Doctoral consortium

The goal of the Doctoral Consortium is to provide a setting for PhD students to present their work in person and receive constructive feedback on their doctoral research plan and progress in the field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI). 
All contributions in HCI are welcome, especially in relation to the theme of the conference: interactive creativity, addressing agencies, interfaces, or ethics.

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Important dates

All deadlines are 23:59, AoE:

• submission deadline: March 29th, 2026
• notification: April 15th, 2026

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Programme

The Doctoral Consortium programme offers students different opportunities to articulate and discuss their problem statement, goals, methods, and results in different manners, both during the Consortium itself and the main conference.

Activities

The Doctoral Consortium will be held on 9th June, 2026.
During the Doctoral Consortium itself, students will have the opportunity to share their work:

• through a presentation with slides
• in focus groups

Main conference visibility

Students with sufficiently mature work will also be able to present it during the main conference in a poster session, which will be open to all conference participants.

Best presentation and certificate of attendance

The best presentation of the Doctoral Consortium will be formally acknowledged during the main conference as well.
All Doctoral Consortium participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance.

Main benefits

In summary, the Doctoral Consortium offers several key benefits to participating students:

• guidance: students receive valuable guidance on various aspects of their research from established researchers in HCI.
• networking: it facilitates networking opportunities with senior researchers and peer students participating in the Consortium.
• motivation: it seeks to motivate students in the development of their scientific curiosity and facilitate their integration within the broader HCI research community.

In this manner, the Doctoral Consortium offers students guidance on various aspects of their research by established researchers in HCI, as well as networking opportunities with seniors and peers participating in the Doctoral Consortium.
It seeks to motivate students in the development of their scientific curiosity and facilitate their networking within the research community.

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Submission

Doctoral students are required to submit a single PDF file including the following information:

• research summary (up to 2-3 pages, including references). The summary should provide the name and affiliation of the doctoral student, a concise overview of the PhD project, clearly describing
  1. research goals,
  2. method(s)
  3. expected contributions.
• statement by the doctoral student briefly describing how they foresee they will benefit from the participation in AVI (up to 1 page).
• letter of recommendation from supervisor.

Please note that Doctoral Consortium submissions will not appear in the conference proceedings. Students are also encouraged to submit their work to other AVI 2026 calls with ACM publication, i.e., for long papers, short papers, posters, interactive experiences, demos.

The research summary must be prepared in English, and PhD students should use a single-column submission template (PDF format) and the Easy Chair system for all submissions.

Doctoral Consortium submission