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Call for Papers
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CoPDA 2026 - 10th International Workshop on Cultures of Participation in the Digital Age: Exploring the Relationship between EUD, AI-Assisted Development, and Meta-Design

https://copda.unimi.it
June 8 or 9, 2026 (TBA) - Venice, Italy
In conjunction with AVI 2026 (https://www.unive.it/web/en/15667/home)

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Overview
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This 10th edition of the CoPDA workshop series explores how the relationship among Cultures of Participation, End-User Development, and Meta-Design is evolving in the era of AI-assisted and generative systems. Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence are reshaping development practices, lowering barriers to participation, and enabling new forms of creativity. At the same time, they introduce critical challenges related to human agency, transparency, ethics, sustainability, and long-term skill development. Continuing the CoPDA tradition of framing socio-technical systems as evolving environments, the workshop adopts the perspective of Symbiotic AI, which emphasizes mutual adaptation between humans and AI. In this view, AI does not replace human participation but becomes part of participatory cultures that must remain understandable, configurable, and accountable. EUD and meta-design play a key role in enabling users to actively shape intelligent systems, keeping humans in the loop while mitigating risks such as overreliance, opacity, unpredictability, and deskilling.

The workshop invites researchers and practitioners from diverse communities to submit contributions on (but not limited to) the following topics:

- Wicked Problems (without no right of wrong solutions) and Design Trade-Offs
- Ecosystems for the Integration of Learning, Working, and Collaboration
- 21st century skills (critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, communication)
- Symbiotic AI
- AI-Augmented End-User Development and Meta-Design
- Generative AI for Cognitive Empowerment and Lifelong Learning
- Configurable Transparency and Human-in-the-Loop AI Systems
- Adaptive, Adaptable and Context-Aware Interfaces
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Interactive Creativity in Education
- Vibe Coding
- Responsible Design

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Submissions
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Authors are invited to submit a 6-page position paper (including references) using the 1-column CEUR template available at https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip. An Overleaf page for LaTeX users is also available at https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/template-for-submissions-to-ceur-workshop-proceedings-ceur-ws-dot-org/hpvjjzhjxzjk
The papers can be submitted at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=copda2026
All papers will be peer-reviewed by at least two members of the Program Committee. Accepted papers will be collected and submitted for publication in CEUR-WS proceedings.

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Important dates
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- March 29th, 2026: Submission deadline for position papers
- Apr 10th, 2026: Notification of acceptance
- May 8th, 2026: Camera ready
- Jun 8 or 9, 2026 (TBA): CoPDA 2026 workshop

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Organizing Committee
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Barbara Rita Barricelli (University of Brescia, Italy)
Gerhard Fischer (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA)
Daniela Fogli (University of Brescia, Italy)
Anders Mørch (University of Oslo, Norway)
Antonio Piccinno (University of Bari, Italy)
Stefano Valtolina (University of Milan, Italy)

For any further information, please contact copda2026@easychair.org