🌟 Organizing Committee Spotlight: Meet Yong Ma, Social Media Chair of CUI 2026 and a researcher at University of Bergen!

🌟 Organizing Committee Spotlight: Meet Smit Desai , Provocations Chair of CUI 2026 and a researcher at the Northeastern University!

🌟 Organizing Committee Spotlight: Meet Samuel Rhys Cox, Provocations Chair of CUI 2026 and a researcher at Aalborg University!

🌟 Organizing Committee Spotlight: Meet Katie Seaborn, Provocations Chair of CUI 2026 and a researcher at University of Cambridge and Institute of Science Tokyo!

Excited for two #CUI2026 keynotes on the future of Conversational AI: 🗣️ Björn Schuller on super-empathic CUIs and the guardrails they need 🤖 Simone Stumpf on Responsible AI, transparency, trust, and inclusion 📍 Bremen, Germany 📅 21–24 July 2026 #ConversationalAI #ResponsibleAI #HCI

📢 Sponsor announcement Münch Gesellschaft für IT-Solutions mbH is supporting ACM CUI 2026 🎉 Proud to have their support in bringing the global CUI community together in Bremen this July. #CUI2026 #HCI #AI #Sponsorship

📢 Partnership announcement! The Interaction Design Foundation (IxDF) is partnering with ACM CUI 2026 🎉 Excited to collaborate with a global leader in UX education to support the CUI community. More details soon! #CUI2026 #HCI #UX #IxDF

📢 Reminder: Only 1 week left to apply to be a Student Volunteer at ACM CUI 2026 in Bremen, Germany (21–24 July)! Great chance to support the conference, meet the CUI community, and gain experience. 🗓 Apply by 31 March (23:59 AoE) 🔗 buff.ly/vUK2TVI #CUI2026 #HCI #StudentVolunteers

📢 Call for Sponsors – CUI 2026 Join ACM CUI 2026 in Bremen (21–24 July) and connect with a global HCI, AI, and industry community shaping conversational interfaces. Showcase your work, recruit talent, and support human-centered AI. 📩 [email protected] 🔗 cui.acm.org/2026/sponsorship #CUI2026

📢 CUI 2026: Doctoral Consortium PhD students working on conversational user interfaces are invited to apply. Present your research, receive mentorship, and connect with peers and experts. ⏳ Deadline: 9 April 2026 🔗 cui.acm.org/2026/submission/doctoral-consortium/ #CUI2026 #ConversationalAI #HCI

📢 Call for Doctoral Consortium – CUI 2026 PhD students researching Conversational User Interfaces are invited to apply to the CUI 2026 Doctoral Consortium. 📅 Deadline: April 9, 2026 (AoE) 🔗 Learn more: cui.acm.org/2026/submiss... 📧 Submit: [email protected] #CUI #PhD #HCI #ConversationalAI

📢 CUI 2026: Short Papers & Works-in-Progress Share early-stage research, preliminary results, or new ideas in conversational user interfaces. Accepted submissions will be presented as posters. ⏳ Deadline: 9 April 2026 🔗 cui.acm.org/2026/submission/short-papers-works-in-progress/ #CUI2026

📢 CUI 2026: Workshop Proposals Organize an interactive half day workshop at CUI 2026. Bring the community together to explore ideas, challenges, and new directions in conversational user interfaces. ⏳ Deadline: 19 March 2026 🔗 cui.acm.org/2026/submission/workshops/ #CUI2026 #ConversationalAI #HCI

📢 CUI 2026: Provocations Short, boundary pushing papers that challenge assumptions about conversational AI. Conceptual essays, speculative ideas, and critical reflections welcome. ⏳ Deadline: 9 April 2026 🔗 cui.acm.org/2026/submission/provocations/ #CUI2026 #ConversationalAI #HCI #SIGCHI

📢 CUI 2026: Interactive & Creative Demos - Installations, art, experimental conversational systems exploring agency & identity. ⏳ Deadline: 19 March 2026 🔗 cui.acm.org/2026/submiss... #CUI2026 #ConversationalAI #HCI #Interactivity #Creativity #SIGCHI

🚨 One Week Left: CUI 2026 Full Paper Call! 🚨 Got a breakthrough on Conversational User Interfaces? Submit your full paper to CUI 2026 and help shape the future of Conversational AI! ⏳ Abstract Due: 26 February 2026 📅 Full Paper Submission Due: 5 March 2026 🔗 Learn more: cui.acm.org/2026/submiss...

📢 ACM CUI 2026 is looking for Student Volunteers! 📍 Bremen, Germany | 21–24 July 2026 🗓 Deadline: 31 March 2026 (AoE) Great chance to connect with the CUI community and gain conference experience. Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #CUI2026 #HCI #ACM

🌟 Organizing Committee Spotlight: Meet Johanna Rockstroh, Local Chair of CUI 2026 and an HCI researcher at the University of Bremen!

📢 CUI 2026 Call for Full Papers is OPEN! Submit your latest research on Conversational User Interfaces — from Conversational AI to agency & identity. ⏳ Abstract: 26 Feb 2026 📅 Full paper: 5 Mar 2026 🔗 lnkd.in/eSShKXts 📝 new.precisionconference.com/submissions #CUI2026 #ConversationalAI #SIGCHI

📢 Call for Associate Chairs (ACs) – ACM CUI 2026! Consider volunteering as an Associate Chair (AC) for ACM CUI 2026! 👉 Interested? Please fill in the form and feel free to share this call with your network! 🔗 Sign up here: lnkd.in/dsEs2-AP

🌟 Organizing Committee Spotlight: Meet Hannah Pelikan, Programme Chair of CUI 2026 and a HCI researcher at Linköping University!

🌟 Organizing Committee Spotlight: Meet Justin Edwards, Programme Chair of CUI 2026 and a HCI researcher at the University of Oulu!

🌟 Organizing Committee Spotlight: Meet Thomas Eßmeyer, General Chair of CUI 2026 and an HCI researcher at the University of Bremen!

🌟 Organizing Committee Spotlight: Meet Nima Zargham, General Chair of CUI 2026 and a HCI researcher at the University of Bremen!

📢 Call for Doctoral Consortium Submissions Are you a PhD student working on Conversational User Interfaces? Join the Doctoral Consortium at CUI 2026 and discuss your work, including links to agency and identity in Conversational AI. Submission due 9 April 2026. Learn more at lnkd.in/edgj-ZU3

🎄 Something to think about over the holidays Consider volunteering as an Associate Chair (AC) for ACM CUI 2026! If you’re interested in supporting the community and contributing to the review process, we’d love to hear from you. 🔗 Sign up here: forms.gle/jEz3DPR4Bzcy...

📢 Call for Short Papers and Works in Progress Have early stage work or concise findings on Conversational User Interfaces? Submit to CUI 2026 and join the conversation on emerging directions, including agency and identity. Submission due 9 April 2026. Learn more at lnkd.in/eVjTXNiz #CUI2026 #HCI

📢 Call for Provocations Papers Have bold ideas that challenge the status quo in Conversational User Interfaces? Submit a provocations paper to CUI 2026 and spark discussion on agency and identity in Conversational AI. Submission due 9 April 2026. Learn more at lnkd.in/eRYCkzj9 #CUI2026 #HCI

📢 Call for Interactivity and Creativity Submissions We invite interactive and creative demos in Conversational User Interfaces, including installations and artistic work exploring agency and identity. Submission due 19 March 2026. Learn more at lnkd.in/ePun6jFk #CUI2026 #HCI #ConversationalAI

📢 Call for Workshop Proposals Want to lead a workshop on Conversational User Interfaces? Submit a proposal and bring the community together around new topics like agency and identity. Submission due 19 March 2026. Learn more at cui.acm.org/2026/submission/workshops #CUI2026 #HCI #ConversationalAI

📢 Call for Full Papers Have strong research on Conversational User Interfaces? Submit to CUI 2026 and share new ideas on Conversational AI, agency, and identity. Abstract due 26 Feb 2026. Full paper due 5 Mar 2026. Learn more at cui.acm.org/2026/submission/full-papers #CUI2026 #HCI #ConversationalAI

Now, looking ahead, #CUI2026 will be taking place in... 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 🥁... 𝘽𝙍𝙀𝙈𝙀𝙉, 𝙂𝙀𝙍𝙈𝘼𝙉𝙔! 🇩🇪 In a warm handover moment, next year’s General Chairs – Effie Law, Nima Zargham, Thomas Eßmeyer – thanked this year’s team and shared their excitement for what’s to come for #CUI2026! 💫

As it began, #CUI2025 🇨🇦 closes with words from our General Chairs – Jaisie Sin, Jim Wallace, and Edith Law. What a blast these past few days have been. Huge thanks to everyone who took part and made this event so special. 👏

𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 #𝟱: 𝗨𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗨𝗫, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗨𝗜𝘀

A big shoutout to our #CUI2025 presenters who couldn't be here in person...your work is absolutely part of the conversation in Waterloo! We're so glad to have your work in the program and on our minds. 💬✨

Our second(-ever!) tutorial — 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵(𝘪𝘤) 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 — prepared by Heloisa Candello (who is also presenting!) and Michelle Brachman. programs.sigchi.org/cui/2025/pro...

𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 #𝟰: 𝗖𝗨𝗜𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴

Day 3 of #CUI2025 began with keynote talk 'Conversations in Context: Considering the Sociality of Agentic AI' from Dr. Matt Ratto: "Developing good agentic AI requires an expansive and dynamic approach to context."

Today's early morning trip to St. Jacobs Farmers' Market in nearby Woolwich, Ontario — featuring fresh apple fritters, a true ‘taste of place’ in the Waterloo Region! 🍎

Tonight’s banquet wrapped up with a lively game of #CUI2025 trivia 🎲Congrats to Group Intuition for clinching the top spot! 🥇🏆

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸!

𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 #𝟮: 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗨𝗜𝘀

I am happy to share that our work titled "Exploring LLMs for Automated Generation and Adaptation of Questionnaires" has been accepted to the ACM Conversational User Interfaces (CUI) Conference 2025. Check our work: doi.org/10.1145/3719... @cui.acm.org #CUI2025 #ACM

CUI's first-ever tutorial — 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘜𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴: 𝘈𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘎𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴. programs.sigchi.org/cui/2025/pro...

𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 #𝟭: 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁, 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗨𝗜𝘀

"Smudging is a cultural tradition common to many (not all) First Nations, which involves the burning of one or more traditional medicines gathered from Mother Earth. The four sacred medicines used in First Nations' ceremonies are tobacco, sage, cedar, and sweetgrass."

Day 2 of #CUI2025 began with keynote talk 'The Interface is Political: Resisting Neutrality' from Dr. Maurita Harris: "Do not just design for inclusion. Design for liberation. For joy. For belonging."

Day 2 of #CUI2025 is here! Today’s lineup includes: 🎤 Keynote: Dr. Maurita Harris 🪶 Smudging ceremony 📄 Paper Panel 1: Trust, Human Behaviour, and CUIs 📄 Paper Panel 2: Designing CUIs 📄 Paper Panel 3: In-Context and Context-Aware CUIs 📚 Tutorials, posters, provocation 🍽️ Banquet to close the day

Day 1 of #CUI2025 comes to a close — posters, demos, and the welcome reception spark thoughtful conversations and set the tone for the days ahead.

We're so excited to welcome you to Waterloo, Ontario, Canada — #CUI2025 is officially underway! 💫 We’re kicking off DAY 1 with: 🛠️ Workshops (9AM–1PM EST) 🎓 Graduate Consortium (2PM–5:30PM) 👋 Welcome Reception + Posters & Demos (5:30–6:30 PM) We’re so glad you’re here!