The Connecting Mediterranean Research and Communities event is an initiative of the ACM Mediterranean SIGCHI (MedCHI) aimed at strengthening collaboration across the Mediterranean HCI community while supporting the next generation of researchers.

Submission Guidelines

All paper submissions must be prepared in English. We invite the submission of two types of Research Papers (Full Papers and Short Papers), Young Researchers Poster & Demo, Doctoral Consortium.

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List of Topics

We welcome contributions including, but not limited to, the following topics:

• Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence and Designing Inclusive AI Systems

• Accessibility, Assistive Technologies, and Universal Design

• Extended Reality (XR) for Education, Culture, and Social Good

• Digital Wellbeing, Mental Health, and Healthy Technology Use

• Technology for Aging Populations and Age-Friendly Communities

• Inclusive Tourism and Accessible Travel Experiences

• Cultural Heritage, Digital Humanities, and Interactive Storytelling

• Coastal Sustainability, Climate Change, and Citizen Engagement Technologies

• Smart Cities, Smart Communities, and Urban Informatics

• Sustainable Interaction Design and Environmental HCI

• Participatory Design and Community-Centred Innovation

• Human–AI Collaboration and Future Work in Mediterranean Contexts

• Civic Technologies, Digital Democracy, and Social Participation

• Humanitarian HCI, Migration, and Technologies for Social Inclusion

• Education, Digital Literacy, and Youth Empowerment

• Cross-Cultural Design and Intercultural User Experience

• Ethics, Privacy, Trust, and Responsible Innovation in Interactive Systems

• Social Computing, Online Communities, and Community Resilience

• Health, Wellbeing, and Human-Centred Healthcare Technologies

• IoT, Smart Environments, and Human-Centred Intelligent Systems

• Designing for Underrepresented and Marginalized Communities

• Emerging Interaction Paradigms, Embodied Interaction, and Sensorimotor Experiences

Venue

The conference will be held at the University of Salerno, Fisciano (SA), Italy

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to Giuliana Vitiello gvitiello@unisa.it