Call for Tutorial Proposals
We welcome tutorial proposals, which cover topics related to the ACII 2026 theme at introductory or advanced levels to complement the main conference program. For ACII 2026, the conference theme is “Emotions beyond borders: Multicultural Affective Computing”. The goal is to ensure accurate cross-cultural emotion understanding, clear guidelines for modeling cultural variation, and robust approaches to handling diverse emotional expressions. Additionally, to improve the sensitivity, inclusiveness, and adaptability of multicultural affective computing systems. As such, we encourage tutorials that support responsible and culturally aware affective computing research and application.
The tutorials can be organised as either half-day (preferred) or full-day events and will take place at the same venue as the main conference.
Submission Instructions for Tutorial Proposals
Send your proposal to the workshop chairs by email: tutorial-chairs@acii-conf.net (max. 3 pages, PDF-format).
Your email must use (mandatory) a subject line in the following format “TUT-ACII 2026 | [Your Tutorial Title]”
The proposal needs to address the following points:
- Title of the Tutorial.
- Information About the Organisers: Names, academic titles, affiliations, email addresses, brief bios, and photos of all tutorial organisers.
- Preferred Duration: Half- or Full-day event (Note: Half-day (3h) tutorials are preferred and are the common ACII tutorial format; Full-day (6h) tutorial proposals have to justify the additional value).
- Abstract: A concise overview of the tutorial (max. 1500 characters).
- Tutorial Description: A detailed description of the tutorial, including a syllabus of the topics to be covered (max. 5000 characters).
- Relevance: An explanation of the importance and expected impact of the tutorial for the ACII community.
- Presentation Format and Style: Several presenters, video conferencing, specific media, etc.
- Equipment required for the Tutorial.
- Target Audience (e.g. early-stage or advanced researchers in the field, students, etc.)
- Accompanying Material: Description of or links to any planned materials or resources to be distributed to attendees (if available).
- Previous Experience in Tutorial Organization (provide links if available).
We encourage tutorial presenters to publicly share tutorial materials if possible (e.g. presenters’ webpage and/or ACII2026 website).
Proposals will be reviewed in a confidential manner, and acceptance will be decided by the ACII 2026 Tutorial and Program Chairs. They will be evaluated based on the impact, quality, interdisciplinary character, presentation format, theme, and relevance to the conference. Decisions about acceptance are final.
Important Dates – Tutorials
- Tutorial proposal submission deadline: 30 April 2026
- Tutorial acceptance notification: 15 May 2026
- Tutorials, Workshop, and Doctoral Consortium: 7 Sept 2026
Tutorial Chairs
- Luigi Celona (luigi.celona@unimib.it)
- Octavio Gutiérrez (octavio.gutierrez@itam.mx)