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Registration 2025 – COMPASS

ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jul 8

**Registration deadline extended to July 10th**

You now have two more days to register to attend!
compass.acm.org/registration...

We have an exciting program, workshops, and keynotes. Hope to see you there!

ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jul 2

COMPASS'25 registration ends July 8th (less than a week away 😱)

📝 45 papers
❗ 23 late breaking works
👥 10 workshops
🎨 10 arts/demos
💬 7 panels
🎓 20 doctoral consortium participants

come join us in Toronto (July 22-26)

ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jun 30

COMPASS'25 is less than a month away! Make sure to register by July 8th! compass.acm.org

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ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jun 11

Announcing COMPASS'25 keynotes! We're so excited to host two incredible speakers
Renee Steiber will present "Participatory AI governance as a sustainability goal" and Pedro Reynolds-Cuéllar will share "Why Designing with Place Matters in Technology Development"
more @ compass.acm.org/keynote-spea...

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ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jun 27

Check out this thread to see *all* the workshops at COMPASS'25 this year! Registration deadline is July 8th!

ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jun 17

Announcing COMPASS'25 Workshops! Throughout the next few days we'll be posting about the 10 workshops. You can read about all of them here: compass.acm.org/compass-2025... Note: to attend workshops you must register for the conference (deadline: July 8th!)

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ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jun 17

Announcing COMPASS'25 Workshops! Throughout the next few days we'll be posting about the 10 workshops. You can read about all of them here: compass.acm.org/compass-2025... Note: to attend workshops you must register for the conference (deadline: July 8th!)

Call for T-Shirt Design – COMPASS

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ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jun 26

1 more day to get your designs in!

ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jun 12

*FREE REGISTRATION OPPORTUNITY!* Send us your best t-shirt design for #COMPASS25 in order to win free registration for the conference (open to all). Submit by June 27 for consideration! Read more about the t-shirt design competition here: compass.acm.org/call-for-t-s...

Call for Participation - Workshop on Sustainability and Cybersecurity

ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jun 25

Workshop on Cybersecurity and Sustainability (Wednesday, July 23)
This workshop explores the complex and often neglected relationship between sustainability and cybersecurity. Devices are being prematurely forced into e-waste streams due to shortsighted cybersecurity decisions. sustainsec.org

COMPASS Workshop

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ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jun 24

Social Agentics (Wednesday, July 23)
This one-day ACM COMPASS workshop invites a diverse group of participants to explore how and why to design agentic systems to be situated within specific social and organizational contexts. Website: sites.google.com/view/social-...

SOCIAL AGENTICS

Call for Participation

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ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jun 24

Place-based Climate Data Practices (Wednesday, July 23) This workshop interrogates how place—as physical, cultural, spiritual, and artistic—shapes the creation, circulation, and application of climate data in pursuit of equitable climate futures. Website: sites.google.com/view/pbcd-wo...

PBCD Workshop

About the Workshop

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Call for T-Shirt Design – COMPASS

ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jun 23

DUE THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 27! Make sure to get in your t-shirt designs for a chance for free registration!

ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jun 12

*FREE REGISTRATION OPPORTUNITY!* Send us your best t-shirt design for #COMPASS25 in order to win free registration for the conference (open to all). Submit by June 27 for consideration! Read more about the t-shirt design competition here: compass.acm.org/call-for-t-s...

Community-Driven Data Practices

ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jun 23

Community-Driven Data Practices for Advancing Ethical and Equitable AI in Low-Resource Language Contexts (Wednesday, July 23) This workshop explores pathways for community-driven data practices for low-resource language technologies and their ethical challenges. community-data-practices.github.io

community-data-practices.github.io

Join our workshop @ COMPASS 2025! Wednesday, July 23rd: Toronto, Canada

ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jun 23

Designing Sustainable Indigenous Technology (Wednesday, July 23)
This workshop provides a venue for interdisciplinary approaches and viewpoints to collaboratively explore and design technologies that contribute to Indigenous efforts around sustainability. Read more sites.google.com/view/compass...

COMPASS Workshop

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COMPASS 2025 Workshop: Writing for Interdisciplinary Computing Audiences

ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jun 20

Writing for Interdisciplinary Computing Audiences (Tuesday, July 22)
We invite researchers who might be from the Global Majority, are new to academic writing, or new to the COMPASS community to a half-day workshop to help uncover the “hidden curriculum.” Apply by July 7 forms.gle/2Rr8fymNpxCP...

Workshop Overview As the COMPASS community grows across fields and global contexts, many early career researchers may face challenges around the often implicit expectations of writing for an interdis...

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COMPASS 2025 Workshop – Human-Centered Data Science Lab

ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jun 20

Towards Sustainable Community-Designed AI Systems in the Public Sector (Tuesday, July 22)
This workshop will examine how community engagement and qualitative exploratory methods can inform qualitative model development for public sector AI.
See the workshop website: www.hcds-uoft.ca/compass

www.hcds-uoft.ca

ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jun 18

(Re)working for Sustainable Futures: Climate Change and Platform Economies (Tuesday, July 22)
This workshop responds builds interdisciplinary research foundation for critical studies of climate change and platform economies through lightning talks, mapping exercises, and reflective discussions.

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ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jun 18

Humour as Resistance: Creative Approaches to Data Center Accountability (Tuesday, July 22) Join us for an interactive workshop that delves into the ecological and social impacts of data centers, the backbone of AI infrastructure. Register here to attend the workshop: cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...

Encrypted Form

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ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jun 17

Clouded Judgment: Negotiating Data Center Siting Processes (Tuesday, July 22) The rapid expansion of data centers is transforming landscapes globally. This workshop introduces a roleplay negotiation exercise that simulates a contentious permitting process for a proposed 500-megawatt data center.

ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jun 17

Announcing COMPASS'25 Workshops! Throughout the next few days we'll be posting about the 10 workshops. You can read about all of them here: compass.acm.org/compass-2025... Note: to attend workshops you must register for the conference (deadline: July 8th!)

Call for T-Shirt Design – COMPASS

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ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jun 12

*FREE REGISTRATION OPPORTUNITY!* Send us your best t-shirt design for #COMPASS25 in order to win free registration for the conference (open to all). Submit by June 27 for consideration! Read more about the t-shirt design competition here: compass.acm.org/call-for-t-s...

Registration 2025 – COMPASS

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ACM COMPASS @acmcompass.bsky.social · Jun 11

As a reminder - registration ends July 8th! Make sure to register to attend: compass.acm.org/registration...