Call for Hosting TEI '27 and '28

The TEI Steering Committee welcomes proposals for hosting and organizing future TEI conferences: 2027, 2028.

TEI is an ACM-sponsored conference, typically held around February, attracting an interdisciplinary audience from HCI, engineering, design, and the arts. It provides a platform for discussion and networking, values diversity, and seeks to learn from different perspectives.

By tradition, TEI is a single-track conference (no parallel presentation sessions) and offers multiple submission tracks, including papers, pictorials, work-in-progress, graduate student consortium, and student design challenge. It accommodates varied presentation formats such as talks, demos, panels, exhibitions, and performances. TEI has always embraced art and performance submissions and values hands-on activities in the form of studio-workshops, which are integral for skill-building and community engagement. Substantial attention to interactive demos are a core part of what makes TEI unique, taking account of the fact that much of TEI needs to be experienced hands-on.

Hosting TEI offers a unique opportunity to gain international career visibility, demonstrate leadership within the ACM and HCI communities, and build lasting collaborations across disciplines. As conference hosts, organizers can shape the program's intellectual and creative direction, highlight local research and cultural strengths, and position their institution as a hub for cutting-edge work in tangible and embodied interaction.

Proposal Requirements

  • People involved in the bid and their roles (at minimum, the general chair and program chairs), including short bios for core team members and their TEI/community involvement.
  • Commitment to publish proceedings with ACM.
  • Organizational support at the hosting location.
  • Proposed location and venue details.
  • Potential dates for hosting the conference.
  • Timeline for CfP release, website availability, submission deadlines, and registration deadlines.
  • Draft conference program.
  • Budget overview (expected revenues from registration fees and sponsors, expected expenses such as venue and catering). Commitment to undergo the ACM budget approval process.
  • Local organization and supporting organizations.
  • Reasons the proposed conference will be attractive to the TEI community (e.g., accessibility, international rotation, location, relevance to sub-communities, ability to attract both new and returning attendees).
  • Likely sponsors.
  • Any envisioned changes in direction/theme or new features/tracks.

Deadline for bids: 15 October 2025.

When considering submitting a proposal, feel free to reach out early to the TEI Steering Committee for questions, suggestions and guidance. The SC and current general chairs would be happy to share examples of successful past proposals.

Submission: Please email proposals as PDF documents to the TEI Steering Committee at: sc@tei.acm.org