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| Theme | AI's Impact on Society |
| Location | YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park, Colorado |
| Date | June 14-18, 2026 |
Paper Presentations
Getting Specific on Societal AI Harms (and Benefits): An Activity Where We Play With Words
Patrick Gage Kelley and Ashley Marie Walker (Google)
“What in the Black Mirror...?” Ethical Speculation as Design Practice and Research Method for AI Futures
Casey Fiesler (University of Colorado Boulder)
Design for Disobedience
Elena Glassman (Harvard) and Andy Haupt (Stanford)
No AI about us, without us: Bringing people into AI pipelines through building Community Libraries
Cecily Morrison (Microsoft), Martin Grayson, Rita Marques, Camilla Longden, Melanie Anja Thieme
Principles for Human-Computer Interaction in the Age of Artificial Interactions
Sarita Schoenebeck (University of Michigan)
How Users Make Sense of Seemingly Conscious AI
Amy Heger (Microsoft), Forough Poursabzi, Jina Suh, Mihaela Vorvoreanu (Microsoft)
HCI Scholars and AI Scientists: Who Decides, Who Creates, Who Owns?
Yun Huang (UIUC)
Safety-Critical AI in Sensitive Support Contexts: Analyzing AI Chatbot Development in Resource-Constrained Domestic Abuse Organizations
Maya Ashkenazi (UCL), Mia Hassoun (Google), Sunny Consolvo (Google), & Leonie Tanczer (UCL)
Public Interest Technology, Not AI Governance Theater
Shion Guha (University of Toronto)
Towards Globally Equitable AI
Aditya Vashistha (Cornell University)
The Parasocial Problem: A Provocation on the Social Operation of Human-Machine Relations
Jaime Banks (Syracuse)