:: Call for Doctoral Consortium :: :: Peschiera del Garda (Verona), Italy :: 15th International Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction, Tourism and Cultural Heritage ( HCITOCH 2026 ) :: 2 - 4 September 2026 ::

:: Call for Doctoral Consortium :: 

:: 15th International Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction, Tourism and Cultural Heritage (HCITOCH 2026)

:: Peschiera del Garda (Verona), Italy :: 

:: 2 - 4 September 2026 ::

:: https://www.alaipo.com/HCITOCH-2026/workshop_HCITOCH_2026.html 



The new technologies offer us a series of instruments to develop the potential of human beings with the goal of increasing the quality of life of millions of users of interactive systems in our global village. The relation of the triad computer science, quality design and communicability has proven very productive in the new millennium.


In the current era of qualitative communication, the present space is intended to be a meeting point of all those who freely wish to boost and perfect the set of strategies and techniques to improve the human-computer interaction, tourism and cultural heritage. The main goal is to facilitate communicability and make the fruition of the new technologies more pleasant.


Our effort focuses on finding the common denominator between the human-computer interaction, cultural heritage, tourism and the global village. That is, we address all those who are currently working to increase the quality of life of the human beings through the new technologies and all their derivations, wanting to know the last advances in the factual, formal and natural sciences and that this "15th International Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction, Tourism and Cultural Heritage (HCITOCH 2026): Strategies for a Creative Future with Computer Science, Quality Design and Communicability" can serve as a meeting point to boost the current and future lines of research of the investigators belonging to the university, governmental bodies and the enterprises and industries of the private sector.


Papers, short papers, demos, research-in-progress, posters, doctoral consortiums, didactic sessions, related to Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Tourism, Cultural and Natural Heritage, Interactive Design, Communicability, Educational Quality, Collaborative Environments for Natural and Cultural Heritage, Digitization for Conservation, Archaeological Archives with New Technologies, Motion Graphics and Animation, Creative and Original Contents for Extended Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and other Computational and Arts topics and/or sub-topics solicited on, but not limited to:


- Archaeological Computing
- Computer Art
- Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
- Computer Graphics
- Computer Animation and Motion Graphics
- Cross-Cultural and Internationalization of Design
- Cultural Heritage and Social Networking
- Development of Research and Education in Heritage Conservation
- Digital Literacy Trainings
- Digitization for Preservation
- Drones for Conservating and Protecting Cultural and Natural Heritage
- e-Book
- e-Culture
- Eco-design
- Embedded Computing
- Emerging Technologies
- Emotional Design
- Ergonomics
- Future Challenges of Visualization Methods
- Gardunia Factor in Education and Research
- Generative Artificial Intelligence to Protect Cultural and Ecological Heritage
- Human and Social Factors in Computer Sciences
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Human-Robot Interaction
- Image Processing: Color Correction, Image Warping, Morphing and Painting
- Immersive Multimedia and Extended Reality
- Information Technology and Communication for Regional Development
- Integration of Artificial Intelligence with other Technologies for the Tourism and Cultural / Natural Heritage
- Intelligent and Adaptable Systems
- Interactive Systems for Cultural and Ecological Heritage
- Internet of Things
- Knowledge-Based Simulation
- Methodologies for Heuristic Evaluation of the Quality
- Microinformatics for Conservation and Promotion of Cultural Heritage
- Mobile Network Security
- Online Museum
- Open Source Software
- Photography and Illustration Digital
- Publishing and Digital Libraries
- Preservation and Image Restoration of Digital Culture
- Quality Attributes and Metrics for Interactive Systems
- Quality Oriented to Software Architecture and Database
- Reusability of the Current Digital Archiving Solutions
- Robotics for Tourism and Cultural Heritage
- Role of Local Community and ICTs in Cultural Heritage Management
- Semiotics for Interactive Design
- Social Networking
- Software Engineering
- Speech and Natural Language Interfaces
- Storytelling and Extended Reality
- Tangible User Interfaces
- Techniques and Methodologies for Creative Cross-media Content
- Technological and Economical Valuation of Natural and Cultural Heritage Resources
- Telecommunications and Marketing Models in the Museum as Distributed Network
- Tourism Enterprise Information Systems and Intelligent Agents
- Tourism Technology Management
- Usability Engineering and User Experience
- User Interfaces for e-Culture and e-Tourism
- Video Games and Cultural Heritage
- Virtual Campus and Distance Education
- Virtual Simulation and Quality in Heritage and Historic Environments
- Visitor and ICTs Impact Management for World Heritage Sites
- Visual Effects and Cinema Digital
- Visualization Tools and Systems for Simulation and Modeling


More information: https://www.alaipo.com/HCITOCH-2026/workshop_HCITOCH_2026.html


An extensive listing connotes and reflects the requirement and also skill necessary to find intersection zones of the disciplines among the different domains, fields, and specialities; which at the same time potentially boosts and merges the formerly different scientific views.



:::: Very important !!!

a) The AUTHORS CAN PRESENT MORE THAN ONE RESEARCH WORK WITH ONE REGISTRATION (2 contributions). For example: Paper #1 and paper #2; paper and short paper; paper and poster ; demo and poster; research-in-progress and demo; etc. More information: "paper submission" link.

https://www.alaipo.com/HCITOCH-2026/workshop_hcitoch_2026_paper.html

All contributions should be of high quality, originality, and significance and not published elsewhere or submitted for publication during the review period.



:::: Additional Information

1) Works Submissions: OPEN.

Consequently, as they are received, they will be evaluated. It is a way to speed up the process to make up the final program of the international workshop, visa requirements, should plan travel well in advance, and so on. In other words, it is not necessary to wait until the deadline to send them for the evaluation process.

Authors Notification: Some weeks/days after submission/s.

Camera-ready, full papers: August, 20th


2) Keynote speakers and relaters with human and professional - super 'High Quality'.


3) Certificate of participation.


4) Workshop proceedings (Color = digital version and B/W = paper version). Digital version off-line (conference room/s) and analogical / paper version next December 2026 / January 2027 (after conference)


5) Participation for the selection of the best contributions (paper, short paper, demos, research-in-progress, poster, etc.) and best research awards (certificate and voucher to spend at Blue Herons Editions --https://www.blueherons.net). The selected best research works –papers, short papers, posters and demos– will be exempt from registration payment. Furthermore, they will have the opportunity to expand their contributions free of charge for publication in Blue Herons editions (https//www.blueherons.net) at January/February 2027.

6) Free excursions in Peschiera del Garda and Veneto region, and not folk dacing, expressive musical performances, hypocritical parties, cakes with candles to celebrate the academic corruption, and so on. It is a serious conference and we are working with zero "Gardunia" Factor.


7) This is an international conference 100% in-person.


The international workshop is organized by ALAIPO Latin Association of Human-Computer Interaction (Asociacion Latina de Interaccion Persona Ordenador --https://www.alaipo.com), and AInCI International Association of Interactive Communication (Asociacion Internacional de la Comunicacion Interactiva --https://www.ainci.com).

Finally, in case you are not interested for this international workshop, we would be grateful if you can pass on this information to another interested person you see fit. Thanks :-)


Kind regards,

International Secretariat
ALAIPO & AInCI


For more information, send us an email to: info[at]alaipo[dot]com / info[at]ainci[dot]com 

or see here: https://www.alaipo.com/HCITOCH-2026/workshop_HCITOCH_2026.html





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