 | TimelyAI 2026: When Should Generative AI Assistants Intervene? Ars Electronica Center Linz, Austria, June 22, 2026 |
| Conference website | https://timelyai.site/ |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=timelyai2026 |
| Abstract registration deadline | April 23, 2026 |
| Submission deadline | April 30, 2026 |
Submission Guidelines
Position papers (5--10 pages including references) should use the single-column CEURART template, with abstract, main body, references, and author details (non-anonymous). One-page motivation statements are also welcome, though these will not appear in the proceedings. Abstract registration is due 23 April 2026, with full submissions due 30 April 2026. Acceptance notifications will be sent by 7 May 2026. At least one author must register for a conference day and attend (in-person attendance is encouraged). Accepted position papers will be published in CEUR Workshop Proceedings with author's consent.
List of Topics
- What signals matter: Cognitive, behavioural, motivational, emotional, and contextual signals for intervention.
- How to detect these signals: Data sources, computational methods for real-time signal detection, and privacy and consent considerations.
- How to combine signals into a timing judgement: Frameworks for integrating signals into reliable timing decisions.
- How to evaluate intervention timing: Metrics, benchmarks, and approaches for assessing intervention effects.
Committees
Keynote speaker
- Yvonne Rogers, Professor, University College London
Organizing committee
- Yihang Zhao, PhD Candidate, King's College London
- Qing Xia, PhD Candidate, University College London
- Amy Rechkemmer, Postdoctoral Researcher, King's College London
- Yiwen Xing, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oxford
- Lise Stork, Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam
- Albert Meroño-Peñuela, Associate Professor, King's College London
- Mark Whiting, Chief Scientist, Pareto & University of Pennsylvania
- Advait Sarkar, Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research Cambridge
- Duncan P. Brumby, Professor, University College London
- Elena Simperl, Professor, King's College London
Publication
TimelyAI 2026 proceedings will be published via CEUR-WS.org -- CEUR Workshop Proceedings, with author consent. If authors do not agree to CEUR publication, accepted papers will only be listed on the workshop website and will not prevent authors from publishing extended versions in other venues.
Venue
TimelyAI is a half-day hybrid workshop at CHIWORK 2026, held at the Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria. Online participation will be supported via videoconferencing with speech caption support.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to contact@timelyai.site
Sponsors
This work is supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [grant number EP/Y009800/1], funded through Responsible AI UK (KP0011); SIEMENS AG; and the Institute for Advanced Study, Technical University of Munich, Germany.