Call for Papers: Second Algorithmacy Conference (2027)
Decision Experience Design

The Second Algorithmacy Conference invites work on Decision Experience Design, read through animation. The conference starts from a simple claim: the person deciding is human. A separate literature on machine-to-machine agent experience is out of scope.

Decision Experience Design is the practice of building interfaces that help someone figure out what decision to make when the finish line is still being worked out. The featured theme asks researchers, designers, and practitioners to learn from the core methods of the animator, including the missing frames, the moment of perceptual lock-in, and the triadic relation between viewer, character, and unseen animator.

The call is open to artists (animation practice, the look of AI interfaces, demonstrations, and posters), academics (papers, notes, and theory on algorithmacy as the practice of coordinating through an algorithmic third party), and practitioners (field reports from organizations, curriculum, and policy). Panels of three to four people may be proposed.

Submissions are invited across six tracks:
TR.01 Decision Experience Design (DXD) and Choice Architecture
TR.02 Animation Theory, Missing Frames, and the Aesthetics of AI Interfaces
TR.03 Construct, Theory, and Epistemology of Algorithmacy
TR.04 Platform Co-optation, Algorithmic Management, and Triadic Coordination
TR.05 The Human Decider: Cognitive, Biological, and Affective Dimensions
TR.06 Stratification, Labor, and the Hidden Animator

Formats:
- Full paper: original research, 6 to 8 pages
- Note: a short contribution, 2 to 3 pages
- Practitioner report: a field account, 2 to 4 pages
- Panel: a proposed session with 3 to 4 participants and a unifying argument
- Poster or design demonstration: a visual or interactive contribution with a one-page extended abstract

Every submission needs a 300 to 500 word abstract, an outline, a biography of no more than 100 words for each author, and 3 to 7 keywords. The style is APA 7. The language is English. Authors retain copyright. Accepted work is open access under CC BY 4.0. AI-assisted writing is welcome; the standard is the quality of the contribution.

Review is open, signed, and public from intake. There is no anonymous stage. Review is rolling until the submission deadline of 30 September 2027. Conference dates are tentatively 25 to 31 October 2027, subject to change. The location will be announced later. Travel support and awards, if any, will be announced with the confirmed dates and venue.

The first Algorithmacy Conference took place in Port of Spain, 28 to 31 October 2026.

Submit at https://algorithmacy.org/. A web form, an AI-agent path, a prompt path, and GitHub are all available. No GitHub account is required for the web form or the agent path.

Questions go to Roger Hunt at rhunt@bentley.edu.