Template: ACM Master Article Submission Templates (single column)
- Workshop proposal submission length: up to 8 pages (excluding references).
- Proposals should include: Motivation, Organizers, Plans to Publish Proceedings, Workshop length (one or two sessions), Workshop Activities, Accessibility, 250-word Call for Participation, and References.
- Submissions are not anonymous and should include all author names, affiliations, and contact information.
We recommend that authors read the following two policies before submitting:
- The April 2023 ACM Policy on Authorship and use of large language models (LLMs), and the SIGCHI blog post about it.
- The 2021 ACM Publications policy on research involving humans.
ACM Selection Process Category
Message from the Chairs
We invite you to submit a workshop proposal for CHI 2026! Workshops are a chance to bring people together who care about the same ideas, questions, or problems in human-computer interaction (HCI). Your workshop can focus on anything from new research and design ideas to real-world tech use, teaching, ethics, or big challenges like sustainability.
Should I Consider the Panel, Workshops, or Meet-Ups track?
Panels are interactive, discussion-oriented forums in which audience members are participants in the discussion. Workshops are meetings of subject matter experts exploring new knowledge. Meet-ups enable attendees with a common interest to meet for informal but facilitated discussions during the main conference program.
| Track | Primary Purpose | Style | Example Activites |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workshop | Collaborative work and discussion on focused HCI topics | Position papers, hands-on methods, group synthesis | Tutorial on data ethics, working groups on design tools |
| Meet-Ups | Social or networking gatherings around shared interests | Informal, participant-led | Meet fellow HCI researchers from your region |
| Panels | Structured discussions with audience interaction | Debate, Q&A, expert insights | Ethics of Al panel with audience polling |
Key Changes in Workshops from Previous Years
Workshops are in-person and on-site-only events
- All workshops are scheduled in the afternoons during the weekdays during the CHI week.
- The length of a workshop can be either Short (one session) versus Long (2 sessions with a break).
- Formats of workshop include, but not limited to, presentations on emerging topics, collaborative ideation and design sessions, hands-on tutorials or technical methods, and focused discussions around theoretical, methodological, or applied challenges.
- No additional cost for workshop participation.
What is a CHI Workshop?
A CHI Workshop is a working session where people come together to share ideas, solve problems, and learn from each other about human-computer interaction (HCI). It’s not just for socializing—it’s focused time to work and think together. Workshops can include:
- Presentations on new topics
- Group brainstorming or design an sketching sessions
- Hands-on tutorials or how-to sessions
- Deep discussions about (grand) challenges in HCI
Workshops are different from Meetups (which are more social) or Panels (which are more like group talks). Workshops are about doing actual work together.
How Workshops Works
- Organizers plan and lead the workshop.
- Participants join by sharing a short paper or idea to be part of the discussion.
If your idea is accepted, you’ll help promote the workshop and invite others to join. Everyone in the workshop is expected to join in the conversations and activities. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- HCI for Climate Change
- Trust and Reliance in AI-Human Teams
- Designing Technology and Policy Simultaneously
- Sharing and Experiencing Hardware and Methods to Advance Smell, Taste, and Temperature Interfaces
- Combating Toxicity, Harassment, and Abuse in Online Social Spaces
- Beyond Prototyping Boards: Future Paradigms for Electronics Toolkits
- PhysioCHI: Towards Best Practices for Integrating Physiological Signals in HCI
Applying to be a Juror: Want to Help Pick CHI 2026 Workshops?
We’re looking for people to help us choose which workshops will be part of CHI 2026. These helpers are called jurors. Jurors review workshop proposals and give their opinion on what fits best with the conference. You can apply to be a juror if you:
- Have helped with CHI or similar conferences before
- Have reviewed papers or helped select talks/workshops
- Have attended CHI conferences often (as a speaker, author, or guest)
Being a juror takes about 8 hours of work between late October and early December. It’s a great way to be part of the community and shape the future of CHI. To apply, send an email to workshops@chi2026.acm.org with: your name, where you work/study, your resume (CV), a short message (about 150 words) on why you’re interested. Deadline: Monday, September 29, 2025.
ACM Open
Content in this track will be published under ACM Open Access as an “extended abstract” article type. Extended abstract article types will not be charged an article processing charge (APC) for open access. For more information about which article types are subject to an APC, see the ACM article types summary.
Publication Policies & Requirements
Authors must review ACM’s publications policies. Please read this separate page for them.
Metadata Integrity
The abstract/metadata deadline is a hard deadline for listing all author names; there are no exceptions. Changes to the order of authors are allowed only during the Publication-Ready submission phase. The abstract/metadata is crucial to the integrity of the review process and author representation. If any of the authors need to be added or removed after the abstract/metadata deadline, the authors would need to withdraw their submissions/papers.
Minor changes to the title and abstract are permitted during the revision period.
Policy on Use of Large Language Models
Text generated from a large-scale language model (LLM), such as ChatGPT, must be marked where such tools are used for purposes beyond editing the author’s own text. Please review the April 2023 ACM Policy on Authorship before using these tools. The SIGCHI blog post describes approaches to acknowledging the use of such tools, which we refer to for guidance. Note that the LaTeX template will default to hiding the Acknowledgements section while in review mode – please make sure that any LLM disclosure is available in your submitted version. While we do not anticipate using tools on a large scale to detect LLM-generated text, we will investigate submissions brought to our attention and desk-reject papers where LLM use is not clearly marked.
Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects
Any research in submitted manuscripts that involves human subjects must go through the appropriate ethics review requirements that apply to the authors’ research environment. As research environments vary considerably concerning their requirements, authors are asked to submit a short note to reviewers that provides this context. Please also see the 2021 ACM Publications policy on research involving humans before submitting.
Accessibility
Accessible submissions are essential for reviewers and are good practice. Authors are expected to follow SIGCHI’s Guide to an Accessible Submission. If you have any questions or concerns about creating accessible submissions, please contact the Accessibility Chairs at access@chi2026.acm.org early in the writing process (the closer to the deadline, the less time the team will have to respond to individual requests).
Preparing and Submitting Your Workshop Proposal: What You Need to Know to Submit a Workshop
- Workshops are working sessions—people gather to share ideas, design together, or teach something new.
- All workshops will be in-person only (no virtual).
- You can choose between a one or two sessions with a break.
- A workshop proposal must be prepared according to the ACM Master Article Submission Templates (single column). It must be submitted via the PCS Submission System. The proposal must be no more than 8 pages (excluding references).
What to Include in Your Proposal (Max 8 pages, plus references)
- Why this workshop?
Explain the topic, what’s important about it, and your goals. - Length of workshop
Short or Long - Who’s organizing?
List names, roles, and why you’re the right team. - Publishing plans:
Say how you’ll publish the submitted papers (like on arXiv or CEUR-WS). - Accessibility:
Mention if you need things like transcription or other access tools. - Offline materials:
Share how people can follow along later if they miss the session (like recordings or PDFs). - Activities:
What will you do in the workshop? (e.g., talks, hands-on demos) - After the workshop:
What happens next? Will there be a report or follow-up? - Call for Participation (250 words):
Provide a 250-word abstract that will be posted on CHI 2026 site to advertise your workshop to the CHI community. This should appear at the end of your workshop proposal and should include the following: - Your format and goals
- Who should join and what they need to submit
- How to submit
- Publishing plans
- That at least one organizer per accepted workshop must attend
- Workshop website
- How many people you expect to register and attend (must be at least 10)
- Note about past workshops: Add a note if this proposal is workshop series or follow-up workshops from those in previous CHI or other ACM conferences will be given special consideration but are not automatically accepted.
- References
Add relevant background papers or links.
The workshop proposal is the only document that will be included in the CHI Extended Abstracts proceedings if it’s accepted.
Rules to Remember
- You can only be listed on 2 proposals total.
- You can only attend 1 workshop at a time.
- You don’t choose your schedule—the conference decides when your workshop happens.
- Workshops with fewer than 10 participants (including the organizers) may be canceled.
- You will likely get pens and large paper, but bring any extra stuff you need.
- If you need special room setups (extra chairs, easels), ask early for approval and expect to pay extra.
- If your workshop involves research with people, mention this and how it was reviewed (e.g., by your school’s ethics board).
Selection Process
Workshops are a reviewed track and highly selective: in prior years. Workshop proposals will be selected by the Workshop Chairs through the recommendations of a jury. Once we confirm that workshops have met a basic quality standard, acceptance decisions will be based on assessing how compelling the workshop is likely to be for CHI attendees and the overall portfolio of proposed workshops. The Workshop Chairs will consider several factors during the selection process, including:
- The potential for the workshop’s topic to new insights, e.g., a new, organized way of thinking about the topic or promising directions for future work.
- The potential for the topic of the workshop to generate stimulating discussions.
- The organizers’ ability to demonstrate the proposed workshop is well-structured.
- The organizers’ ability to demonstrate the proposed workshop fosters interactivity.
- The overall balance of topics in the workshops program and relevance to the main conference theme.
- The proposed size of the workshop, and whether there is a clear and workable plan for facilitating a lively environment for discussion for all participants, particularly for larger and longer workshops.
- If multiple submissions are received on the same or similar topics, the multiple organizers will be encouraged to work collaboratively to merge them or differentiate them.
Upon Acceptance of Your Submission
Contact authors of accepted papers will receive instructions on preparing and submitting the final version by the Publication-Ready Deadline. If the authors cannot meet these requirements by the Publication-Ready deadline, the Papers Chairs will be notified and may be required to remove the paper from the program. For any issues relating to the publication phase, please contact publications@chi2026.acm.org.
The publication-ready version has to follow the LaTeX and Word templates from ACM. Should you need technical assistance, please direct your technical query to publications@chi2026.acm.org.
CHI 2026 papers will be published under ACM Open Access and APC eligible. Reading ACM Open Access Publication for more details. Responsibility for obtaining permission to use video, audio, or pictures of identifiable people or proprietary content rests with the author, not the ACM or the CHI conference.
AUTHORS TAKE NOTE: The official publication date is when the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks before the first day of the conference. The official publication date may affect the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. For those rare conferences whose proceedings are published in the ACM Digital Library after the conference, the official publication date remains the first day of the conference.
Before the Conference
Workshop organizers will be responsible for the following tasks during the time leading up to the conference:
- Publicize Your Workshop on the CHI Webpage: Organizers of accepted papers must provide a title, organizer list, call for participation, and link to the workshop website, which will be published on the CHI website prior to the conference. All other submitted materials for accepted workshop proposal submissions will be kept confidential until the publication of the CHI Extended Abstracts proceedings.
- Publicize Your Workshop: Organizers of an accepted workshop must set up and maintain their own website in which they provide further and updated information about their workshop. In order to have a successful and well-attended workshop, we recommend that you post your call for participation early and widely (e.g., publicize it on social media and on relevant mailing lists).
- Solicit Submissions from Potential Participants: While some organizers may choose alternate formats, a position paper generally outlines the organizers’ view on the workshop theme and the reasons for the submitter’s interest in the topic.
- Select Participants: Choose participants on the basis of the position papers submitted and your goals for the workshop. Workshop sizes will provisionally be capped at a certain size of participants to allow the workshop to be hosted in the CHI venue. In such cases, the registration system will not allow more participants to register for your workshop. Under special circumstances, you need to contact the Workshop Chairs to inquire if a larger size of your accepted workshop might be possible.
- Distribute Accepted Workshop Submissions and Pre-Workshop Materials: Materials and accepted submissions should be accessible to participants at least 1 week before the workshop day.
- Develop a Final Agenda of Workshop Activities.
- Provide clear instructions of workshop activities to workshop participants: Clearly communicate what participants need to prepare and what to expect during the workshop.
- Develop a Plan for Any Follow-Up Activities.
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