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Date: Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Subject: [gaia] ACM SIGCAS & SIGCHI COMPASS'26 | Call for Submissions
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS — COMPASS 2026
ACM SIGCAS & SIGCHI Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies
Hosted Virtually • July 27–31, 2026
As part of an alternating virtual/physical cycle, COMPASS 2026 will be
hosted virtually this year and invites interdisciplinary research on
sustainability that draws attention to how computing and sustainability
efforts are embedded in and shaped by local contexts. COMPASS welcomes work
that critically examines how technology intersects with social,
environmental, and economic systems.
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COMPASS draws from a wide array of disciplines (e.g., computer and
information sciences, social sciences, geography, environmental studies,
economics, climate studies, and engineering). In doing so, it promotes
multi-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary research and practice that
address key challenges for sustainable societies, including but not limited
to equity, health, education, poverty, accessibility, conservation, climate
change, energy, infrastructure, and economic development. We also welcome
critical research on the ethics and limitations of technology in supporting
sustainable societies, and are committed to work that addresses challenges
faced by under-represented and marginalized communities. We especially
welcome contributions from activists, worker advocates, and Indigenous
scholars, alongside research on labour movements, climate adaptation, and
sustainability practices that interrogate these dynamics in place.
Important Dates (Anywhere on Earth, AoE)
• Submission site opens: February 10, 2026
• Submission deadline: March 7, 2026
• Author notifications: May 1, 2026
• Camera-ready deadline: June 1, 2026
• COMPASS 2026 Virtual Conference: July 27–31, 2026
Submission via HOTCRP: https://compass26.hotcrp.com/
Themes and Topics of Interest
• Systems and IoT for Sustainable Societies
• HCI, Design, and Critical Perspectives
• AI, ML, and Data Science for Sustainable Societies
• Development, Economics, and Policy
• Environment, Sustainability, Degrowth, and Climate Change
• Technology, Media, and Social Practice
• Energy, Infrastructure and Economic Changes in age of AI
We welcome a broad variety of submission types, including deployment
experiences, practitioner reports, user studies, ethnographies, design
research, and systems building. Contributions from diverse fields and
practices — including those not traditionally identified with computing
disciplines (e.g., humanities, social sciences, climate and sustainability
research, community advocacy) — are encouraged.
Authors will have the opportunity to present their accepted work during
virtual paper sessions.
Submission Tracks and Formats
Papers Track
We welcome full research papers, deployment experiences, practitioner
reports, and other substantial contributions. We will also have interested
authors with accepted papers from ACM JCSS
<https://dl.acm.org/journal/acmjcss> to present their work here as full
papers.
• No strict page limit; typical submissions are ~7,000–8,000 words
(excluding references, captions, appendices).
• Submissions below 4,000 words or above 12,000 words may be subject to
desk rejection.
• Papers must be anonymized for double-blind review.
Formatting & Submission
• Papers in PDF, anonymized, single-column ACM format (Word or LaTeX).
• Authors select 1–3 contribution areas to assist area assignment.
• Accessibility guidance (SIGCHI Accessibility Guide) is strongly
recommended.
• Anonymization must follow ACM CHI relaxed model; remove all identifying
metadata, acknowledgements, and institutional identifiers.
Authorship and Use of AI Tools
Papers must adhere to the ACM Policy on Authorship
<https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/new-acm-policy-on-authorship>;
generative AI tools may not be listed as authors and must be fully
disclosed.
Anonymization Policy
All submissions must be anonymized for review
<https://chi2022.acm.org/for-authors/presenting/papers/chi-anonymization-%20…>.
Author and affiliation sections and credits must be left blank. Authors of
accepted submissions will add this information in preparation of the
camera-ready version.
Review Process
All submissions are reviewed via double-blind peer review. Each paper will
be assigned an Associate Chair and two reviewers. Submissions are evaluated
on relevance, quality of exposition, and potential for impact. Meta-reviews
support final acceptance decisions.
Accepted papers will be published in the COMPASS 2026 proceedings and
archived in the ACM Digital Library.
Conference Organizers
General Chairs
• Nova Ahmed, North South University (nova.ahmed(a)northsouth.edu)
• Yasir Zaki, NYU Abu Dhabi (yz48(a)nyu.edu)
Technical Program Co-Chairs
• Kurtis Heimerl, University of Washington (kheimerl(a)cs.washington.edu)
• Arjuna Sathiaseelan, Cambridge Judge Business School (
arjuna.sathiaseelan(a)gmail.com)
• Susan Wyche, Michigan State University (spwyche(a)msu.edu)
Upon Acceptance of Your Paper
Accepted authors must register for the conference and present their work.
Papers without presentation may be removed from proceedings. Authors must
complete ACM licensing and ensure permissions for all content.
ORCID IDs are required for all published authors.
Text in this guidance is adapted from prior ACM COMPASS conferences, ACM
FAccT 2024, and ACM DIS 2024.
*Susan Wyche, Ph.D. *(she/her)
Associate Professor, Department of Media and Information
Affiliate Faculty, African Studies Center
Michigan State University
spwyche(a)msu.edu
http://www.susanwyche.com
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