Calls for participation
We are glad to announce that the proceedings of PDC 2026, which will include all conference contributions, will be published open access in the ACM Digital Library (Association for Computing Machinery).
Please note the participation to the conference will be onsite only, with no online option under any circumstance. Online or pre-recorded presentations are not possible for Full Papers, Exploratory Papers, Workshops and Doctoral Colloquium. Situated Actions can occur before or during the conference and PDC Places take place before the conference. If you need a visa invitation letter, please write to pdc2026-design@polimi.it.
Full Papers
Download the Call for Full Papers here.
*Please note that submissions for Full Papers have already closed and submissions have already been selected for the second round of reviews. All Full Paper authors accepted with minor and major revisions have already received instructions as to how to edit and update their contributions for Round 02.
Exploratory Papers
Download the Call for Exploratory Papers here.
Workshops
Download the Call for Workshops here.
PDC Places
Download the call for PDC Places Call here.
Situated Actions
Download the call for Situated Actions here.
SUBMISSION
System
The PDC 2026 conference submission system is ConfTool.
All submissions should be made via this submission system. Submission instructions for each contribution type are shared at the top of this page. If you have any questions regarding submission instructions, contact us at pdc2026-design@polimi.it
PDC: PEACE, DIALOGUE, COEXISTENCE
Designing for living together.
The Participatory Design Conference 2026.
WHERE
Campus Bovisa Durando
Politecnico di Milano
Milan, Italy
