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The Workshop on Chatbots and Agentic Technologies (WOCHAT 2026) invites submissions on the next generation of conversational systems. As dialogue technologies evolve from reactive responders into agentic, collaborative, and socially aware systems, WOCHAT aims to provide a focused venue for advancing the scientific foundations of these emerging paradigms. We welcome contributions that explore how conversational agents can reason, plan, coordinate, and interact across modalities and contexts, moving beyond surface-level dialogue toward deeper intelligence.

Important Dates

Mon, Jun 1, 2026
Paper submission deadline
Mon, Jun 22, 2026
Notification of acceptance
Mon, Jun 29, 2026
Camera-ready papers due
Sun, Aug 2, 2026
Workshop date

Call For Paper

Agentic dialogue systems (goal-driven interaction, planning, memory, autonomy)
Multi-agent conversational systems (coordination, negotiation, communication)
Multimodal dialogue and grounding (integration of text, speech, vision, and context)
Dialogue systems in complex domains (e.g., finance, healthcare, legal, cultural heritage, cybersecurity)
Emotion and affect modeling beyond basic categorical representations
Commonsense reasoning and theory of mind in dialogue
Robustness, safety, and trustworthiness in conversational AI
Human–AI interaction and collaborative intelligence
Reproducibility and benchmarking in dialogue research
Evaluation methodologies for dialogue systems (Higher-order reasoning and coherence, Cultural competence and social awareness, Explainability and causality)

The Workshop on Chatbots and Agentic Technologies (WOCHAT 2026) invites submissions on the next generation of conversational systems. Submissions must adhere to the two-column ACL format. Papers must be anonymous and comply with double-blind review requirements. Original, unpublished work only.