Long Papers and Late Breaking Work

OzCHI 2026, to be held at Adelaide University, Australia, invites original contributions on all topics related to human-computer interaction (HCI), interaction design, and interactive technologies. We welcome submissions from design, engineering, social science, creative industries and other related disciplines. In this Call For Papers we invite Long Papers as well as Late-Breaking Work submissions. The paper contributions should address current practices, discuss theoretical approaches, or present novel research through relevant case studies, design processes, and community and industry examples. Submissions to both categories will be double anonymous, peer-reviewed, and published in the conference proceedings.

OzCHI this year embraces the theme “On the Edge”, inviting us to examine human–computer interaction at the precipice of new frontiers—where capability sits at the tipping point of future human-computer interaction. It also calls attention to interaction at its limits: the edge of human experience, the design of systems for extreme use cases, and the boundaries of inclusion—questioning where we sit and who is left out. Ultimately, the theme is framed as operating on the edge of certainty, binaries, and future possibilities toward what comes next for people, systems, and environments.

At least one author must register with OzCHI and present the paper in person. Remote and pre-recorded presentations will not be offered as part of OzCHI 2026.

Long Papers

Long Papers should present original research and mature work in HCI and interaction design. These papers may describe investigations of user needs or contexts of use, lab-based evaluations or field deployments of prototypes, or other design-led or empirical investigations examining the relationship between people and technology.

Authors are encouraged to submit a paper of length proportional to its contribution. The average length of OzCHI Long Papers is approximately 7,000–8,000 words, excluding references, figure/table captions, and appendices. Submissions of 12,000 words or more will be considered excessively long and could be desk rejected. Accepted Long Papers will be presented in person at the conference and included in the ACM Digital Library's conference proceedings.

Late-Breaking Work

Late-Breaking Work (LBW) submissions present emerging ideas that would benefit from discussion with members of the HCI community. These submissions may include initial findings from new research, experiences of reflective practitioners, and first drafts of novel concepts and approaches.

Contributions should be up to 5,000 words, excluding references, figure/table captions, and appendices.

Accepted LBW will be presented as a poster during the conference and included in the conference proceedings at the ACM Digital Library.

Important Dates

Long Papers

• 2 June 2026: Long Paper Submission deadline
• 23 July 2026: Long Paper Notification of acceptance
• 24 September 2026: Long Paper Camera-ready deadline

Late-Breaking Work

• 4 August 2026: LBW Submission deadline
• 24 September 2026: LBW Notification of acceptance
• 3 October 2026: LBW Camera-ready deadline

Dates are given in Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone. The deadline for submission is 11:59 PM AoE on the specified date. You can check the current AoE time here.

Preparing and Submitting Long Papers/LBW

Step 1: Download the ACM Master Template

• LaTeX users download the template here or use the Overleaf template.
• Word users download the template here.
• Please ensure that you use the correct template. Submissions must be anonymised and formatted in a single-column layout for the reviewing phase. Using different templates or formats may result in desk rejection. For Overleaf users, this means changing from \documentclass[sigconf,authordraft]{acmart} to \documentclass[manuscript, screen, review, anonymous]{acmart}.

Step 2: Write your paper

• Clearly explain the research question addressed, research methods and tasks, findings or results, and contributions of the work. Papers should also provide sufficient background and related work to situate and contextualise the work of the author(s) work within a greater body of research;
• Your paper should consist of original work not previously published or concurrently under consideration for any other conference, workshop, journal, or other publication with an ISBN, ISSN, or DOI number;
• Authors should ensure their work and writing are as inclusive as possible; where this is not possible, they should be acknowledged. For example, authors should use gender-inclusive language when developing their papers (see the HCI Guidelines for Gender Equity and Inclusivity) and consider what communities their work supports—and does not—as well as their geographical context;
• Be anonymised for peer review. Authors must remove author and institutional identities throughout the paper, including from the title and header. Your submission should avoid obvious identifying statements. Citations to your own relevant work should not be anonymous (e.g., say “Prior work by [authors]” instead of “In our prior work”);
• Authors should acknowledge the use of generative AI in the creation of their content, including specifying the AI tools used and the extent of their contribution to the research, writing, or design process.

Step 3: Complete submission

• Make your submission via the Precision Conference System (PCS).
• Authors must submit the pdf of their paper before the submission deadline. No extensions will be granted. Any submissions showing ‘incomplete’ after the deadline will be deleted.

Selection Process

An international panel will double-anonymously review Long Papers and LBW. Based on the full text of the submission, the panel will evaluate them for significance, originality, and clarity of writing.

Long Papers should:

• Have clear significance in terms of contribution to HCI;
• Offer a high level of technical quality in terms of related work, data, methods and analysis;
• Demonstrate clarity of writing at a level ready for publication in the ACM digital library.

LBW submissions should:

• Address a question of significance to the OzCHI community and stimulate interesting, novel conversations around the issue;
• Demonstrate sufficient technical quality in the framing of the problem, related work or methods;
• Demonstrate clarity of writing at a level ready for publication in the ACM digital library.

ACM Open

Accepted publications will be published in the ACM Digital Library. 

Please note that from January 1, 2026, all ACM publications will be published on a fully Open Access basis. As a result, authors will need to participate in the ACM Open program, pay an article processing charge (APC), or obtain a geographic or financial hardship waiver to publish with ACM.

If your organisation is participating in the ACM Open program, the APC is covered and no payment is required. You can check whether your institution is covered by referring to the list of participating institutions. 

For authors not covered by ACM Open, ACM has introduced temporary subsidised APC rates for 2026. The subsidised rates for 2026 are $350 per paper, or $250 if at least one author is an ACM/SIG member.

ACM also offers additional discounts if the corresponding author is from a lower-income country, or a country covered by agreements with EIFL or Research4Life. See here for a list of qualifying countries and discounts.

Please note that a separate APC applies to each paper published in the ACM Digital Library. This fee is separate from conference registration costs.

If you have any questions about these fees, please contact ACM at dl-info@hq.acm.org, or the OzCHI 2026 Proceedings Chairs at proceedings.chair@ozchi.org.

Contact

Long Paper Chairs

Gun Lee (Adelaide University)
Jane Turner (Queensland University of Technology)
Tim Chen (Adelaide University)
longpapers.chair@ozchi.org

Late-Breaking Work Chairs

Fanke Peng (Adelaide University)
Tobias Loetscher (Adelaide University)
Howe Zhu (University of Sydney)
lbw.chair@ozchi.org