Workshop on Conversational Interfaces for Agentic Web browsing

Motivation

The web has been, for decades, primarily a visual experience. Modern websites have evolved to include rich dynamic content, interactive components, and multimedia content that users access visually through structured Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs).

As AI features are being integrated in web browsers and search engines, web browsing is shifting from being a paradigm relying on rich Graphical User Interfaces to one that integrates more and more conversational interaction.

This introduces a new layer of abstraction between users and web interfaces, where tasks can be expressed in natural language and delegated to intelligent agents that navigate, retrieve, and synthesize information on the user’s behalf. Conversational web browsing (CWB) is gaining momentum as a paradigm for accessing and manipulating web content through natural language interaction, either via voice or text.

Call for Papers

For decades, the web has been a primarily visual experience. However, the rise of Large Language Models (LLMs) is shifting this paradigm toward Conversational Web Browsing (CWB). While intelligent agents now automate complex workflows, we lack formal interaction design frameworks that ensure these experiences are private, ethical, and inclusive.

This workshop bridges the Conversational Interaction and Web Accessibility communities to envision a "conversation-first" web. We invite participants to submit short position papers (2-3 pages) describing research ideas, design explorations, systems, or critical perspectives related to conversational and agentic web browsing. Papers will be evaluated based on relevance to the topics of the workshop, which are:

Expected contributions

Submission may include:

  • Theoretical perspectives on conversational web interaction.

  • Design frameworks and interaction models for conversational web browsing.

  • Applications, systems, or prototypes enabling conversational access to web content.

  • Design guidelines and methodologies for conversational interaction with complex web environments.

  • Empirical studies evaluating conversational browsing experiences.

  • Critical reflections on limitations, risks, and societal implications of agentic web systems.

Prospective participants will be invited to submit either a position paper (2-3 pages) or a statement of interest (1-2 pages). Priority will be given to those that will submit a position paper. Authors may use the ACM single column template to draft their submissions. We highly recommend that all contributors follow the ACM Guide for Accessible Submissions during the drafting process and perform a comprehensive accessibility audit before final submission. Accepted contributions will be published on our Website.

Submit a Paper ↗ Download Call for papers

Workshop Schedule

The workshop will be held in person at CUI, for half a day. Below a tentative schedule.

  1. 55 min

    Introductions & Lightning Pitches

    Organisers introduce themselves and the workshop's aims. Participants then present themselves and their position paper in 1 minute. Groups are formed around shared themes while preserving multidisciplinarity.

  2. 30 min

    Discussion in Groups

    Thematic groups of 5–8 participants discuss current gaps in the design of CWB and possible approaches to address them.

  3. 30 min

    ☕ Coffee Break

  4. 40 min

    Group Activity

    Participants envision how identified gaps could be addressed in practice. Using pen and paper, each group creates a storyboard illustrating a scenario where an agent or user interacts with the web to accomplish a CWB task.

  5. 20 min

    Plenary Reporting & Future Plans

    All groups present their activity outcomes to share their vision for the future of CWB.

Key Deadlines

All deadlines are at 23:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth).

Key dates and deadlines for Symposium 2026 submissions and notifications
Deadline Date Status

Paper submission

Position papers, statement of interests.

 29 May 2026 Open

Acceptance Notification

Position papers, statement of interests.

 12 Jun 2026 Upcoming
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