Summer HCI 2026

Dates

19-20 August 2026 (+ 21 August for visits at the departments)

Where

M2 (building 1427)

Register

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Themes

• Participatory AI
• The future of XR
• Digital Sovereignty

Preliminary program

Note: The program might change.

	Wed 19	Thu 20
8-9	Coffee	Coffee
9-12	Thinking With Machines (I) Speakers: Paul Denny, Søren Pold & Jian Zhaho	Future of XR Speakers: Eyal Ofek & Jan Gugenheimer
12-13.30	Lunch	Lunch
13.30-17	Thinking With Machines (II)	Who should own software? Digital sovereignty, local-first software, and a web held in common Speakers: Peter van Hardenberg & Theia Henderson
18.30-	Dinner at Kemisk Kantine	Self-organised dinner

Confirmed speakers:

• Eyal Ofek (University of Birmingham)
• Jan Gugenheimer (TU Darmstadt)
• Peter van Hardenberg (Ink & Switch)
• Theia Henderson (MIT)
• Paul Denny (University of Auckland)
• Søren Pold (AU)
• Jian Zhao (University of Waterloo)