<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title></head><body><div><div class="align-start" style="text-align:start;"><b>[Apologies for cross-posting]</b><br>Please share widely with interested colleagues and networks!</div><div><br></div><div><b><span class="size" style="font-size:160.18%;">SYNERGY 2026: Workshop on Designing and Building Hybrid Human-AI Systems</span></b></div></div><div><br></div><div>Co-located with AVI 2026 (18th International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces)<br><b>June 8-12, 2026 - San Servolo Island, Venice, Italy 🇮🇹</b><br><a href="https://synergy.trx.li/">https://synergy.trx.li/</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Important Dates:</b><br></div><ul><li>Submission Deadline: March 29, 2026 (AoE)</li><li>Notification: April 10, 2026</li><li>Camera Ready: April 24, 2026</li></ul><h2><b>ABOUT</b></h2><div>In 1960, Joseph Licklider envisioned "Man-Computer Symbiosis" where computation would augment human intellect. Today, as AI becomes increasingly integrated into creative and decision-making processes, the challenge is to design systems that genuinely augment human capabilities through meaningful collaboration—moving beyond human-in-the-loop approaches where humans function as mere cogs in the machine.</div><div><br></div><div>Following successful editions at AVI 2024 and HHAI 2025 (<a href="https://synergy.trx.li/">https://synergy.trx.li</a>), this third workshop brings together researchers and practitioners to advance both theoretical frameworks and practical implementations that preserve human agency while leveraging AI's computational power.</div><div><br></div><div>Aligned with AVI 2026's theme of "Interactive Creativity: Agencies, Interfaces, and Ethics," we focus on designing truly synergistic human-AI systems where both partners contribute their unique strengths to creative and decision-making processes.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Join us on the historic San Servolo Island in Venice</b> for this full-day workshop fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration in one of the world's most inspiring settings.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Beyond the workshop</b>, we aim to foster a research community and build a consortium for future collaborative research projects, particularly targeting European funding opportunities in human-AI collaboration and interactive creativity.</div><div><br></div><h2><b>TOPICS</b></h2><div>We invite submissions addressing (but not limited to):<br></div><ul><li>Human-AI collaboration models and interaction patterns</li><li>Design principles for synergistic systems that preserve human agency</li><li>Adaptive interfaces for human-AI partnership</li><li>Ethics, trust, and transparency in human-AI interaction</li><li>Interactive decision-making systems and dynamic task allocation</li><li>Evaluation methods for assessing human-AI collaboration effectiveness</li><li>Cognitive augmentation and distribution in co-creative systems</li><li>Software architectures and implementation patterns for collaborative AI systems</li><li>Visual interfaces for explainable and interpretable AI</li><li>Case studies and real-world applications of human-AI synergy</li><li>Creative agency in AI-augmented workflows</li><li>Bias mitigation and fairness in collaborative decision-making</li></ul><h2><b>SUBMISSION</b></h2><ul><li>Format: CEUR-WS single column format</li><li>Length: Minimum 5 pages</li><li>Submit via Microsoft CMT: <a href="https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/SYNERGY2026">https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/SYNERGY2026</a></li><li>Accepted papers will be published in a dedicated CEUR-WS proceedings volume</li><li>Authors of outstanding contributions will be invited to submit extended versions to a special issue in <b>Interacting with Computers</b></li></ul><h2><b>SPECIAL ISSUE</b></h2><div>A special issue featuring work from previous SYNERGY and AXAI workshops is currently open for submissions in Interacting with Computers: <a href="https://academic.oup.com/iwc/pages/call-for-papers-axai-and-synergy">https://academic.oup.com/iwc/pages/call-for-papers-axai-and-synergy</a></div><div><br></div><div>Additional special issues may follow from this workshop edition.</div><div><br></div><h2><b>ORGANIZERS</b></h2><ul><li>Tommaso Turchi, University of Pisa, Italy</li><li>Alan Dix, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK</li><li>Ben Wilson, Swansea University, UK</li><li>Matt Roach, Swansea University, UK</li><li>Alessio Malizia, University of Pisa, Italy</li></ul><div><b>For more information:</b><br>Website: <a href="https://synergy.trx.li/">https://synergy.trx.li/</a><br>Contact: <a href="mailto:tommaso.turchi@unipi.it">tommaso.turchi@unipi.it</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>LINKEDIN POST:</b></div><div><br></div><div>📢 CALL FOR PAPERS: SYNERGY 2026 Workshop</div><div><br></div><div>Designing and Building Hybrid Human-AI Systems<br>📍 <b>San Servolo Island, Venice, Italy</b> 🇮🇹<br>🗓️ AVI 2026 | June 8-12, 2026</div><div><br></div><div>🎯 The Challenge:<br>How do we design AI systems that genuinely augment human capabilities while preserving human agency—not just "humans-in-the-loop"?</div><div><br></div><div>💡 Topics include:<br>• Human-AI collaboration models<br>• Adaptive interfaces for partnership<br>• Ethics, trust & transparency<br>• Evaluation methods<br>• Visual interfaces for explainable AI<br>• Creative agency in AI workflows</div><div><br></div><div>📅 Key Dates:<br>• Deadline: March 29, 2026<br>• Notification: April 10, 2026</div><div><br></div><div>📄 Publication:<br>• CEUR-WS proceedings<br>• Selected papers → Special Issue in Interacting with Computers</div><div><br></div><div>🤝 Beyond the Workshop:<br>We're building a research consortium for future European funding opportunities in human-AI collaboration and interactive creativity. <b>Join us in Venice</b> to shape collaborative research projects in an inspiring setting!</div><div><br></div><div>📚 Current Special Issue:<br>Work from previous SYNERGY/AXAI editions now open: <a href="https://academic.oup.com/iwc/pages/call-for-papers-axai-and-synergy">https://academic.oup.com/iwc/pages/call-for-papers-axai-and-synergy</a></div><div><br></div><div>🔗 Submit: <a href="https://synergy.trx.li/">https://synergy.trx.li/</a><br>✉️ Contact: <a href="mailto:tommaso.turchi@unipi.it">tommaso.turchi@unipi.it</a></div><div><br></div><div>#HumanAI #HCI #AVI2026 #CallForPapers #EuropeanResearch #Venice<br></div></body></html>