[NOTE: The topics of interest for this conference aren’t all directly related to presence, but “The role of social media, online communities, and digital platforms in shaping and circulating illness narratives” certainly seems appropriate. For an example, see this May 2025 story from People about Syd Towle. –Matthew] Call for Papers: Illness Narrative Retold – Diversity, Temporality, and DigitizationJune 1-2, 2026Aarhus UniversityAarhus, Denmarkhttps://conferences.au.dk/illness-narrative-retold Deadline for submission of abstracts: February 1, 2026 ABOUT THE CONFERENCE: Stories of illness are often understood as attempts to tame, navigate, and make sense of the ‘wreckage’ or ‘biographical disruption’ that the experience of serious illness…

Call for Proposals: North American Conference on Video Game Music 2026May 1–2, 2026Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)Troy, New York (with options to attend and present virtually)https://nacvgm.org/proposals/ Deadline for submissions: November 21, 2025 Scholars are invited to submit proposals for the twelfth North American Conference on Video Game Music, which will take place May 1–2, 2026 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and virtually. The conference organizing and program committee is composed of Kate Galloway (host, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Ryan Thompson (program chair, Michigan State University), Jim Buhler (UT Austin), Karen M. Cook (University of Hartford), Julianne Grasso (Florida State University), Neil Lerner (Davidson…

[NOTE: See the conference website for more information on the other submission types. –Matthew] Call for Papers: NordiCHI 2026 – Nordic Conference on Human-Computer InteractionOctober 3-7, 2026Vaasa, Finlandhttps://sites.uwasa.fi/nordichi2026/ Deadlines for submissions: Research Paper abstracts and metadata: April 16, 2026 Research Papers, Critiques, Panels, Arts-Based Approaches, Industry Experience: April 23, 2026 Workshops, Tutorials: May 7, 2026 Late-Breaking Work, Demos, Doctoral Consortium: May 18, 2026 We invite you to join us in Vaasa, Finland, 3-7 October 2026 for NordiCHI 2026, an international conference bringing together the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community. NordiCHI 2026 offers a platform to engage in state-of-the-art discussions that propel…

Call for Participation: “Press Send: A search for aura and embodied experience when art is borne from machine”Nika Nesgoda, Teachers College Columbia UniversityNew Grounds in Education Theory – Online seminar seriesNovember 12, 2025 at 12:30-1:30pm (UK Time)https://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=index&L=PHILOS-L&O=D&P=112439216 We are pleased to provide the details for the next online seminar series, as put on by New Grounds in Education Theory, an initiative that supports and champions both marginalised researchers and underrepresented theoretical research in Education. Wednesday November 12th, 12:30-1:30 pm London UK time.Nika Nesgoda, Teachers College Columbia University“Press Send: A Search for Aura and Embodied Experience when Art is Borne from…

[Note: Calls for Workshop proposals; Interactive experiences, demo and poster papers; and Doctoral consortium are available on the conference website. –Matthew] Call for Papers: 18th International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI) 2026Interactive Creativity: Agencies, Interfaces, and EthicsIn-Cooperation with ACM SIGCHI and SIGWEBJune 8-12, 2026Venice, Italyhttp://unive.it/avi2026 Deadlines for long and short paper submissions: January 18, 2026 (abstracts), January 25, 2026 (papers) DESCRIPTION Since its first edition in 1992, AVI has become an influential space for encounters among scholars and practitioners interested in interfaces, interactions, and experiences. Rooted in pioneering research on visual interfaces characterized by a distinctive attention to the…

Call for Papers: Media Realities International Symposium 2026April 29-30, 2026HLK campus at Jönköping UniversityJönköping, Swedenhttps://ju.se/mediarealitiesinternationalsymposium2026 Organisers: Annette Hill (MKV, Jönköping University) and Hario Priambodho (Lund University) Deadline for submission of abstracts: December 12, 2025 Media realities face multilevel challenges. Realities play off varieties of representations, technologies and experiences. Media realities are rooted in different professional traditions, e.g. film and television, radio and journalism, gaming, social and synthetic media. There are multiple routes for realities, including archives and records, representations and remixes, virtual and artificial intelligence. These roots and routes for media realities take place in intense, contested settings regarding trust,…

Call for Papers: Policy Responses to Generative AISpecial issue of Telecommunications Policyhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/325753/policy-responses-to-generative-ai Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2026 As generative AI disrupts and pervades industry, politics, national security, education, and beyond, scholars should assess the need for new/updated law and regulation. This special issue aims to expand the literature on AI policy responses, addressing the extent to which existing policy frameworks are applicable to challenges posed. Submissions may address national or international AI policymaking approaches, as well as governance modes for aspects of AI technologies (e.g. training data, algorithms/automation, product/service marketplace, implementation, user experience, etc.). Against this background we seek…

Call for Papers: “SHAPEXR: Shaping Human-AI-Powered Experiences in XR”Workshop at 2026 ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2026)March 23, 2026Paphos, Cyprushttps://shapexr.icar.cnr.it/IUI 2026 (March 23-26): https://iui.acm.org/2026/ Deadline for submissions: December 19, 2025 WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION This workshop explores how eXtended Reality (XR) can serve as a multimodal interface for AI systems, including LLMs and conversational agents. It focuses on designing adaptive, human-centered XR environments that incorporate speech, gesture, gaze, and haptics for seamless interaction. Main topics include personalization, accessibility, cognitive load, trust, and ethics in AI-driven XR experiences. Through presentations, discussions, and collaborative sessions, the workshop aims to establish a…

Call for Participation: “Chatbots: Help Some/Harm Others. Might Destroy Humanity”A free online lecture by Allen J. Frances (Duke University School of Medicine, USA)November 25, 2025 at 17:00 CET (8:00 PST)https://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A2=index&L=PHILOS-L&O=D&P=112304712 The registration for the second lecture of the Institute of Applied Psychology Interdisciplinary Series – see: https://ips.uj.edu.pl/nauka/iapis/iapis_en – (Season 7) is open. We will be hosting Allen Frances (Duke University School of Medicine, USA) with a talk titled: “Chatbots: Help Some/Harm Others. Might Destroy Humanity.” REGISTRATION: Please feel welcome to register using this link:https://forms.gle/xhrRgQ6vfQRgQhcR7 ABSTRACT: Chatbots are the most consequential invention in human history. They have a wonderful potential to…

Call for Papers and Contributions: Tech Abuse ConferenceMay 19-21, 2026Londonhttps://www.genderandtech.net/conference Deadline for submission of abstracts: October 31, 2025 Dear All, I’m reaching out to share the Call for Papers and Contributions for our upcoming Tech Abuse Conference, taking place 19-21 May 2026 in London:https://www.genderandtech.net/conference. Together with my team at the UCL Gender and Tech Research Lab, we’re working to convene a diverse, global community committed to understanding and addressing technology-facilitated gender-based violence and abuse. This includes not only academics, but also practitioners, survivors and survivor-led organisations, policymakers, technologists, legal experts, educators, journalists, NGOs, law enforcement, industry professionals, activists, and many…

Call for Papers: Online Conference: Media Technologies and Future StorytellingDecember 16, 2025http://commlist.org/archive/calls/2025-all/msg00936.html Deadline for submission of abstracts: November 14, 2025 We are pleased to announce an online one day conference exploring the evolution of storytelling in the wake of advancements in media technologies. This event will investigate how emerging technologies are reshaping the way we tell, preserve, and reimagine our stories. We live in a world where stories are not just read and watched but physically felt through technologies like (VR/AR/XR). As technologies like VR, AR, and XR make the user’s body an integral part of the narrative, we must…

Call for Papers: Amplification & Everyday Life ConferenceJune 4-5, 2026University of HuddersfieldHuddersfield, West Yorkshire, UKhttps://makeitlouder.co.uk/2025/10/23/call-for-papers-amplification-and-everyday-life/ Deadline for submissions: December 15, 2025 We are delighted to invite proposals for a two-day conference dedicated to Amplification and Everyday Life, taking place June 4-5, 2026, at the University of Huddersfield, UK. The Amplification Project, a Leverhulme Trust-funded research project housed within the Music and Music Technology division of the University of Huddersfield, invites proposals on the theme of “Amplification and Everyday Life.” As the first large-scale research project dedicated to the study of amplification, we hope this conference will help to identify and…