RAI @CHI26: Responsible and Human Centred AI Across Borders
RAi UK is hosting a Meet-up at CHI 2026. The ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems is the leading international conference on Human-Computer Interaction. CHI 2026 will take place in Barcelona at the Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona, 13-17 April 2026.
Abstract
As AI deployment accelerates globally, the urgency for responsible AI(RAI) frameworks has catalysed unprecedented policy initiatives and research investments worldwide. The CHI community, positioned uniquely at the intersection of technology, people, society, and values, has a crucial role in shaping RAI development. This meet-up brings together international HCI researchers working across value-sensitive design, human-centered AI, ethics, explainability, trustworthy AI, sustainability and equitability to foster collaborative dialogue on CHI’s perspectives and potential in RAI. Through an interactive town hall format featuring community standups, democratic topic selection, and structured roundtable discussions, we will generate actionable outcomes including network building, knowledge sharing, and concrete collaboration opportunities for the CHI community around RAI. This meetup would serve as a foundational response from the CHI community to establish priorities, forge connections, and catalyse the next generation of RAI research that centers human values, promotes fairness, and advances democratic principles in an era of AI transformation.
Organising Committee:
NEELIMA SAILAJA
Mixed Reality Laboratory, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, neelima.sailaja@nottingham.ac.uk
SIMONE STUMPF
School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, simone.stumpf@glasgow.ac.uk
RISHUB JAIN
Google DeepMind, London, United Kingdom, rishubj@google.com
HELOISA CANDELLO
IBM Research, Sao Paulo, Brazil, heloisacandello@br.ibm.com
NEHA KUMAR
Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, neha.kumar@gatech.edu
MIN KYUNG LEE
School of Information, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States, minkyung.lee@austin.utexas.edu
RAQUEL INIESTA
Department of Biostatistics & Health Informatics, King’s College London, London, U.K, raquel.iniesta@kcl.ac.uk
JOEL E FISCHER
Mixed Reality Laboratory, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K., joel.fischer@nottingham.ac.uk
Programme Committee:
- Dr.Atia Cortés Martínez, Established Researcher, Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Spain
- Dr. Shaimaa Lazem, Associate Research Professor, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications SRTA-
City, Egypt - Prof. Elvira Perez Vallejos, Professor of Digital Technology For Mental Health, University of Nottingham, U.K.
- Dr. María Eugenia Cardello, Research Engineer, Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Spain
- Dr. Heloisa Candello, Senior Research Scientist, IBM Research, Brazil
- Dr. Makuochi S. Nkwo, Researcher and Lecturer, University of Greenwich, London, U.K.
- Dr. Muhammad Adamu, Research Fellow in Responsible AI for Health, University of Nottingham, U.K.
- Dr. Carles Sierra, Research Professor, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
- Dr. Minha Lee, Assistant Professor, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
- Lili Janzer, Research Engineer, Google DeepMind
- Prof. Tariq Zaman, Professor in the School of Computing and Creative Media, UTS, Borneo, Malaysia
- Dr. Thomas Reitmaier, Lecturer, Computational Foundry, Swansea University
- Prof. Dr. Josep Domingo-Ferrer, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Catalonia