Come and Present on Exploring AI in Everyday Life and Future Possibilities
Researchers, designers, artists, technologists, and practitioners are invited to submit papers and creative works to two workshops at the 17th Human Choice and Computers Conference (HCC17), taking place from 7-9 September 2026 in Vienna, Austria.
Both workshops explore how artificial intelligence shapes our daily lives and the futures we aspire to create. Submissions close 30 January 2026.
AI in Our Digital Lives – Everyday Encounters with AI and Their Implications
This workshop foregrounds the personal, lived experience of interacting with AI systems and what these encounters reveal about their ethical, social, and cultural impacts. Submissions may include empirical studies, artistic explorations, or design-led interventions that highlight individual perspectives alongside critical reflections on broader consequences.
Submission types: Short Papers (max 5 pages), Work-in-Progress (max 5 pages), and Provocations & Artistic Works (2 pages + supporting media).
Topics of interest include:
– Personal narratives of AI use (chatbots, recommendation engines, smart devices)
– Trust, mistrust, and agency in human–AI interaction
– Ethical and societal implications such as bias, inclusion, and autonomy
– Creative or spiritual uses of AI, and methods for capturing lived experience
The workshop is organised by Hameed Chughtai and Kathrin Bednar of IFIP WG 9.5. More information is available on the HCC17 conference page.
Beyond AI Guidelines – Imagining Futures Worth Wanting
What might daily life look like if ethical AI principles were truly realised? This companion workshop invites creative and critical contributions that move beyond compliance to explore desired futures implied by AI guidelines and how they can be brought to life in practice.
Submission types: Short Papers (max 5 pages) and Creative or Artistic Works (2 pages + media).
Topics of interest include:
– Futures implied by AI ethics principles
– Successes, failures, and lessons learned from implementing AI guidelines
– Co-creation and non-guideline approaches to ethical AI
The workshop is organised by Kathrin Bednar and Caroline Bollen in collaboration with IFIP WG 9.5 and the ESDiT research program on Ethics of Socially Disruptive Technologies. Further details can be found on the HCC17 conference page.