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UIST 2026

November 2–5, 2026 · Detroit, MI USA · Renaissance Center

Announcements

  • Student Innovation Contest: Call for Proposals The UIST 2026 Student Innovation Contest is now open for proposals! In partnership with EmotiBit, selected student teams will receive hardware kits to push the boundaries of prototyping with biosignals. Proposals are due June 15, 2026.
    May 2026

    The UIST 2026 Student Innovation Contest is now open for proposals! In partnership with EmotiBit, selected student teams will receive hardware kits to push the boundaries of prototyping with biosignals. Proposals are due June 15, 2026.

    The UIST Student Innovation Contest (SIC) invites student teams to create compelling interactive systems using novel hardware and software kits. This year, UIST SIC is partnering with EmotiBit to provide selected teams with biosignal sensing kits. Whether in health and wellness, retail, sports, art and music, entertainment, education, or entirely new domains—the possibilities are wide open!

    Up to 10 teams will be selected and will showcase their final demos in person at UIST 2026 in Detroit, competing for Jury Awards and the People's Choice Award. All teams get to keep the hardware kits.

    Key dates:

    • Proposal deadline: June 15, 2026
    • Acceptance notification: June 22, 2026
    • Final demo: In-person at UIST 2026, November 2–5, 2026

    See the full Call for Participation for eligibility, submission format, and more details. Join the UIST SIC and turn your ideas into reality!

The ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) is the premier forum for innovations in human-computer interfaces. Sponsored by ACM SIGCHI and SIGGRAPH, UIST brings together people from diverse areas including graphical & web user interfaces, tangible & ubiquitous computing, virtual & augmented reality, multimedia, new input & output devices, human-centered AI, and CSCW.

The intimate size and intensive program make UIST an ideal opportunity to exchange research results and ideas.

Important Dates

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