[CfP] Distributed Agency and Multimodal AI Interfaces: Meaning, Human-Centric Implications, and Pathways to Design and Implementation

[Chiara Natali]

Half-Day Workshop @AVI 2026 — 18th International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces
Date: June 8 or 9, 2026 (TBD)
Location: San Servolo Island, Venice, Italy 🇮🇹

This workshop focuses on how agency, meaning, and creativity are distributed between humans and AI in multimodal and multi-agent systems. Through paper presentations and hands-on activities, we will discuss urgent questions about responsibility and accountability, trust and appropriate reliance, creative authorship and co-creation, and meaningful human–AI decision-making.
The keynote will be delivered by Prof. Luca Viganò (King's College London).

We welcome submissions from disciplines such as computer science, psychology, philosophy, interested in multimodal AI systems, human–AI interaction, and human and artificial creativity.

Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Multimodal interfaces
- Human–AI interaction
- Multi-agent systems and agency
- Trustworthy and explainable AI
- Human creativity and artificial creativity
- Co-creativity and collaborative systems
- Designed friction and intentional constraints

Submission Type: Extended Abstracts (500-1.000 words)
Submission Deadline: March 29, 2026
Notification of acceptance: April 10, 2026
How to Submit: See workshop website for submission instructions and templates: https://emme3.github.io/DAMAI/

Co-organizers: Umberto Domanti (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano), Angela Faiella (University of Bologna), Caterina Moruzzi (University of Edinburgh), Chiara Natali (University of Milano-Bicocca), Anna Rezk-Parker (University of Glasgow), and Mario Mirabile (University of Santiago de Compostela)