Call for Papers - HMICO 2026 - The First International Conference on Human-Machine Interaction and Coexistence

HMICO 2026 - The First International Conference on Human-Machine Interaction and Coexistence

Join us in Porto, Portugal

June 7 - 11, 2026

https://www.dtrsociety.org/hmico2026/

Nowadays, intelligent systems continue to spread through human spaces, either digital, physical, and social. As a result, the nature of human-machine interactions has evolved from isolated transactions to a rich, dynamic, and adaptive coexistence. This new paradigm of interaction demands more than just being user-friendly or efficient; it requires trust, transparency, empathy, and ethical alignment. Machines are more than tools; they are partners, assistants, and, sometimes, autonomous decision-makers, integrated into both critical and everyday environments.

Professionals from industry, government, and academia, researchers, engineers, practitioners, and students are invited to contribute. HMICO welcomes 1) full papers presenting significant research, development, application, position, or survey, 2) short papers on work-in-progress, 3) posters, 4) contributed talk presentations, as well as workshops, thematic sessions, and demos.

Prospective authors are invited to submit original, unpublished works, which are not under review in any other conference or journal.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Submission deadline: March 18, 2026
Notification: April 8, 2026
Registration: April 21, 2026
Camera Ready: April 28, 2026

Themes of interest include, but are not limited to:

Foundations of human-machine interaction
Human-in-the-loop systems
Human–X interactions in digital and intelligent environments
Explainability, trust, and interpretability
Emotion, affection, and empathy in interaction
Speech, gestures, and multimodal interfaces
Human-robot and human-agent coexistence
Augmented, mixed, and virtual reality interfaces
Personas, avatars, and identity in human–machine interactions
Ethics, agency, and societal integration
Coadaptation and learning in human–machine interactions
Applications and case studies

For more information on topics, submission types, satellite events, etc., please visit the conference website at https://www.dtrsociety.org/hmico2026/

Conference Chairs
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hube Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Claudia Heß IU Internationale Hochschule, Germany

DTRS Scientific Advisors: https://www.dtrsociety.org/organization/
Dr. Steve Chan Decision Engineering Analysis Laboratory, VTIRL, VT, USA
Prof. Dr. Herwig Mannaert University of Antwerp, Belgium
CEO Dr.-Ing. Vladimir Sulc MICRORISC, Jičín, Czech Republic
Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Sehring NORDAKADEMIE Hochschule der Wirtschaft, Hamburg, Germany
CEO PhD MBA Sarfraz Khokhar Rasimo Systems, Raleigh, NC, USA
Assist. Prof. Dr. Oren Gal University of Haifa, Israel
Prof. Dr. Pascal Lorenz University of Haute Alsace, France
Prof. Dr. Jaime Lloret Mauri Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Prof. Ing. Luigi Lavazza Università dell'Insubria - Varese, Italy
Prof. Dr. Erik Buchmann Universität Leipzig, Germany
Prof. Dr. Monika Maria Möhring Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, Germany
Prof. Dr. Carlos Becker Westphall Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Prof. Dr. Alexander Lawall IU International University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Prof. Dr. Lasse Berntzen University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway

Regards,
Liz Wilson, liz.wilson@dtrsociety.org
Scientific Coordinator
Digital Transformation Research Society
https://www.dtrsociety.org/