Call for Demos
The Tenth Symposium on Pervasive Displays aims to continue the tradition of previous PerDis symposia by offering a premier venue for advances in research, technologies, and applications related to pervasive displays. We welcome researchers, students, and practitioners in this multi-disciplinary, yet intimate, single-track venue to discuss challenges, innovations, and achievements in pervasive displays from diverse perspectives, e.g., from the fields of Human-Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous Computing, Media Architecture, Urban Interaction Design, Smart Cities, and Sustainable Technology. We encourage submissions from both technical and design research perspectives on the future of display technologies in public and semi-public spaces.
Pervasive displays are digital display systems that are embedded into the physical, social, or interactive environment, enabling context-aware, situated, and continuous communication. These displays exist either as standalone systems or as part of larger infrastructures that engage with users, objects, or the environment itself in a variety of contexts—public spaces, private areas, urban settings, or mobile/remote contexts. These displays are designed to interact with users or surroundings in meaningful, often collaborative, ways through visual, auditory, haptic, thermal, olfactory, or other sensory output means.
The ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays (PerDis 2026) invites submissions of demos that showcase innovative research, prototypes, and experiences in the broad field of pervasive display technologies and media architecture. We are interested in contributions ranging from large interactive walls over mobile robots to wearable displays, from personalised signage through architectural visualisation to large-scale urban installations, and beyond.
The demo program will be held in person at the symposium, providing a visible forum to showcase hands-on demonstrations, novel interactivity, installations, and other engaging experiences. Accepted demonstrations will be presented in a dedicated session. Demos that cannot be transported to the venue may be presented as an interactive simulation, a lower-fidelity prototype, or a video. Selected demos and installations may also be featured on the PerDis website with photos and project details.
Each demo submission must be accompanied by a demo paper (see “Preparing the Submission”). Accepted demo papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
We welcome demonstrations & interactivity prototypes from students and researchers in all career stages, including undergraduate contributors and authors of accepted papers. Demos must present research, not business: the demo forum is not for marketing or sales (business visibility is available to sponsors).
We encourage demos that stimulate interaction with the technology and between attendees. Submissions must describe how the demo will be presented (space, setup, and intended interaction).
| *All deadlines are AoE | |
| Submission | 11 December 2025 |
| Notification | 15 January 2026 |
| Camera-ready | 1 February 2026 |
| Conference | 16–18 March 2026 |
The submission must be original work. The paper should contain work that has not been previously published or is not concurrently under consideration for any other conference, workshop, journal, or other publication with an ISBN, ISSN, or DOI number. All references must be complete, accurate, accessible, and conform to the ACM Publication Format. Clearly describe the novelty and distinguishing ideas of your project for the field of pervasive displays.
We accept contributions up to 4 pages (excluding references) submitted as a PDF in the single-column ACM Conference Proceedings Primary Article Template.
\documentclass[manuscript,review]{acmart} (demos are not anonymous).
\documentclass[manuscript, screen, review]{acmart}.
An optional video can further illustrate interactivity. Guidelines:
Submissions are not anonymous. Include author names and affiliations.
.zip with a README describing the contents.
Authors are encouraged to follow SIGCHI’s guidance.
Authors must adhere to the ACM Policy on Authorship regarding the use of generative AI in submissions. Authors are responsible for all content produced (including plagiarism, misrepresentation, or fabrication) by these tools and must disclose their use.
By submitting your article to an ACM Publication, you acknowledge that you and your co-authors are subject to all ACM Publications Policies, including ACM’s Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects. Alleged violations may result in retraction and other penalties per policy.
Please ensure that you and your co-authors obtain an ORCID ID to complete the publishing process.
Please check our PerDis’26 website for updates and further details on submissions and deadlines.
Submissions are facilitated via EasyChair (PerDis 2026 Demos track). Authors may submit and edit materials until the submission deadline. For difficulties or technical questions, contact the Demo Chairs at demos@perdis.acm.org.
All demo (and optional video) submissions will be blind reviewed by international experts. Acceptance criteria include:
We plan to be ACM-sponsored as in previous years, and aim to archive accepted demo papers in the ACM Digital Library. ACM will send authors a copyright form; once completed, authors will receive the ACM copyright information to include in their paper. Camera-ready submissions are made through the submission system, following the publication instructions. The official publication date is when proceedings are available in the ACM Digital Library (which may be up to two weeks before the conference).
Upon acceptance, you will present your demo at the conference. All demos must be presented in person at the conference venue. Accepted demos must additionally submit a 30-second teaser video to be incorporated into a demo reel for attendees. A longer (up to 5-minute) video may be submitted as part of the optional accompanying video described above.
The demo track will take place during the conference; demos will be assigned a booth (space and size announced later), and attendees can visit booths during the demo session(s).
For each accepted demo, a full registration for the PerDis’26 conference is required by the early-bird registration deadline.
Sven Gehring
Deutsche Hochschule für Prävention und Gesundheitsmanagement, Germany
Alex Binh Vinh Duc Nguyen
KU Leuven, Belgium