Interaction Design and Children Conference 2026

The Joan Ganz Cooney Center, along with our partners at The GIANT Room, foundry10, and the University of Washington, are pleased to be presenting four different sessions at the 2026 Interaction Design and Children conference, which takes place on June 22– 25, 2026 in Brighton, United Kingdom 

 

Workshop: Frameworks in the Field: Considering Real Life Tensions When Designing AI for Children’s Well-being

Date/Time: June 22, 2:30-5 pm BST
How to participate: In-person in Brighton, UK, or virtual (participants have already been selected via proposal)
Presenters: Medha Tare (Cooney Center), Riddhi Divanji, Jennifer Rubin & Jayne Everson (foundry10), Rotem Landesman, Aayushi Dangol & Nisha Devasia (University of Washington)

 

Demo: Bringing Inclusive Design Practices Beyond Academia: Launching the Co-design with Kids Toolkit

Date/Time: June 23, 12-1 pm BST
How to participate: In-person in Brighton, UK, open to all IDC participants
Presenters: Mona Leigh Guha, Medha Tare, Ashley Moulton, Sarah Sung, Catherine Jhee, Liza Gak, (Cooney Center), Azadeh Jamalian (The GIANT Room)

 

Demo: GIANT Remix Station: Supporting Children’s Creative Ideation and Publication with Human-in-the-Loop AI

Date/Time: June 23, 12-1 pm BST
How to participate: In-person in Brighton, UK, open to all IDC participants
Presenters: Azadeh Jamalian, Hongjin Du, Rebecca Schifilliti, Maria Eugenia Segovia Siller, Jessica Mezei (The GIANT Room), Medha Tare (Cooney Center)

 

Work in Progress Paper/Poster:  “Surveys are pointless”: Co-designing a new generation of surveys with children that fulfill their needs

Date/Time: June 24 12-1 BST
How to participate: In-person in Brighton, UK, open to all IDC participants
Presenters: Liza Gak, Medha Tare, Angelica DaSilva (Cooney Center), Azadeh Jamalian (The GIANT Room)

 

Interaction Design and Children Conference
June 22– 25 2026
Brighton, United Kingdom

Register: https://idc.acm.org/2026/

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