[PlanetKR] [ASI 2026] CfP: The 7th International Workshop on Agents for Societal Impact at AAMAS 2026

[Panayiotis Danassis]

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*Call for Papers**
**The *7th International Workshop on Agents for Societal Impact
*ASI 2026*
Paphos, Cyprus.   25 - 26 May 2026.
https://panosd.eu/asi2026/

in conjunction with the
25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent 
Systems AAMAS 2026
https://cyprusconferences.org/aamas2026/


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*TLDR**
**=====*

ASI 2026 focuses on the design, analysis, and deployment of intelligent 
agents that contribute positively to society. As AI agents become 
increasingly autonomous and embedded in real-world systems, it is 
critical to ensure that their behavior aligns with human values and 
societal goals, rather than optimizing narrowly defined technical 
objectives. The workshop provides a forum to discuss how agent-based 
technologies can be responsibly applied to real-world societal systems.


*IMPORTANT DATES**
**================*

*Submission deadline: *Feb 11, 2026 (AoE)
Author notification: Mar 20, 2026
Workshop tentative date: May 25–26, 2026


*TOPICS OF INTEREST**
**=================*

We are interested in a broad range of research topics, both foundational 
and applied. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  * *Public health and healthcare*
  * *Education*
  * *Climate, sustainability, conservation*
  * *Transportation and mobility*
  * *Public infrastructure, smart cities, smart grids*
  * *Supply chains and logistics*
  * *Emergency response and disaster management*
  * *Agriculture and food systems*
  * *Labor markets and the future of work*
  * *Housing and land-use planning*
  * *Ethics, fairness, and discrimination*
  * *Online information integrity and misinformation*
  * *Security and cybersecurity*
  * *Governance, policy design, and decision support*

Societal impact cannot be achieved through algorithmic optimization 
alone. Progress requires an integrated perspective that connects agent 
engineering (how agents are built), computational social science (how 
social systems are modeled and studied), and human agent interaction 
(how agents work with people). Therefore, we welcome researchers working 
on agents and society across AI, empirical social science, and public 
policy.


*ABOUT ASI 2026**
**================*

We invite papers (work-in-progress, or published works with interesting 
novelty) in two categories:

1. *Research papers* describing novel contributions using multi-agent 
systems in societal challenges. Both work-in-progress and recently 
published work will be considered. Submissions describing recently 
published work should clearly indicate the earlier venue and provide a 
link to the published paper. Papers in this category should be at most 
*6-8 pages* (in AAMAS format), with any number of additional pages 
containing bibliographic references only.

2. *Position papers* describing open problems or neglected perspectives 
in the field, proposing ideas for bringing MAS methods into a new 
application area, or summarizing the focus areas of a group working on 
MAS for societal challenges. Papers in this category should be at most 
*4 pages* (in AAMAS format), with any number of additional pages 
containing bibliographic references only.

The submitted papers will be assessed based on their novelty, technical 
quality, potential impact, and clarity of writing. *Collaboration with 
NGOs and society stakeholders that have first-hand knowledge of the 
topic will be especially appreciated.*

Please note that at least one author must register for the workshop and 
attend in person. This workshop has no archival proceedings, and the 
accepted papers are allowed to be submitted to other conference venues. 
Accepted submissions will have the option of being posted online on the 
workshop website. For authors who do not wish their papers to be posted 
online, please inform the organizers. We also welcome papers accepted at 
other venues to facilitate discussion.


*ORGANIZING COMMITTEE**
**======================*

Panayiotis Danassis <https://panosd.eu/> (University of Southampton, UK)
Aparna Taneja <https://research.google/people/106890/> (Google DeepMind, 
India)
Lingkai Kong <https://lingkai-kong.com/> (Harvard University, USA)


We look forward to receiving your submissions,
The organizers
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