ACM AI Leadership Summit 2026 Doctoral Consortium for PhD Students in AI, Systems, Security, and Responsible Computing Association for Computing Machinery in United States

ACM is hosting the inaugural ACM AI Leadership Summit 2026 in Atlanta, GA, and the post highlights the Doctoral Consortium for PhD students. This is a student opportunity to present research ideas, receive feedback from leading researchers and practitioners, and discuss leadership challenges in AI, including governance, ethics, and responsible development.

The consortium is especially relevant for students working in artificial intelligence, systems and networking, software, data management, human-computer interaction, theory and formal methods, security, privacy, and ethics, and applied computing. The summit website describes a broader program focused on responsible AI, frontier technologies, workforce transformation, and policy.

Eligibility and materials: applicants must be PhD students and submit a two-page position statement, a current CV (maximum two pages), a brief advisor letter confirming student status, and a selection of one main area of interest from the listed tracks. The position statement should explain research interests, what the student hopes to gain from the consortium and summit, and how participation will support research vision and professional development.

Deadline: April 30, 2026. Notification: May 30, 2026.

How to apply: submit the required materials via the EasyChair/ACM submission portal linked in the post. For questions, contact [email protected].