IMPORTANT DATES

  • 23 May, 2025: Deadline for submissions due 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time. 
  • 20 June, 2025: Notification of acceptance. 
  • 9 July, 2025: Camera-ready submissions due 23:59 AoE time.

ABOUT DEMONSTRATIONS

CSCW 2025 demonstrations present implementations of new CSCW systems and concepts. The curated demonstrations allow conference participants to view novel and noteworthy CSCW systems in action, discuss the systems with those who created them, and try them out. Appropriate demonstrations include applications, technologies, and research prototypes, and may showcase work that has been or is being published at CSCW or elsewhere. Demonstrations can also serve to showcase novel commercial products not previously described in the research literature. All demonstrations are expected to be presented in-person.

Compelling demonstrations can include (but are not limited to) the following areas:

  • Multi-user interactions with large displays
  • Hardware and tangible devices that have the potential for novel cooperative interactions
  • Augmented or immersive environments
  • Novel social networking systems
  • Design interventions in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) or other large learning environments
  • Visualizations of collaborative social and workflows
  • The use of AI and Large Language Models in supporting collaborative tasks
  • Crowdsourcing, community-sourcing, or crowdfunding demonstrations

Demonstrations should be interactive and provide attendees with a hands-on experience. Presenters must have been directly involved with the development of the system and be able to explain the unique and novel contributions of the system.

We encourage the submission of demos that were previously shown at other venues, but that will be novel to the CSCW audience, as such demos can serve to build bridges between research communities. For submissions of this nature, authors are required to adapt their original demonstrations specifically for the CSCW community. And, the authors should state previous demo venues in their submission and point out differences from previous demos.

At CSCW 2025, demos will be showcased during the poster and demos reception on Monday, October 20. These demonstrations will be spaced around a large hall, and will run concurrently during the block of time set aside for demonstrations. Attendees will be free to explore the room and visit demos of interest. This promotes informal interaction and in-depth information exchange among demo presenters and attendees. A demo presentation should be brief so that it can be shown repeatedly to many attendees. The demo chairs may request additional information during the review period to assess the feasibility of proposed demos.

All demonstrations will be advertised and showcased in the conference pack and throughout the conference. In addition, conference attendees will vote for a demonstration to receive a People’s Choice Best Demo Award.

Questions about Demos should be directed to demos2025@cscw.acm.org.

SUBMISSION MATERIALS

Demonstration submissions consist of two required (and one optional) components.

  • A 4-page extended abstract (required)
  • A demo system summary that describes the logistics of the demonstration (required)
  • A video of the proposed demonstration (optional).

The extended abstract (4 pages) should provide a description of the project goal or research problem, contribution, and value to CSCW attendees. It will be published in the ACM Digital Library and distributed to all attendees as part of the Conference Companion Publication. The extended abstract details the kinds of cooperative activities the demonstration is intended to support, the noteworthy and distinguishing ideas or approaches it embodies, a brief description of the system that will be demoed, and a clear statement of the demo’s relevance to the CSCW audience. The extended abstract should be submitted in PDF format, following the ACM Master Article Submission Templates (single column): https://www.acm.org/publications/authors/submissions.

The demo system summary is a 1 page short description of the demo, the team, and the required setup. The system summaries will not be published in the ACM Digital Library. In a separate document from the Extended Abstract, please include answers to the following questions – proposals missing a clear and detailed plan will likely be rejected:

  • Information about the presenter(s), including their relationship to the project.
  • Demonstration requirements. Provide a detailed description of what you need to make the demonstration work, such as needed space, equipment support, and Internet connectivity. 
  • Do you plan to gather research data about attendees’ interactions with the system? If so, describe what data you plan to gather and an example of the release form that you would ask attendees to sign. If a demo that collects user data is accepted, proof of final IRB/ethics approval must be submitted by October 5th (if your home institution has an IRB). CSCW can provide a “letter of cooperation” to assist with your IRB application, if needed. If your institution does not require IRB approval, a letter stating so from the demo presenters must be submitted instead.

Optionally, your demo can be supported by a short video during the submission phase. If a demo submission is accepted after submission, authors will be required to submit the video of the demo, which will be made available to conference attendees and required to be accessible (e.g., with closed captions). The length of the video demos cannot exceed more than five minutes. We will provide more details during the camera-ready phase. 

Demos are juried by the CSCW demo chairs and a group of juries, and there is no rebuttal phase. Due to the nature of the juried process, authors will not receive review feedback and will only be informed about the decision.

FAST TRACK

Authors of accepted full papers at CSCW 2025 may submit a fast-track entry into the Demos track. For fast-track submissions, the authors only need to submit a 1-page description of the demonstration format and requirements, while referring to the full paper for details of the system that will be demonstrated. Note that the fast track DOES NOT guarantee acceptance. The 1-page description, if accepted, will not be included in the ACM Digital Library. 

Alternatively, the authors of accepted papers (at CSCW 2025) may also opt to submit a four-page extended abstract for the demonstration, which will be included in the ACM Digital Library if accepted.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

The extended abstract, system summary, and URL for accessing the video must be submitted via PCS to the “CSCW 2025 Demos” track at https://new.precisionconference.com by May 23, 2025 11:59 pm anywhere on earth (AOE) time. Submissions received after the deadline will not be considered.

Please direct all questions regarding the demo submissions to demos2025@cscw.acm.org. 

Note: For all accepted submissions (in-person and video demos), at least one author should register for the conference.

DEMONSTRATION CO-CHAIRS

Jacob Thebault-Spieker (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA)
Dhaval Vyas (University of Queensland, Australia)
demos2025@cscw.acm.org

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