HRI 2026, 16 19 March 2026

The ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction is the premier venue for innovations on human-robot interaction, bringing together researchers spanning robotics, human-computer interaction, human factors, artificial intelligence, engineering and social and behavioral sciences. 

The conference theme for HRI 2026 is “HRI Empowering Society”. 

Keynote speakers will be Yukie Nagai (University of Tokyo), Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas (University of Glasgow), Benjamin R. Cowan (University College Dublin) and Benjamin Rosman (University of the Witwatersrand). The event is being held in Edinburgh, Scotland.

IUI 2026, 2326 March 2026

The 2026 ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces is the annual premiere venue where researchers and practitioners meet and discuss state-of-the-art advances at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Human-Computer Interaction. 

Ideal IUI submissions should address practical HCI challenges using machine intelligence and discuss both computational and human-centric aspects of such methodologies, techniques and systems. 

Keynote speakers are Antonio Krüger (Saarland University) and Pattie Maes (MIT Media Lab). The event is being held in Paphos, Cyprus.

SAC 2026, 23 -27 March 2026

The ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing gathers computing professionals engaged in the development of new computing applications. 

Tutorials include “Digital Sovereignty for Smart Societies: Engineering Paradigms, Case Studies and Research Directions”, “Open RAN Security and Privacy Foundations in the Post-Quantum Era”, “Product Comparison using Feature Similarity Matching” and “Social Media Data Analytics for Disaster Management.” 

There are also Technical, Poster and Student Research programs. Keynote speakers are Ioannis Pitas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) and Begoña García-Zapirain (University of Deusto). The symposium is being held in Thessaloniki, Greece.