Lightning Talks
Call for Submissions
New for EduCHI 2026, our Lightning Talk track is designed for rapid-fire, engaging presentations on topics relevant to the HCI/UX education community. This track particularly welcomes contributions from industry professionals and non-academic educators to quickly share emerging work and spark dialogue with the community.
A successful Lightning Talk should focus on one of the following:
- Briefly describing a successful or proven pedagogical strategy (e.g., actionable insights or best practices).
- Showing an in-progress project or initiative (e.g., tentative plans or preliminary findings).
- Sharing a new, untested idea or critical provocation (for possible future work and discussion).
- Presenting an opportunity for collaborative work in an area related to HCI and UX education.
Submit your lightning talk via the EduCHI 2026 submission site: educhi2026.hotcrp.com
Please note that accepted lightning talks will not be archived in the ACM Digital Library.
Important Dates
All times are in Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone. For each date below, the last time to submit is when the date ends AoE. Check your local time in AoE.
| Deadline | Date (Anywhere on Earth) |
|---|---|
| PC Meeting | 17 March 2026 |
| Decision notification | 20 March 2026 |
| Author/Presenter confirmation | 17 April 2026 |
Preparing Your Submission
Please follow the guidelines below when preparing your Lightning Talk for submission:
Length & Formatting
All Lightning Talk submissions must include a plain-text abstract of up to 250 words and a talk proposal of no more than one page in PDF format (no special template is required).
Anonymization Policy
Lightning Talk submissions should be anonymized for review. Generally, this means removing author and institutional identities from the document (and its metadata, if applicable) and ensuring that no description makes authors’ names or institutional identities easily identifiable.
Submission Process
Lightning Talks must be submitted via educhi2026.hotcrp.com.
Selection Process
Lightning Talks will be selected through evaluation by the Technical Chairs, who will consider both the fit and relevance to the EduCHI community.
Upon Acceptance of Your Lightning Talks
Following acceptance, participants will be asked to prepare slides for a 5 to 8-minute presentation, and will be allotted 2 minutes for Q&A, for a total time of 10 minutes.
Authors of accepted Lightning Talks will also be given the option of creating a captioned pre-recorded presentation and other supplemental content about their submission (slides, video, etc.) to be published on the symposium website.
At least one author of each accepted Lightning Talk must register for the symposium.
Questions?
Please direct any questions about Lightning Talk submissions to the technical program chairs:
- Craig MacDonald, [email protected]
- Raelin Musuraca, [email protected]