Last update: Feb 10, 2026
Student volunteers (SVs) are essential to ACM Interactive Health 2026 (IH 2026). Volunteering gives you a chance to help run the conference, meet researchers and practitioners in HCI & health, make professional connections, and gain conference experience – all while attending sessions and events.
In this inaugural year of IH, we are accepting both in-person and online SVs. Please choose the modality you can reliably attend when applying.
Important Dates
Volunteer application (author's timeline):
- Deadline to apply: 22 March 2026, AoE
- Applicants informed (accept/waitlist): 25 March 2026, AoE
Conference: July 5–8, 2026 (Porto)All deadlines are midnight Anywhere on Earth (AoE).
Becoming a Volunteer
To register, you must be enrolled as an undergraduate, master’s, or doctoral student for at least one semester/quarter of the 2025–2026 academic year, and you must be 18 years of age or older by the start of the conference. No prior experience is required to apply, but we are looking for reliable, enthusiastic, and friendly people.
It is your own responsibility to obtain the necessary travel visas if required. Please be aware that the visa application process should begin shortly after the prospective notification of acceptance.
Please fill out the volunteer form by the appropriate deadline (see Important Dates above) to be considered: https://forms.office.com/e/eLHsn06wdz.
What will I do as a Volunteer?
As an SV, you agree to:
- Work ~15 hours across the conference period (before, during, and/or after the conference) as assigned.
- Attend orientation meeting (virtual or in-person, depending on modality).
- In-person: be present at assigned in-person posts (e.g., registration desk, room monitoring, AV & session support, poster setup, demo/exhibit support, event ushering, student lounge).
- Online: have a reliable internet connection, a quiet workspace, and a webcam/headset during assigned shifts; attend the virtual orientation and be available for the remote shifts (e.g., virtual registration/chat moderation, live session Q&A moderation, poster/demo liaison, and accessibility/transcription).
- Arrive in Porto by the morning of July 4, 2026, at the latest, to attend orientation and pre-conference briefings. Plan your return trip after the conference ends and the venue is cleared at the end of the day on July 8th.
Benefits of Working as a Student Volunteer
- Free t-shirt.
- Free conference registration.
- Opportunities to make new connections, both with your fellow students and with more senior researchers.
- Access to a reserved student volunteer space during the conference.
- Access to conference lunches and coffee breaks on conference days.
- An exclusive SV welcoming dinner.
SV Chairs
Beatriz Severes, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Meeshu Agnihotri, University of California Irvine, United States
Questions?
For further questions regarding student volunteering, please feel free to contact us at sv2026@ih.acm.org.
