18th ACM WebSci’26 Program Released + Join Brave Conversations (Free Friday Event)

Dear colleagues,

The program for WebSci’26 is now live: https://websci26.org/?page_id=643


📍 Location: Haus der Wissenschaft, TU Braunschweig | Pockelsstraße 11 | 38106 Braunschweig | https://www.hausderwissenschaft.org/


This year’s conference brings together interdisciplinary research on the social, technical, and political dimensions of the Web, including sessions on online discourse, AI and society, platform governance, and computational social science.

👉 New this year: On Friday evening, we are hosting Brave Conversations — an open, facilitated dialogue format designed to foster thoughtful, cross-disciplinary exchange.
Participation in this session is completely free and open to all, including those not registered for the conference.

  *   Details: www.braveconversations.org/event/braunschweig-2026<http://www.braveconversations.org/event/braunschweig-2026>

If you are interested in how the Web is shaping—and being shaped by—society, we would be delighted to have you join us.

  *   Explore the program: https://websci26.org/?page_id=643

  *   Learn more about attending: https://websci26.org/


Please feel free to share this announcement with colleagues and networks who may be interested.

Hope to see you there!

Best regards,

WebSci’26 Committee

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Sierra Kaiser (she/her)

Koordinatorin / Coordinator
Stuttgart Research Focus – Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems (IRIS)
Universität Stuttgart

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