CFP: The 14th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2026)

[Takayuki Kanda]

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The 14th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2026)
Osaka, Japan, November 16th-19th, 2026
https://hai-conference.net/hai2026/
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The Fourteenth International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI
2026) is the premier interdisciplinary venue for discussing and
disseminating state-of-the-art research and results on the design and
building of agents and the study of how humans interact with them. We
welcome research that makes contributions and has implications across
conventional interaction boundaries including robots, virtual agents,
conversational agents, multi-modal agents, and digitally-mediated
human-human communication. HAI will gather researchers from fields spanning
engineering, computer science, robotics, human-computer interaction,
psychology and sociology, and will cover diverse topics, including:
human-robot interaction, affective computing, computer-supported
collaborative work, gaming and serious games, artificial intelligence, and
more.

The theme for HAI 2026 will be "From Interaction to Agency: Navigating
Autonomy in HAI." We are witnessing a fundamental shift as artificial
agents-including LLM-based agents, AI assistants, and autonomous
robots-evolve from reactive interfaces into autonomous entities with
"agency": the capacity to act proactively and make independent decisions to
achieve complex goals. This transition redefines the human-machine
partnership, moving from passive interaction toward shared autonomy. HAI
2026 focuses on how we navigate this new landscape, addressing challenges in
delegation, trust, and the psychological impact of living with agentic AI
systems. While all submissions related to HAI are welcome, you are
especially encouraged to submit papers in line with the theme. The HAI
conference seeks contributions from a broad range of disciplines such as
engineering, computer science, psychology, sociology, cognitive science,
business, marketing, and design.

Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Autonomous and adaptive agents/systems
- Interaction with generative AI and foundation models
- Human-AI collaboration and teaming
- Multi-agent interaction
- Trust, delegation, and control in agentic AI systems
- Impacts of embodiment
- Character and avatar design
- Experience design
- Agents in applications, e.g. self-driving cars, social networks
- Agents in business and marketing
- Agents in healthcare
- Gaming and serious games
- Social simulation
- Ethical and societal implications of autonomous agents

Methods and contributions include, but are not limited to:
- Quantitative/qualitative empirical studies
- Theoretical modeling
- Experimental methods
- Technological advances

<< Important Dates >>
Full paper:
- Submission Deadline: May 29, 2026 (Fri)
- Notification of acceptance: July 31, 2026 (Fri)

Poster paper:
- Submission Deadline: August 7, 2026 (Fri)
- Notification of acceptance: August 28, 2026 (Fri)

Workshop and Tutorial:
- Submission Deadline: June 5, 2026 (Fri)
- Notification of acceptance: June 19, 2026 (Fri)

All papers should be in the ACM conference format (sigconf) and must be
anonymized for double-blind review. For more details on submission
guidelines and templates, please visit the HAI 2026 web site. ALL ACCEPTED
PAPERS WILL BE ARCHIVED IN THE ACM DIGITAL LIBRARY.

HAI proceedings from previous years: https://dl.acm.org/conference/hai