This workshop will be held as part of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems CHI 2026 which will be held 13-17 April 2026 in Barcelona.

Call for Papers

In this workshop we seek to better understand what we believe to be an under-valued area of AI Ethics: front-end design.  Much ethics discourse revolves around the design of back-end systems, but the design of what users experience at the ‘front-end’ entails many values-laden decisions too. For example, “dark” patterns, distorted data visualization, participation-washing and exclusionary interfaces all fall within the purview of front-end design. Through cross-disciplinary brainstorming and collaborative activities, we aim to map a landscape of ethical user-facing design for AI including best practices, policy considerations, and pressing areas for future research. The workshop will also host a keynote by Ben Shneiderman.

Prospective participants should submit a 2-4 page short paper (excluding references and using the CHI submission template) presenting a project, work-in-progress or commentary that contributes to a deeper understanding of what ethical front-end design for AI is, what issues it raises, or how we can do it better. This might be a demonstration of ethical design in action, or an argument for why some issue should be considered. We’re especially interested in examples of ethical design issues that are only possible because of AI (e.g. design for microtargeting, recommender systems, integrations of GenAI, front-end approaches to explainability) or that are especially relevant to AI-enhanced systems (e.g. the design of consent, transparency or privacy controls).  At least one author per accepted paper must register and attend. Accepted papers will be published on arXiv and the workshop website. We expect 20-30 participants.