Dear all,

We need your help spreading this call to all children around the world to help us design “Inclusive Technologies.” 

We are excited to share details of this year’s Research and Design Challenge (R&DC) associated with the ACM Interaction Design with Children Conference (IDC 2024) to be held in Delft, Netherlands, June 17-20 2024.  The Research and Design Challenge track, as part of the ACM Interaction Design with Children conference (IDC 2024), aims to hear children’s voices and ideas to inspire researchers to propose and submit their design concepts based on children’s submissions. 

This track has two phases:

• In phase 1, children all over the world are invited to submit their initial ideas in response to the theme “Inclusive Technologies.” The deadline for this phase is January 31st, 2024. 
  
• In phase 2, we invite everyone, including children, researchers, and designers, to submit a design concept (i.e., prototypes, not actual artefacts) with the same theme, “Inclusive Technologies,” that builds on one or more of the ideas submitted by children in Phase 1. The deadline for this phase is April 3rd, 2024. 

If you have children or know colleagues and relatives with children, you can inform and encourage children and young adults in your family and friends about this opportunity. If you are an educator or researcher working with children and know people who work in schools, spread this call to them. The call is available in several languages on the website in the format of a PDF flyer. 

• In English 
  
• In Portuguese
  
• In German
  
• In Spanish
  
• In Italian 
  

OVERVIEW

This year, the Interaction Design and Children 2024 conference invites children, scholars, designers, and practitioners to participate in this year's Research and Design Challenge (R&DC) under the theme of “Inclusive Technologies”. We invite people from all over the world, of all genders, countries, and needs, to imagine and submit their ideas thinking of the following question – How can we transform existing technologies (educational software, assistive devices, social media platforms, and interactive gaming, robots, computers, and more) to be more inclusive (more balanced, with the same opportunities for all, where everyone is welcome)?

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR PHASE 1 

In Phase 1 of the Research & Design Challenge, children all over the world are invited to submit their initial ideas in response to the theme “Inclusive Technologies.” Individuals or teams can make submissions from a classroom, after-school program, club, maker space, or combinations from different schools, clubs, towns, or countries. 

Each individual or team is invited to fill out a simple form with a brief description of their idea along with drawings, pictures or other forms that best express an initial impression of the idea. The ideas received will form the basis for the second phase of the Research & Design Challenge. We accept submissions in any language. To make non-English design ideas understandable for people around the world, we will use translation tools to convert them into English. 

Submit children's ideas for Phase 1 here:

https://tinyurl.com/IDC2024RDC 

IMPORTANT DATES (Midnight in Anywhere on Earth – AoE)

• January 31, 2024: Children's Submissions due
  
• February 7, 2024: Research & Design Challenge starts
  
• April 3, 2024: Research & Design Challenge due
  
• April 19, 2024:  Challenge Finalists Notification
  
• April 29, 2024: Publication-ready submissions due
  
• June 17-20, 2024: IDC Conference
  

IDC 2024 Research and Design Chairs

Elmira Yadollahi

Isabel Neto

Lorraine Underwood

Janet Read