1st International Conference on Human Centric Artificial Intelligence – ICHCAI
27-28 May 2026, Halden, Norway.
Theme: HCAI for Critical Decision Making
Publication: IEEE Xplore (Paper will be submitted to IEEE Xplore (https://conferences.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/70183)

About the Conference: We are delighted to invite researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to the International Conference on Human-Centric AI, organised by the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), Halden, Norway. This conference explores the forefront of AI technologies through a human-centric lens, fostering discussions on design, safety, security, physical integration, application, work processes, and organizational factors of Human-AI systems. ICHCAI 2026 will be held in Halden, a city nestled between fjords and forests, making it one of Norway’s most beautiful destinations.

Call for Papers

ICHCAI 2026 invites contributions across human-centred system design, immersive virtual and augmented reality, explainable applied data science, Human-AI collaboration, organizational barriers, and enablers. risk and safety management, cybersecurity, and trust in AI. Focus areas include operator support, decision-making, resilience, ethics, safety assurance, and societal impacts of AI across nuclear industries, critical infrastructures, healthcare, and digital societies. Topics span ergonomics, cognitive load, human-AI teaming, organizational factors, AI governance, privacy, sustainable technology integration, and human factors in high-risk environments.

Sectoral Applications: Nuclear, Energy, Transport, Industry 5.0, and Critical Infrastructure.

We have five tracks in ICHCAI 2026. Papers in any of these areas, especially those related to Human-Centric AI, are welcome for submission.

Tracks:

Track 1: Human-Machine Interaction and Collaboration (Innovative designs and techniques to enhance Human-AI integration and system usability)

Track 2: Data-Driven Intelligence and Automation (Practical applications and theoretical advances in automation and data science with human-centred considerations)

Track 3: Human-Centred Digital Transformation (Strategies and frameworks for embedding human needs and ethics into digital solutions and transformations)

Track 4: Safety, Security, and Physical Applications (Enhancing resilience, security, and physical integration of AI systems in critical environments)

Track 5: HCAI for on-line decision making in critical applications

ICHCAI 2026 is now soliciting submissions of original and innovative papers. Prospective authors are invited to submit papers in any of the above-mentioned core or related areas. The submitted papers must not have been previously published or accepted for publication elsewhere and must not have been submitted to any other conferences before and during the ICHCAI 2026.

Submission Details:

ICHCAI 2026 will submit proceedings for possible inclusion in IEEE Xplore. Authors must submit an original full paper, 6-10 pages in IEEE conference proceedings format (https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates), that has not been previously published. All contributions must be written in English. Submissions will be evaluated based on relevance to the conference, originality and novelty, technical quality and rigor, clarity and organization, impact and significance, and, where applicable, ethical and responsible research practices, especially in areas such as AI and data use.

Please submit your work via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=ichcai2026

Important Dates:

Conference Submission open: October 30, 2025

Paper Submission Deadline: February 28, 2026

Notification of Acceptance: March 31st, 2026,

Camera-Ready Submission: April 30, 2026

Conference Dates: May 27–28, 2026

Submission Guidelines and Review Process

Authors should consult the IEEE authors’ guidelines, read all the instructions (including use and declaration of generative AI in writing, research data policy and copyright issues) very carefully and use their proceedings templates, either for LaTeX or for MSWord, for the preparation of the paper.

Submissions to ICHCAI 2026 will follow a rigorous and transparent review process to ensure high-quality contributions. After the submission deadline, all papers will be screened by the editors for relevance and baseline quality. Suitable submissions will then be peer-reviewed by at least three independent experts. Authors will be given a chance to revise their submission with a rebuttal. The editors will carefully evaluate the reviews and make recommendations based on consensus and merit. Finally, accepted papers will be reviewed by all the chairs. Recommended papers will be sent for final approval to the steering committee and honorary chairs for their observations. Our goal is to maintain fairness, academic integrity, and constructive feedback throughout the process.

Contact: sanjay.misra@ife.no

Organizing Committee

Honorary Chair​ : Bjørn Axel ​Gran, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway

General chair: Kai Morgan Kjølerbakken, Per Øivind Braarud, and Sanjay Misra

Technical Program Chairs:

Robertas Damaševičius, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
Sanjay Misra​, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway
Rytis Maskeliunas, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Murat Koyuncu, Atilim University, Turkey
Lalit Garg, University of Malta, Malta
Sabarathinam Chockalingam, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway

Publication chair(s): Sanjay Misra, Kai Morgan Kjølerbakken, Per Øivind Braarud

Registration chair: Lars Nagelhus-Arnesen, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway

Finance chair: Karianne Hauge Bjugan, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway

Web Chair: Per-Arne Jørgensen, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway

National and International Advisory Committee

Chandra Challangonda (CEO, FIWARE), Finland
Seifedine Kadry, Noroff University College, Norway
Ibrahim Abdelfattah Abdelhameed, NMBU, Norway
Thomas Ploug, Alborg University, Denmark
Raj Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia
Matthew Adigun, University of Zululand, South Africa

International Program Committee:

Seifedine Kadry, Noroff University College, Norway
Ibrahim Abdelfattah Abdelhameed, NMBU, Norway
Jose María Alvarez Rodríguez, Carlos III University of Madrid
Rytis Maskeliunas, Kaunas University of Technology
Murat Koyuncu, Atilim University
Beniamino Murgante, University of Basilicata
Pankaj Pandey, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Hasan Ogul, Ostfold University College
Alfredo Perez, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
An Lam, SINTEF Digital
Kalyan Ram Ayyalasomayajula, UiT the Arctic University of Norway
Thi Thuy Nga Dinh, Østfold University College
Sanjay Misra, IFE
Sabarathinam Chockalingam, IFE
Ricardo Colomo-Palacios, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Hans Olav Randem, IFE
Clara Maathuis, Open University of the Netherlands
Brij Gupta, Asia University, Taiwan
Giorgio Pedrazzi, University of Brescia, Italy
Manju Khari, JNU, India
Per-Arne Jørgensen, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway
Gokhan Sengul, Atilim University, Turkey
Sudeep Tanwar, Nirma University, India
Jan Erik Farbrot, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway
Harald Thunem, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway
Ayan Chatterjee, NILU, Norway
Daniel Rodríguez, University of Alcalá, Spain
Kai Morgan Kjølerbakken, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway
Chhagan Lal, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Vasileios Gkioulos, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Broderick Crawford, Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Valparaiso, PUCV, Chile
Ricardo Soto, Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Valparaiso, PUCV, Chile
Luis Fernandez Sanz, Universidad de Alcala, Spain
Dilip Singh Sisodia, National Institute of Technology, Raipur, India
Lov Kumar, National Institute of Technology, NIT Kurukshetra, India
Georgios Lampropoulos, International Hellenic University, Greece
Kerstin Siakas, University of Vasa, Finland
Mohsen Toorani, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
Nadia Saad Noori, University of Agder, Norway
Aida Omerovic, SINTEF, Norway
Ricardo Colomo-Palacios, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Rytis Maskeliunas, Kaunas University of Technology
Murat Koyuncu, Atilim University
Ankur Shukla, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway
Bharti Suri, GGS Indraprastha University, India
Hans Olav Randem, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway
Manju Kaushik, Amity University, Rajasthan, India
Pham Quoc Trung, HCMC University of Technology, HCMC, Vietnam
Rania Elgazzar, University of Agder, Norway
Sambeet Mishra, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway

Contact Information

Sanjay Misra (sanjay.misra@ife.no),