CALL FOR DEMONSTRATIONS

• Friday, May 15, 2026: Deadline for submissions due 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time.
• Friday, June 19, 2026: Notification of acceptance.
• Friday, July 10, 2026: Camera-ready submissions due 23:59 AoE time.

CSCW 2026 demonstrations (demos) present implementations of new CSCW systems and concepts. The curated demos 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 demos include applications, technologies, and research prototypes, and may showcase work that has been or is being published at CSCW or elsewhere. Demos can also serve to showcase novel commercial products not previously described in the research literature. All demos must be presented in-person at the conference venue. Remote or virtual presentations (e.g., via Zoom or video conferencing) will not be permitted under any circumstances. At least one demo presenter must register for CSCW 2026 and be physically present at the conference to staff the demos during the designated demo session.

Compelling demos 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
• Crowdsourcing, community-sourcing, or crowdfunding demos
• AI and Large Language Models in support of cooperative work and communication
• Agentic AI systems that mediate or facilitate collaborative tasks
• Generative AI tools for collaborative creativity or co-creation

Demos 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 demos 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 2026, demos will be showcased during the poster and demos reception on Monday, October 12, 2026. These demos will be spaced around a large hall, and will run concurrently during the block of time set aside for demos. 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.

Conference attendees will vote for a demo to receive a People’s Choice Best Demo Recognition.

Questions about Demos should be directed to demos2026@cscw.acm.org.

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

• A 4-page extended abstract (required)
• A 1-page demo system summary that describes the logistics of the demo (required)
• A video of the proposed demo (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 demos 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.
• Demo requirements. Provide a detailed description of what you need to make the demo 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 Oct 1, 2026 (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, provide an ethics statement describing the steps you have taken and will take in order to make sure that your study aligns with the ethical standards in our community.

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 potentially 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.

Authors of accepted full papers at CSCW 2026 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 demo format and requirements, with references to the full paper for details of the system to 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 2026) may also opt to submit a four-page extended abstract for the demo, which will be included in the ACM Digital Library if accepted. Note that fast-track acceptance does not waive the in-person presentation requirement. At least one author must register for CSCW 2026 and be physically present at the conference to staff the demo during the demo session.

The deadline for both options will also be Friday, May 15, 2026.

The extended abstract, system summary, and URL for accessing the video must be submitted via PCS to the “CSCW 2026 Demos” track at https://new.precisionconference.com by May 15, 2026 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 demos2026@cscw.acm.org.

Note: For all accepted submissions, at least one author must register for the conference and present the demo in-person. Accepted demos that cannot be staffed in-person will be withdrawn from the program.

In line with other SIGCHI conferences’ (e.g., CHI) and computing conferences’ (e.g., CVPR and KDD) policies on use of generative AI in writing papers, CSCW 2026 employs the following policy on the use of Large Language Models in paper writing.

Text generated from a large-scale language model (LLM), such as ChatGPT, must be clearly marked where such tools are used for purposes beyond editing the author’s own text. Please carefully review the April 2023 ACM Policy on Authorship before you use these tools. The SIGCHI blog post describes approaches to acknowledging the use of such tools and we refer to it for guidance. Note that the LaTeX template will default to hiding the Acknowledgements section while in review mode – please make sure that any LLM disclosure is available in your submitted version. We will investigate submissions brought to our attention and desk reject papers where LLM use is not clearly marked or where an LLM is not appropriately used (e.g., including fake references generated by LLM, relying on AI-tools to generate ideas in the manuscript, etc.).

• Yubo Kou (The Pennsylvania State University, USA)
• EunJeong Cheon (Syracuse University, USA)

Contact: demos2026@cscw.acm.org