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RAI @CHI'26: Responsible and Human-Centered AI

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What to expect

The CHI 2026 conference brings together the world's leading Human-Computer Interaction researchers to Barcelona this April, and RAI UK is hosting a critical meetup focused on Responsible AI and human-centered AI research. As AI deployment accelerates globally and responsible AI frameworks become increasingly urgent, this event offers HCI researchers a unique opportunity to shape the future of ethical AI development.

Why Attend

The CHI community sits at a crucial intersection of technology, people, society, and values — making it uniquely positioned to influence how responsible AI evolves. This meetup brings together international researchers working across value-sensitive design, human-centered AI, ethics, explainability, trustworthy AI, sustainability, and equitability. If you're passionate about ensuring AI development centers human values, promotes fairness, and advances democratic principles, this is your chance to contribute to the conversation.

Event Format

The meetup uses an interactive town hall format designed to generate actionable outcomes. You'll participate in community standups where researchers share their work and perspectives, engage in democratic topic selection to ensure the most pressing issues are addressed, and join structured roundtable discussions that foster deep collaboration. This isn't a passive lecture series — it's a collaborative working session designed to build networks, share knowledge, and create concrete collaboration opportunities.

Who Should Attend

This event is ideal for HCI researchers, AI ethics practitioners, interaction designers, and anyone working at the intersection of AI and human-centered design. Whether you're focused on explainability, trustworthy AI systems, sustainability in AI, or equitable technology deployment, you'll find your community here. The organizing committee represents institutions from the University of Nottingham, University of Glasgow, Google DeepMind, IBM Research, Georgia Tech, University of Texas at Austin, and King's College London — bringing together perspectives from academia and industry across multiple continents.

Expected Outcomes

Participants will leave with expanded professional networks across the global responsible AI research community, concrete collaboration opportunities for future research projects, and a clearer understanding of CHI's priorities and potential contributions to RAI. The meetup aims to establ

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