VB: HCC17: Call for Papers: Combined Intelligence: Human–AI Systems in Everyday Contexts (7-9 September 2026)
Johanna Sefyrin
- AI and democracy
- Participatory efforts and AI
- Imaginaries of AI
- AI, decay, and repair
- AI and More-Than-Human relationships
Datum: söndag, 9 november 2025 11:12
Till:
Kopia: Hilda Tellioglu <hilda.t...@tuwien.ac.at>
Ämne: HCC17: Call for Papers: Combined Intelligence: Human–AI Systems in Everyday Contexts (7-9 September 2026)
Dear TC9 Working Group chairs,
We’re excited to invite you to our upcoming conference,
HCC17 – Human Choice and Computers Conference
Combined Intelligence: Human–AI Systems in Everyday Contexts
taking place between 7th-9th September 2026
at TU Wien in Vienna, Austria
The HCC series of conferences is the official bi-annual event that brings together all the Working Groups and members of TC9.
Submissions due: January 30, 2026
The Human Choice and Computers (HCC) conference series began in 1974, emerging from concerns that people were being forced to use computers in dehumanizing ways. From the outset, the focus was on ensuring that human and community needs took precedence over purely technological or economic considerations. These early concerns remain highly relevant today, particularly with the rise of Artificial Intelligence.
Generative AI technologies, such as ChatGPT, have reignited debates around human–computer relationships. While some view them as profoundly disruptive to creativity and professional practices, others see them as inevitable innovations. AI introduces opportunities and risks: it can support decision-making but may also entrench bias and inequality. Ethical and societal questions have become central to the study of AI’s role in everyday life.
HCC17 in 2026 will focus on “Combined Intelligence: Human–AI Systems in Everyday Contexts.” Moving beyond abstract ethics, it emphasizes empirical, design, and critical research into how AI is integrated into daily practices—both at work and in education, healthcare, governance, and beyond. The conference highlights issues related to power, responsibility, and trust, aligning with IFIP TC9’s mission to examine human choice and social responsibility in computing.
HCC17 welcomes inputs from members of academia and research, civic society, computing associations, industry, and the IT professions on the following (and related) themes:
- Trust and accountability: How users build confidence in AI systems they don’t fully understand, and who is responsible when decisions go wrong.
- Power and participation: The politics of automation, delegation, and co-designing human–AI systems with diverse stakeholders.
- Knowledge and learning: What is lost or gained when experiential knowledge is modeled by AI, and how humans and AI adapt together.
- Ethics in practice: How values, fairness, and empathy are enacted and negotiated in everyday human–AI interactions.
- Social impact and resistance: How AI reshapes institutional routines, affects vulnerable groups, and is appropriated, resisted, or subverted by communities.
HCC17 will also welcome co-located TC9 Working Group Workshops & Tracks, such as:
IFIP WG9.2 – Social Accountability and Computing (Track)
Human–AI Systems and the Public Interest: Accountability, Ethics, and Empowerment
Track chair: Neil Gordon
IFIP WG9.5 – Our Digital Lives (Workshop)
AI in our Digital Lives: Everyday Encounters with AI and Their Implications
Workshop chairs: Hameed Chughtai, Kathrin Bednar
IFIP WG9.8 – Gender, Diversity, and ICT (Track)
AI through feminist readings
Track chairs: Sisse Finken, Johanna Sefyrin, Marisa D’Mello
PAPER SUBMISSION
The conference is open to attendees at all stages of their career and education, whether you are at the start, middle, or peak of your career, either as academics or practitioners. Submitted papers should be approximately 3,000-5,000 words in length. Please return your paper, using the appropriate format, via the link that will be announced shortly. Please ensure that you indicate whether you are submitting to the conference’s general theme or to one of the specific workshops. Papers must be anonymized for blind peer review.
Stay tuned for the link to submit your paper.
More detailed information is at the conference website: https://ifiptc9.net/hcc17-2026/
Date: 7th-9th September 2026
Location: TU Wien in Vienna, Austria
Submissions due: January 30, 2026
If you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at hilda.t...@tuwien.ac.at.
We would be delighted if you could join us and contribute to what promises to be a stimulating and engaging event.
Please forward this to others who might be interested.
Best regards,
Hilda Tellioglu
Conference Chair
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