The IDC community explores new forms of technology, design, and engaged learning among children.
#IDC2025 will take place in Reykjavik, Iceland June 23-26!
Interaction Design and Children is an interdisciplinary international community focusing on the promises and challenges of leveraging technology so as to enable children to participate in nurturing and empowering experiences and bring children’s voice and sentiments into this process. The mission of the IDC conference is to bring together researchers, designers, and educators from the cognitive sc
05/05/2026
The seagulls in Brighton can’t stop squawking about the approaching early bird deadline! Register by May 6th for lower rates on our website: https://idc.acm.org/2026/attending/registration/
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27/04/2026
IDC 2026 Registration is officially OPEN!
Access the registration portal on our website: https://lnkd.in/gdAGk2BH
The early bird deadline will be May 6th, 2026!
Please note that before registering for workshops, you will be asked to register for the full conference. Then, you can edit your registration to add workshops!
Please direct questions about registration to [email protected]
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30/03/2026
We have some upcoming and EXTENDED deadlines!
All Doctoral Consortium and Demo submissions are due TOMORROW on the 31st of March, and the Work-in-Progress Paper Deadline has been EXTENDED until April 2nd!
We look forward to all your submissions!
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05/03/2026
It’s time to bring children' s sustainable futures to life! Researchers - prepare your submission for the Research and Design Challenge!
🗓️Key Dates
April 7, 2026: Submissions Due
Check out the booklet with children’s ideas and develop one or more of them into a design concept. For example, the following idea:
“I based these concepts on the fourteenth Global Development Goal. The Fishing Net Collector 1000 is a machine that utilizes artificial intelligence to detect and collect nets discarded by irresponsible fishermen.”
Submit an extended abstract and a one-minute video bringing an idea like this to life. Shortlisted submissions will be judged by children who shared their ideas in the first phase.
More children’s ideas: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1571iVp7XtveFSrc8AN7_iLByAf0jPMUB/view?usp=sharing
26/02/2026
Calling all PhD students! We invite you to apply for the 2026 doctoral consortium by uploading an extended abstract about yourself and your work by March 31st!
To learn a bit about the consortium experience, meet Shyamli Shuneesh a current PhD Candidate at Lancaster University and participant in the IDC Doctoral Consortium at IDC 2025.
“Presenting at last year’s Doctoral Consortium was a defining milestone in my PhD journey. The thoughtful feedback from senior researchers helped refine my research direction and clarify where my work truly contributes. I particularly valued hearing the feedback given to other doctoral researchers as well, learning from each discussion was incredibly insightful. I left feeling supported, more confident, and proud to be part of a community that deeply inspires me. Truly grateful for the experience. ✨”
Find more information about the consortium on our website https://idc.acm.org/2026/calls/doctoral-consortium/
24/02/2026
More opportunities to share your work at IDC 2026!
🗓️Key Dates
March 31, 2026: Demo and Art Installation Submissions Due
Demos and Art Installations are an opportunity to share hands-on experiences of interactive technologies. The track welcomes interesting demo and art installations addressing issues related to inclusion, equity, social and emotional wellbeing, sustainability, privacy, or any other topics relevant for children. Installations can be prototypes, devices, systems, games, videos or performances, and encompass a range of interaction forms such as tangible, virtual, mobile, or mixed reality. The installation should offer an experience of about 10 minutes of interaction and conversation.
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16/02/2026
More opportunities to share your work at IDC 2026!
🗓️Key Dates
March 31, 2026: Work-in-Progress Papers Due
The Work-in-Progress track is a great opportunity to share novel ideas and emerging results. Work-in-Progress papers can report on early or ongoing research activities, presenting current and emerging work, for which full empirical data may not yet be available. It is open to late-breaking work (i.e., from a study very recently completed) and work-in-progress (i.e., further studies/developments are planned). Although work-in-progress submissions may present ongoing studies or early findings, they should still report concrete research outcomes rather than serve as research proposals.
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02/02/2026
Phase 2 of the research and Design Competition is also LIVE! Stay tuned for more information about how you can participate!
We now invite researchers and designers to submit design concepts surrounding "sustainability" based on ideas submitted by children.
Check out children's ideas, such as this "Poly Hydro Cleaner" (imagined to clean the oceans) and others in this booklet:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1571iVp7XtveFSrc8AN7_iLByAf0jPMUB/view
We can't wait to see how you help bring their ideas to life!
20/01/2026
🚨 IDC 2026 abstract deadline for Full or Short Papers or Pictorials is TODAY! 🚨
🗓️ Abstracts due today (Jan 20, 2026: Midnight AoE)
🗓️ Full submissions due next week (Jan 27, 2026: Midnight AoE)
Theme: Creating a More Sustainable Future
🔗 Calls & guidelines: https://idc.acm.org/2026/
20/01/2026
There’s still time to submit; join us in shaping the conversation at IDC!
🗓️Key Dates
February 3, 2026: Workshop Proposals Due (Midnight AOE)
Workshops offer a unique space for in-depth discussion, hands-on exchange of resources, and meaningful networking around focused topics within the IDC community. Designed for active participation, workshops bring together researchers, designers, and practitioners who arrive with informed perspectives grounded in prior experience, shared through short position papers.
Rather than traditional paper presentation sessions, IDC workshops prioritize collaboration, community building, and the collective creation of knowledge. They are an opportunity to explore emerging ideas, build connections, and co-develop future research agendas.
Workshops take place in the days leading up to the main conference and may run for a half day or a full day. Each workshop typically includes 15–20 participants, with a minimum of 8 (excluding organizers), fostering rich and focused interaction. Please note that all organizers and participants must register for both the workshop and the IDC conference.
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