Dear colleagues,

We are excited to announce that the submission deadline for our Mensch und Computer (MuC) 2025 workshop, “GenAI and Well-Being: Designing for Agency and Beyond,” has been extended. You now have until June 27, 2025, to submit your position paper or statement of interest.

Our workshop will explore how generative AI can support meaningful, healthy lives and strengthen human agency in everyday contexts.

🎤 We are delighted to feature a keynote by Jasmin Niess, who will discuss how AI-driven tools can foster empowerment and challenge conventional ideas about autonomy, control, and decision-making.

Expect a hands-on and interactive format, bringing together voices from HCI, design, ethics, psychology, and related disciplines. We aim to map out opportunities, surface risks, and collaboratively shape future research directions.

📌 Workshop Details & CFP: https://sites.google.com/view/muc25-ai-wellbeing/home
📬 NEW Submission Deadline (position paper OR statement of interest): June 27, 2025
✅ Notification Deadline: July 16, 2025
🗓️ Conference Dates: August 31 – September 3, 2025
📍 Location: Chemnitz, Germany

Feel free to share this invitation within your networks. We are looking forward to your submissions and to seeing many of you in Chemnitz.

Best regards,
The organizing team: Nadine Wagener, Michael Burmester, Thomas Eßmeyer (né Mildner), Lisa Hesselbarth, Laura Spillner, Carolin Stellmacher, Samuel Tomczyk, and Evropi Stefanid