Dear all,
The Workshop on Chatbots and Agentic Technologies (WOCHAT 2026) invites submissions on the next generation of conversational systems, including agentic dialogue systems, multi-agent communication, multimodal interaction, human-AI collaboration, dialogue evaluation, affective computing, safety, trustworthiness, and reasoning in conversational AI.
WOCHAT aims to bring together researchers and practitioners exploring how conversational agents can move beyond reactive responses toward more intelligent, collaborative, and context-aware interaction.
Topics include (but are not limited to):
- Agentic dialogue systems
- Multi-agent conversational systems
- Multimodal dialogue and grounding
- Commonsense reasoning and theory of mind
- Emotion and affect modeling
- Human-AI interaction
- Safety, robustness, and trustworthiness
- Dialogue evaluation and benchmarking
Submission Types
- Long papers: up to 8 pages (+ references)
- Short papers: up to 4 pages (+ references)
Important Dates
-Paper Submission Deadline: June 7, 2026 (AoE)
-Notification of Acceptance: June 28, 2026
-Camera-Ready Deadline: July 6, 2026
-Workshop: August 2, 2026
Submissions must follow the SIGDIAL 2026 formatting guidelines and will undergo double-blind review.
Proceedings: Accepted papers will be published in the ISCA Archive.
We look forward to your submissions and to discussing the future of chatbots and agentic technologies at WOCHAT 2026.
WOCHAT is sponsored by the ELRA SigSDS (Special Interest Group on Spoken Dialogue Systems).
More information at: https://sites.google.com/view/wochat2026
WOCHAT2026 Organizing Committee
AACL-IJCNLP 2026 SRW Pre-Submission Mentorship is now open!
Student researchers working on NLP, Computational Linguistics, and
related areas are encouraged to submit their work to the AACL-IJCNLP
2026 Student Research Workshop (SRW).
The SRW welcomes both Research Papers and Thesis Proposals. The
pre-submission mentorship program provides an opportunity to receive
constructive feedback from mentors before the final SRW submission. It
is especially helpful for students who would like to improve the
writing, structure, and presentation of their work.
Important Dates:
Pre-Submission Mentorship Deadline: June 8, 2026
Pre-Submission Feedback: July 5, 2026
Direct Submission Deadline: July 26, 2026
ARR Commitment Deadline: September 17, 2026
Notification: September 21, 2026
Camera-ready Deadline: September 30, 2026
Main Conference: November 6-10, 2026
Pre-submission portal:
https://openreview.net/group?id=aclweb.org/AACL-IJCNLP/2026/SRW_Pre-Submiss…
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Website:
https://2026.aaclnet.org/calls/srw/ [2]
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Subject: Save the date: Vocab@Hiroshima 2027 (13 to 17 September)
Dear colleagues,
With apologies for cross-posting.
We are very pleased to announce Vocab@Hiroshima 2027, an international
conference on vocabulary research, which will be in Hiroshima, Japan.
Summer School: 13 to 14 September 2027
Main conference: 15 to 17 September 2027
The conference brings together researchers, teachers, and postgraduate
students with an interest in vocabulary, from acquisition and assessment
through to teaching and use. We are expecting colleagues from across the
world, and we would love for you to be among them.
Key dates:
30 November 2026: call for papers posted and submission portal opens
15 February 2027: abstract submission deadline
We would be grateful if you could pass this on to colleagues, students, and
anyone in your networks who might be interested. Please do save the date,
and we very much hope you will join us in Hiroshima.
For more information, and for any enquiries, please contact us at:
Website: https://vocab-at-hiroshima.org
Email: info(a)vocab-at-hiroshima.org
Full registration and travel details will follow in due course.
With warm wishes,
The Vocab@Hiroshima 2027 organising committee
info(a)vocab-at-hiroshima.org