Call for Papers, Pictorials, Artworks: ACM Creativity and Cognition 2026 Conference, 13-16 July 2026
Emilia Rosselli Del Turco
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Emilia Rosselli Del Turco
C&C26 Publicity Chair
Call for Papers, Pictorials, Artworks
We are pleased to invite submissions for papers, pictorials, and artworks to the ACM Creativity and Cognition 2026 Conference, which will be held in London (UK) 13-16 July 2026.
Important Dates
Abstract/Metadata Due: 29 January 2026
Full Submission Due: 5 February 2026
Supplementary Material Due: 7 February 2026
Notifications: 30 March 2026
Camera-ready Deadline: 27 April 2026
Deadlines are specified as Anywhere on Earth time.
Please see below and https://cc.acm.org/2026/ for call descriptions on each submission category. Accepted submissions will be included in the Proceedings of the ACM Creativity and Cognition 2026 conference, and will be made available in the ACM Digital Library. At least one author of an accepted paper must register for the conference and present the work.
Call for Papers
We encourage submissions that contribute with knowledge on various forms of creativity with topics ranging from designing or evaluating creativity-support environments and technologies to studying or reflecting on the experiences, practices, and cognitive processes in art, craft and design.
This year’s theme, Creativity for Change, responds to the rapid pace of change in our world and emphasizes the power of creativity in driving positive transformations.
Our conference will explore how creativity can inspire and enable sustainable approaches for societal transformation, decolonization, tackling climate action, preservation of cultural heritage and supporting place-making and peace-making in urban and cultural contexts.
We invite submissions across a range of categories that examine how interactive systems, design, and creative processes can foster positive change and respond to global challenges. Creativity will be the lens through which we view societal issues, showcasing how creative approaches can open up new possibilities.
For more information on submission details and review process, please visit: https://cc.acm.org/2026/papers/
Papers Chairs
Cesar Torres (University of Texas at Arlington)
Rebecca Fiebrink (University of the Arts London)
Contact: paper...@cc.acm.org
Call for Pictorials
We invite pictorial submissions that interpret the theme of Creativity and Change broadly, push the boundaries of the visual format, and exhibit professional quality in every detail. At C&C in particular, pictorials are presented and archived as equivalent to full papers. The pictorial track at C&C operates like a specialized subcommittee of the full papers track. Authors will present their work in the sessions together with the papers track.
Pictorials are a format in line with this year’s conference theme, Creativity for Change, pictorials are an academic format open to change in ways of knowing, giving the opportunity to emphasize visual materials.
Pictorials challenge the primacy of text as the only form of academic research and knowledge dissemination. Our format encourages positive change toward the inclusion of submissions from practitioners, community researchers, artists, activists, and others.
To encourage change is to be open to doing research otherwise, hence we welcome submissions that challenge the edges of the C&C research community, such as those that provide insight into aspects of creativity from artistic, design, cognitive, and socio-cultural perspectives.
Pictorial Chairs
Alwin de Rooij (Tilburg University & Avans University of Applied Sciences)
Mafalda Gamboa (Chalmers University of Technology)
Andrew Webb (Louisiana State University)
Contact: pictori...@cc.acm.org
For more information on submission details, format, review process, please visit: https://cc.acm.org/2026/pictorials/
Call for Artworks
The 2026 C&C Arts Exhibitions will be curated under the conference theme Creativity for Change. The exhibition will explore how artists, architects, designers, makers use creativity and its processes to inspire and enable societal transformation, drive positive change and respond to pressing global challenges.
Whether creativity is used to raise awareness, reimagine potential futures, enquire into issues or as a tool for experimentation or for initiating change that explores the questions of how creativity and creative processes can:
- foster positive change and respond to local and global challenges?
- open up new possibilities and help co-create future realities?
- be the lens through which to enquire into societal and/or environmental matters?
These ideas can be exhibited in the form of physical-digital objects such as generative artworks, photography, animation, film and moving image, sound pieces, interactive installations, virtual / augmented/mixed realities, performances and / or works that are suited to special technological platforms that will be presented at the exhibition venue.
In your application, you should indicate the spatial, technical and environmental needs of your work, i.e. does it require power or wired / wifi internet, does it need to be in the dark, or spot-lit, does it require listening to or does it make sound, can it be outdoors, does it have a time duration, it runs once, it loops, etc.
The Arts Exhibitions will also engage their visitors in various ways. Audiences for the physical gallery space will likely be conference attendees, university staff and students, and invited guests. As is fitting with the theme of creativity for change, the works should respond to and change if necessary, to fit with the exhibition space requirements and available equipment.
Artworks Chairs
Rocio von Jungenfeld (University of Kent)
Joana Chicau (University of the Arts London)
Phoenix Perry (University of the Arts London)
Contact Email: art...@cc.acm.org
For more information on submission details, format, review process, please visit: https://cc.acm.org/2026/artworks/
Conference Topics
We welcome high-quality submissions on a range of topics including, but not limited this year’s conference topics: https://cc.acm.org/2026/#topics
Conference Organizers
General chairs: Nick Bryan-Kinns (University of the Arts London) and Salvatore Andolina (Politecnico di Milano)
Technical Program chair: Janin Koch (Inria Lille)
Paper chairs: Cesar Torres (University of Texas at Arlington) and Rebecca Fiebrink (University of the Arts London)
Pictorials Chairs: Alwin de Rooij (Tilburg University and Avans University of Applied Sciences), Mafalda Gamboa (Chalmers University of Technology), and Andrew Webb (Louisiana State University)
Artworks Chairs: Rocio von Jungenfeld (University of Kent), Joana Chicau (University of the Arts London) and Phoenix Perry (University of the Arts London)
Posters and Demos Chairs: Corey Ford (University of the Arts London) and Jeba Rezwana (Towson University)
Workshops and Tutorials Chairs: Tim Smith (University of the Arts London), Diogo Cabral (University of Lisbon), Srishti Palani (Tableau Research, Salesforce) and Astrid Park (Moth)
Graduate Student Symposium Chairs: Steven Dow (UC San Diego), Jane E (National University of Singapore) and Caterina Moruzzi (University of Edinburgh)
Undergraduate Research Track Chairs: Ellen Do (University of Colorado)
Accessibility Chairs: Anna Troisi (University of the Arts London), Ceren Yuksel (University of the Arts London) and Tiffany Knearem (Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence)
Local Chair: Matt Malpass (University of the Arts London)
Publications Chairs: Zijian “Jason” Ding (University of Maryland) and Kexin Quan (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Treasury Chair: Sam Ferguson (University of Technology Sydney)
Steering Committee Liaison Chair: Celine Latulipe (University of Manitoba)
Web Chairs: Hao Wang (University of the Arts London) and Jei Fu (University of the Arts London)
Registration Chairs: Ziwei Zhao (University of the Arts London) and Nik Martelaro (CMU)
Sponsorship Chairs: Waitz Li (University of the Arts London) and Bea Wohl (University of the Arts London)
Publicity Chair: Shuoyang Zheng (Queen Mary University of London) and Emilia Rosselli Del Turco (University of California San Diego)
Social Media Chair: Rosa van Koningsbruggen (Bauhaus-Universität in Weimar)
Student Volunteer Chairs: Yinmiao Li (Northwestern University) and Giulia di Fede (Politecnico di Milano)
Keynote Chair: Hooman Samani (University of the Arts London)
More details on the conference website: https://cc.acm.org/2026/