Call For Participation
Who Should Participate?
We invite up to 20 in-person participants from diverse backgrounds, including researchers, designers, practitioners, and community-engaged scholars working in CSCW, HCI, AI, child-computer interaction, education, aging, family studies, and related areas. We especially welcome those interested in how AI is entering family life, shaping intergenerational relationships, and raising new questions for design, care, responsibility, and governance.
Submission Tracks
Participants will submit a short position or work-in-progress paper in one of three categories:
Track 1: Defining Family-Centered AI
Conceptual work on defining, conceptualizing, or discussing family-centered AI.
Track 2: Intergenerational Dynamics
Empirical or design research on how AI shapes family and intergenerational life and interactions.
Track 3: Futures for Family-Centered AI
Critical research, reflections, or design ideas about values, inclusion, responsibility, and governance.
Submission Requirements
- •Length & Format: 1–4 pages in the single-column ACM SIGCHI format, excluding references.
- •Anonymity: Papers should not be anonymized.
- •Review Process: Papers will be reviewed by the organizers based on relevance, clarity, quality, and potential to foster workshop discussion.
- •Attendance: At least one author of each accepted paper must register for and attend both the workshop and the main CSCW conference.
Workshop Outcomes
Our workshop will produce two main outcomes: a shared research and design agenda for family-centered AI, and a stronger interdisciplinary research community across CSCW, IDC, and AI in education communities working on family-AI interactions. We hope it will also support future collaborations, publications, and new research directions.
Important Dates
| Submission Deadline | July 31, 2026 (AoE) |
| Notification of Acceptance | August 7, 2026 (AoE) |
| Participant Confirmation | August 15, 2026 (AoE) |
| In-person Workshop | October 11, 2026 (CSCW 2026, Salt Lake City, Utah) |
All submissions should be submitted through the form below: