The International Conference on the Social Impact of AI (SIAI 2026) invites submissions under this year's theme, AI for the Many: Equity, Agency, and the Public Good.
As generative and increasingly autonomous AI systems reshape healthcare, work, governance, and public life, SIAI brings together researchers and practitioners to confront bias, fairness, accountability, and inclusion — and to ensure AI serves all communities while minimizing harm. Accepted papers will be published by Springer Nature.
We welcome original research papers, case studies, and position papers across the following tracks. Topics include, but are not limited to:
Generative and Agentic AI in Society
Societal impacts of large language models and generative media
Autonomous AI agents: delegation, human oversight, and accountability
Synthetic media, deepfakes, and content provenance
Cognitive offloading and the future of human judgment
Fairness, Bias, and Accountability
Bias and fairness in foundation and multimodal models
Auditing, evaluation, and benchmarking for social impact
Contestability, redress, and the right to explanation
Liability and accountability for automated decisions
AI, Work, and Economic Justice
Automation, displacement, and the future of work
Algorithmic management and worker surveillance
Data labor and the hidden human workforce behind AI
Creative work: copyright, consent, and fair compensation
Diversity, Inclusion, and Global Equity
Gender, intersectionality, and representation in AI
Disability, accessibility, and universal design
AI in emerging regions and low-resource or indigenous languages
Data sovereignty, digital colonialism, and global power asymmetries
Diversity in the AI workforce and AI literacy for inclusion
AI, Democracy, and Public Life
Disinformation, synthetic content, and electoral integrity
Surveillance, privacy, and civil liberties
Public-sector AI: welfare, policing, and administrative decisions
Participatory and community-led AI governance
People, Wellbeing, and Human Dignity
AI companions, chatbots, and mental health
AI and children, youth, and vulnerable users
Healthcare equity and AI-assisted care
Human–AI relationships and emotional dependence
Sustainability and the Costs of AI
Energy, water, and compute costs of large-scale AI
Environmental justice and the geography of AI infrastructure
AI for climate versus AI's own climate impact
Governance, Policy, and Impact Frameworks
Regulation and standards (e.g., the EU AI Act and emerging global frameworks)
Frameworks and metrics for evaluating AI's social impact
Frontier model governance and safety
Rights-based and participatory policy design
Short papers: 8–11 pages
Full papers: 12–18 pages
Posters and student papers: 1-2 page extended abstracts
All submissions must follow the Springer Nature LNCS conference proceedings format. Word and LaTeX templates are available at https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines.
Authors of accepted papers will receive camera-ready instructions after review.
Submit your paper here: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/SIAI2026
Submissions are managed through Microsoft CMT. If you don't already have a CMT account, create one (it's free), then submit to SIAI 2026.
Paper submission deadline: September 1, 2026 (23:59 AoE)
Notification to authors: September 30, 2026 (23:59 AoE)
Early-bird registration deadline: October 9, 2026
Camera-ready submission: October 16, 2026 (23:59 AoE)
Conference: November 13–14, 2026
Questions? Contact deligiannidisl@wit.edu