The 8th IEEE International Conference on Universal Village (IEEE UV2026) will be held virtually and locally from October 17-20, 2026.
Following the previous IEEE UV conferences, IEEE UV2026 continues to call for collective efforts from world-renowned experts across multidisciplinary fields to collaborate beyond traditional field boundaries via this groundbreaking international project. We are thrilled that our UV conferences have inspired successful collaboration among governments, academia, industries, and civil society.
IEEE UV2026 features the theme of “Human-Centered AI Transformation for Future Empowerment: Explainable & Human-Intelligible Understanding, Intent-Aware Reasoning & Accountable Decision-Making, Human-Authorized AI Action, and Human-Supervised Reflective Learning.”
UV K-12 Challenge 2026
IEEE UV2026 K–12 Challenge October 17–18, 2026 For students in grades K–12. Local and virtual, in English. Submit works See the activities Program overview Young people thinking carefully about intelligent technology K–12 program for developing ideas, exchangi...[Read More]
IEEE UV2026 Organization Committee
IEEE UV2026 Ganeral Committee Honorary Chair Berthold K.P. Horn (MIT, USA) Roy E. Welsch (MIT, USA) General Chairs Kazuya Takeda (Nagoya Univ., Japan) Ahmed Hussein (IEEE ITSS, USA) Ozaki Nobuyuki (Nagoya Univ., Japan) Ji Li (Tsingda, China) Lionel C. Kimerlin...[Read More]
UV2026 Student Forum
About the Student Forum In response to the calling of IEEE UV International Conferences, UV Student Forum has been founded to raise awareness among the young generation about the challenges and dilemmas humanity is facing, foster their creativity and leadershi...[Read More]
IEEE UV2026 Plan
The 8th International Conference on Universal Village October 17-20, 2026 | Virtual and Local 1. The Universal Village (UV) Concept Universal Village (UV) is a new concept proposed by MIT’s Universal Village Program in 2012. UV exemplifies an ideal fut...[Read More]
IEEE UV2026 Call for Papers
IEEE UV2026 features the theme of “Human-Centered AI Transformation for Future Empowerment: Explainable & Human-Intelligible Understanding, Intent-Aware Reasoning & Accountable Decision-Making, Human-Authorized AI Action, and Human-Supervised Reflectiv...[Read More]
UV2026 Sessions
Keynote Day ❖ Organized by IEEE UV2026 program committee ❖ Opening remarks and invited keynote talks Technical Sessions ❖ Organized by session chairs ❖ Distribute “Session Call-for-Papers” by session chairs ❖ Session chairs select oral talks and review...[Read More]
WEBSITE: https://www.universalvillage.org
CONTACT: uv2026.conf@universal-village.org
IEEE UV2026 HEADQUARTERS: One Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
