Program Overview

The first three days of the Conference (26 - 28 July) will comprise 'on-line' parallel sessions for paper presentations and 'on-site' and 'on-line' Courses.

The Opening Plenary Session (evening of the 28th of July) and the parallel sessions that will take place between 29 - 31 July will run as 'hybrid' events (i.e., available 'on-site' and 'on-line' for presenters and participants).

All paper presentations will be recorded and will be made available 'on-line' to all registered Conference participants for one month after the end of the Conference.

Times indicated are “Eastern Daylight Time - EDT (Motreal, Canada)
You can check your local time, using an online time conversion tool, such as www.timeanddate.com

Sunday
26 July 2026
Sunday
26 July 2026
08:00 - 18:00
08:00 - 18:00
Parallel sessions with paper presentations
on-line
08:30 - 17:30

Courses 1

on-site or on-line

Monday
27 July 2026
Monday
27 July 2026
08:00 - 18:00
08:00 - 18:00
Parallel sessions with paper presentations
on-line
08:30 - 17:30

Courses 1

on-site or on-line

Tuesday
28 July 2026
Tuesday
28 July 2026
08:00 - 18:00
08:00 - 18:00
Parallel sessions with paper presentations
on-line
08:30 - 17:30

Courses 1

on-site or on-line

18:00 - 20:00
18:00 - 20:00
Opening Plenary Session
  • Welcome
  • Introduction
  • Awards
    • WUD 2025 Design Challenge
    • Student Design Competition
    • Best Paper of each Thematic Area and Best Poster
  • HCI Medal for Societal Impact
  • Keynote Speech
hybrid
hybrid
20:00 - 22:30
20:00 - 22:30
Conference Reception
on-site
Wednesday
29 July 2026
Wednesday
29 July 2026
08:00 - 18:00
08:00 - 18:00
Parallel sessions with paper presentations
hybrid
All Day
All Day
Poster presentations
on-site, on-line, or both 2
 
 
Poster pitch presentations
on-site
All Day
All Day
Student Design Competition Videos
on-site and on-line
Thursday
30 July 2026
Thursday
30 July 2026
08:00 - 18:00
08:00 - 18:00
Parallel sessions with paper presentations
hybrid
16:00 - 18:00

Mentoring Session for PhD students by Gavriel Salvendy

on-site

on-site

18:00 - 20:00

Students' networking social event

on-site

on-site

All Day
All Day
Poster presentations
on-site, on-line, or both 2
 
 
Poster pitch presentations
on-site
All Day
All Day
Student Design Competition Videos
on-site and on-line
Friday
31 July 2026
Friday
31 July 2026
08:00 - 18:00
08:00 - 18:00
Parallel sessions with paper presentations
hybrid
13:30 - 18:00

Design Café 3

on-site

All Day
All Day
Poster presentations
on-site, on-line, or both 2
 
 
Poster pitch presentations
on-site
All Day
All Day
Student Design Competition Videos
on-site and on-line

 

All registered Conference participants are entitled to attend the Opening Plenary Session and Keynote Speech, enter the Conference Reception (evening of the 28th of July), participate in all parallel sessions, enter the poster presentations and Exhibition area, and the refreshment breaks available between sessions (July 29-31, 10:00-10:30 and 15:30-16:00).

1 Course participation requires an additional token fee per Course for all registered Conference participants.

2 The modality of the presentation will be selected by the presenter of each poster submission.

3 Design Café participation requires an additional registration fee.