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Original research contributions with substantial technical depth and evaluation.
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CHIL 2026
Conference on Health, Inference, and Learning
CHIL 2026 is the 14th International Conference on Conversational Human-Computer Interaction, focusing on the design, evaluation, and deployment of conversational systems. It brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse fields to share innovations in spoken and text-based human-machine dialogue systems.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Full paper
February 5, 2026
AoE
Conference timeline
Submission and decisions
Full paperKey deadline
February 5, 2026 · AoE
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Short Papers
Preliminary results, work-in-progress, or focused case studies (up to 6 pages).
Demo Papers
Descriptions of working systems or prototypes with demonstrations.
Industry Track Papers
Practical applications and real-world deployments of conversational systems.
Workshop Proposals
Proposals for co-located workshops on specialized topics.
Research areas in scope
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Topics
Conversational agents and chatbotsSpeech recognition and synthesisNatural language understanding and generationDialogue management and modelingMultimodal and embodied conversationEmotion and affect in conversationConversational AI ethics and fairnessEvaluation methods for conversational systemsHuman-computer interaction in conversational systemsConversational interfaces for education, healthcare, and assistive technologiesMultilingual and cross-cultural conversational systemsConversational search and information retrievalConversational recommendation systemsConversational agents in smart homes and IoTLong-term interaction and user engagement
Policies worth checking twice
- Submissions must be anonymized for double-blind review.
- Full papers must not exceed 10 pages, including references.
- Short papers must not exceed 6 pages, including references.
- Dual submission to other conferences or journals is not allowed.
- All submissions must include an AI-use statement describing the role of AI tools in the research and writing process.
- Author lists and affiliations cannot be changed after the submission deadline.
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026