Call for Papers: MixHAI-XR: Human-AI Interaction and Technology-Mediated Human Representation in eXtended RealityA workshop at ACM IUI 2027: 31st Annual ACM Conference on Intelligent User InterfacesFebruary 8-11, 2027 (Workshop date TBA)Helsinki, FinlandWorkshop: https://mixhai.icar.cnr.it/IUI 2027: https://iui.acm.org/2027/ Deadline for submission of papers: November 9, 2026 MixHAI-XR explores how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the way humans are represented, from realistic replicas and human digital twins to agents that combine traits of different people. Extended Reality (XR) is the central interaction paradigm through which people meet, embody, and collaborate with these representations. ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:FROM HUMAN REPRESENTATION TO IMMERSIVE INTERACTION As generative AI,…

Call for Participation: Expert review of immersive game-based learning design guidelinesPosted to the GAMESNETWORK e-list on September 21, 2026 Hello, I am currently recruiting academics with experience in immersive technologies, serious games, gamification, or game-based learning to help validate a newly developed framework containing 103 design guidelines. If you sign up, you will receive a set of guidelines to review and will have 30 days to complete the review at your own pace. Following the analysis, you will receive a subset of modified guidelines. These will be guidelines have not reached consensus amongst the evaluators in the first phase and…

Call for Papers: Digital Death in Context and Practice: Care, Legacy, Culture and SocietyDigital Legacy Conference (DLC) and Death Online Research Symposium (DORS) 2027May 27-28, 2027University of Birmingham, UKhttps://www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/call-for-papers-panels-and-practicepolicy-contributions Deadline for submissions: November 27, 2026 Join us for the Digital Death in Context and Practice: Care, Legacy, Culture and Society. The Digital Legacy Conference (DLC) and the Death Online Research Symposium (DORS) will come together in Birmingham on the 27-28 May 2027. Through a new collaboration and in partnership with University of Birmingham, the conference will explore how digital technologies are reshaping death, dying, bereavement, memory, legacy and relationships with…

Call for Panel Contributions: Positioning in mediated political talk20th International Pragmatics Conference (IPC20)International Pragmatics Association (IPrA)June 27 -July 2, 2027University of HelsinkiFinlandhttps://discourseanalysis.net/en/cfp-ipra-2027-positioning-mediated-political-talk Deadline for submission of abstracts: October 15, 2026 In mediated political talk, participants continuously position themselves and others in relation to each other as well as to broader political discourses that shape and constrain their interaction. Through such positioning practices, situated interaction becomes interwoven with and related to wider (trans-situational) discursive formations. This panel invites contributions that explore this intersection between interaction and discourse by focusing on positioning and stancetaking (cf. Du Bois 2007) in mediated political talk.…

Call for Papers: Health & New Media ResearchVolume 10, Issue 2https://www.hnmr.org/newsletter/call_for_papers.html Deadline for submissions: October 31, 2026. Health & New Media Research (HNMR) invites original research manuscripts for publication in Volume 10, Issue 2. HNMR focuses on the role of communication and new media in public and environmental health to advance scholarly discoveries and real-world solutions. HNMR is an open-access, international, biannual peer-reviewed academic journal and is published in June and December by the Health & New Media Research Institute at Hallym University (South Korea). The deadline for manuscript submissions is October 31, 2026. The submission should not have been…

Call for Panelists: “Where Is the Human? Communication, Connection, and Agency in the Age of AI”At ICA 2027, the 77th Annual Conference of the International Communication AssociationJune 3-7, 2027Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdomhttps://www.icahdq.org/mpage/ICA27-calls-for-papers[From a post to NCA COMMNotes] Deadline for submission of abstracts and bio statements: October 16, 2026 I am organizing a panel proposal for the International Communication Association (ICA) 2027 conference exploring AI’s growing role as a participant in communication and what this means for human agency, authenticity, relationships, trust, and connection. As AI increasingly writes messages, advises decisions, supports relationships, assists leaders, and shapes organizational communication, the question…

Call for Papers: Workshop on Mental Models in Human-AI Interaction: Methods and Challenges in the Generative and Agentic AI EraAt ACM IUI 2027: 31st Annual ACM Conference on Intelligent User InterfacesFebruary 8, 2027Helsinki, FinlandWorkshop: https://mentalmodelsofai.vercel.app/IUI 2027: https://iui.acm.org/2027/ Deadline for submission of papers: November 9, 2026 The mental model construct is widely used in HCI to refer to the knowledge structure people hold to reason about computing systems. Yet the construct is often used interchangeably with related concepts (e.g. folk theories, sensemaking) and methods of studying it are many and diverse. Generative and agentic AI systems further complicate mental model formation…

Call for Blue Sky Ideas: The 26th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMS 2027)May 3-7, 2027Hanoi, Vietnamhttps://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/dcs/aamas2027/calls/call-for-blue-sky-ideas/ Deadline for submission of abstract: November 5, 2026Deadline for submission of papers: November 12, 2026 The Blue Sky Ideas special track is intended to present and provoke visionary ideas, long-term challenges, new research opportunities, and debate. It serves as an incubator for innovative, risky, and provocative research directions, and aims to provide a forum for publishing and presenting these without being constrained by the result-oriented standards followed in the review process of the main track of the conference. Research visions…

Call for Chapters: Debates and Emerging Futures in Journalism, Media and CommunicationRoutledge: Taylor and Francis Grouphttp://commlist.org/archive/all/2026-all/msg01116.html Editor: Dr Abdulgaffar Arikewuyo Deadline for submission of chapter abstracts: September 30, 2026 Journalism, media and communication are continually being reshaped by technological innovation, political and economic transformations, cultural change, evolving professional practices, and shifting relationships between media institutions and their audiences. From the transformation of traditional journalism to social media, platformisation, artificial intelligence and synthetic media, the boundaries of journalism, media and communication are being continuously redefined. Debates and Emerging Futures in Journalism, Media and Communication is an edited scholarly volume that seeks…

Call for Papers: Heritages 2027UNESCO Perspectives: Cultural Pasts – Urban FuturesJuly 6-8, 2027University of Porto, Portugalhttps://amps-research.com/conference/porto-heritages/ Deadline for submission of abstracts: December 10, 2026 This conference marks the fifty fifth anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Taking the Convention as its starting point, it picks up on the continually evolving definition of heritage UNESCO has offered throughout this time: artistic, natural, cultural and, more recently, through the lens of communities, tourism, technologies, medias, cultural industries and local economies. It now includes what some define as traditional forms of art, architectural and social history, as well as emerging practices in…

Call for Abstracts: How Communication Technology Mediates Death, Dying, and GriefSpecial Issue of the Western Journal of Communicationhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1zzqRnqTtAPTDgBXw3qVxoe3Krs2_eqUz/edit Guest Editors:Dr. Marco Dehnert, University of ArkansasDr. Nicole Costantini, Savannah College of Art and Design Deadline for submission of extended abstracts: October 31, 2026 The Western Journal of Communication invites submissions for a special issue, “How Communication Technology Mediates Death, Dying, and Grief.” Issues of grief, death, and dying are increasingly experienced and mediated through digital avenues, with social media and blogs serving as digital legacy spaces, digital spaces providing social support during times of loss, artificial intelligence unsettling the finality of…

[A message from the Immersive Experience Network…  –Matthew] Call for Participation: Discover What’s Next for Immersive Experiences atIAAPA Expo Europe 2026Education: September 21-25, 2026Show floor: September 22-24, 2026London, United Kingdomhttps://iaapa.org/expos-and-events/expo-europe As immersive entertainment continues to evolve, operators are trying to deliver experiences that feel more engaging, interactive, and memorable than ever before. Whether you operate an immersive art space, digital attraction, experiential venue, or location-based entertainment concept, staying ahead of visitor expectations has become essential for long-term growth. That is why IAAPA Expo Europe is set to be one of the most valuable industry gatherings of the year. Taking place…