Guidelines
Full Papers
Full Papers should report on substantial and original research that advances Participatory Design. Papers must present unpublished research and are not allowed to be under concurrent review with other conferences, journals, or venues.
All contributions should be submitted using the ACM recommended templates. For authors using Word, the template name is Interim Layout. For authors using LaTeX, the template name is SigConf. All contributions should be anonymised for blind peer review. Full Papers should be written in English and should not be longer than 8500 words (excluding references).
Exploratory Papers
We will release the call for Exploratory Papers late July 2025.
Workshops
We will release the call for Workshops late July 2025.
Situated Actions
We will release the call for Situated Actions late July 2025.
Doctoral Colloquium
We will release the call for the Doctoral Colloquium late July 2025.
SUBMISSION
System
The PDC 2026 conference submission system is ConfTool.
We will open the PDC 2026 ConfTool portal mid-May 2025. 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
TIMELINE
Important dates
PDC: PEACE, DIALOGUE, COEXISTENCE
Designing for living together.
The Participatory Design Conference 2026.
WHERE
Campus Bovisa Durando
Politecnico di Milano
Milan, Italy
