The Late-Breaking Work track provides an opportunity to present new and exciting contributions that spark conversations and encourage the emergence of novel ideas. Late-Breaking Works may include early research ideas and technical work, tentative findings or short self-contained studies, provocations and visions of future work as well as theoretical or methodological discussions arising from ongoing work.
We welcome a broad range of submissions around a diversity of topics and contribution types:
- An original technology, technique or design in the early stages, and/or with or without an evaluation.
- Selected results from ongoing studies at various levels of analysis.
- Early stages of research, including reflections, important implications and/or (methodological) considerations.
- Novel discussions and/or analysis of existing or ongoing work that offer a fresh perspective.
- Open work that invites feedback or community engagement on the next steps, implications for the research, its applicability and/or novel approaches to analysis, and collaborations.
Submission Instructions and Schedule
- Submissions should be fully anonymized.
- Submissions can be up to 6 pages long (excluding references) in the ACM standard single-column format template – see submission guidelines (link updated later)
- Submissions should be as close to publication-ready as possible, since authors will have limited time to make changes after acceptance. Papers that require major revisions may not be accepted.
Important Dates (Anywhere on Earth)
- Submission deadline: May 18th, 2026
- Author notification: June 30th, 2026
- Camera-ready deadline: August 7th, 2026
Selection Process
LBW submissions undergo double-blind peer-review by a selected committee and will be discussed by the committee to constitute the program. Given the shorter timeline the submissions will only receive short feedback. The criteria for evaluations are as follows:
- Contribution to NordiCHI 2026: Will this research stimulate interesting conversations and feedback among NordiCHI attendees? Is there a compelling reason for this work to be LBW and not a full research contribution this year or later?
- Significance: How important is the problem, question or topic the LBW examines? Is there an audience at NordiCHI 2026 that would find this relevant and/or engaging?
- Originality: How does this work relate to previous work and discussions within the area? Does it offer a novel contribution or compelling alternative perspective?
- Validity: How well are the chosen methods described and justified in the submission?
- Written presentation: How clear, understandable, and targeted is the writing?
Presentation Format and Publication
Accepted LBW will be presented as posters during the NordiCHI 2026 conference in adjunct to the Monday evening reception October 5th, 2026. Details regarding presentation and printing will be provided with the acceptance notification. Presenters must register for the NordiCHI 2026 conference.
Chairs
Marion Koelle, Hochschule RheinMain
Juho-Pekka Mäkipää, University of Vaasa