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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 30

We're happy to officially announce the location of #FAccT2026!

Next year's conference will be held in Montreal, Canada 🇨🇦

Su Lin Blodgett and Zeerak Talat will be General Chairs, and Michael Madaio will be PC Chair 🎉

(thanks to MindView for the photo!)

Photo of the Town Hall meeting at last week's conference. The audience watches as Su Lin Blodgett announces the location of next year's conference. Su Lin Blodgett and Zeerak Talat will be General Chairs, and Michael Madaio will be PC Chair.

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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 26

Town hall starting NOW! #FAccT2025

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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 26

Our final #FAccT2025 keynote is in half an hour, starting at 2PM Athens! Join us in the Amphitheatre to hear @mjcrockett.bsky.social speak about "Techno-optimism, human pessimism, and the worlds we imagine together."

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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 26

Today is our last day at the #FAccT2025 conference 💔

As our time in Athens draws to a close, this year's program chairs would like to share some reflections on the FAccT 2025 review process in a new blog post.

facct-blog.github.io/2025-06-26/r...

Reflections on the FAccT 2025 Review Process

We are here in Athens this week for the 8th annual ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency. As we enjoy the presentations, we want to take a moment to reflect on our year as Progr...

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Yanan Long @yananlong.bsky.social · Jun 26

This is happening today at #FAccT25 @facct.bsky.social!!
Sign up for the CRAFT session and/or social forms.gle/xmjw3Re5zGkG...
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Lauren Chambers @laurenmarietta.bsky.social · Jun 25

getting excited for my #FAccT2025 tutorial - today 5 pm Athens time!

I'm sharing new work with @berkeleyischool.bsky.social's awesome Prof. Diag Davenport: "Public Interest Tech (PIT) Clinics as Applied Sociotechnical Pedagogy."

the idea: bring real-world experience & impact into tech education 💫

title slide for tutorial presentation reading "public interest tech (pit) clinics as applied sociotechnical pedagogy: practice tutorial, FAccT 2025, Athens, Greece; by Lauren M. Chambers and Diag Davenport, UC Berkeley, June 25, 2025."

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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 25

The #FAccT2025 Plenary Panel on “Pathways of Change and the Future of Responsible AI” is starting right now in the Amphitheatre! Join us!

ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 24

Check out this exhibition currently on display at the #FAccT2025 conference venue!

"Sensory AI boxes: Socio-technical engagements to support marginalised voices"

ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 24

Our second keynote at #FAccT2025 is about to start!

Nathalie Smuha, KU Leuven Faculty of Law and Criminology

"Regulating AI: Lessons from Emerging Legal Frameworks"

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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 24

Our #FAccT2025 proceedings are out!! 🎉

Read all of the published papers here: dl.acm.org/doi/proceedi...

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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 24

Good morning #FAccT2025!

Join us at 9AM in the Amphitheatre for our Local Plenary Panel: "AI and Greece 🇬🇷: Interdisciplinary Reflections from Past to Present"

Featuring: Yannis Mastrogeorgiou, Lambrini Gyftokosta, Kostas Karpouzis, Alexandra Mitsotaki, and Aristotle Tympas

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EvalEval Coalition @eval-eval.bsky.social · Jun 23

Join us for the Eval Eval Coalition Social at @facct.bsky.social tomorrow Tuesday June 24th from 4-4:30 pm during the coffee break! We would love to have you join us and we look forward to seeing you there!! #FAccT2025 #EvalEval

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Anna Neumann @annaneumann.bsky.social · Jun 23

Please come see us at the RC Trust Networking Event!
You can sign up with the QR Codes around the venues and get some free drinks! 🙂‍↕️

#FAccT2025

ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 23

Reminder that we have multiple social events happening this evening, all happening *outside* the conference venue!

Social: RC-Trust Networking Reception for the FAccT Community

Social: Generative AI Risks + Red-Teaming

Social: AI Workers' Inquiry

facctconference.org/2025/sociale...

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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 23

Reminder that we have multiple social events happening this evening, all happening *outside* the conference venue!

Social: RC-Trust Networking Reception for the FAccT Community

Social: Generative AI Risks + Red-Teaming

Social: AI Workers' Inquiry

facctconference.org/2025/sociale...

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Charis Papaevangelou @bsky.charispapaevangelou.eu · Jun 23

If you are in Athens for #facct2025 consider joining our CRAFT discussion on "the hidden costs of digital sovereignty: Greece's data infrastructures as a site of political contestation" on Tuesday, 24 June at 18:00, at ENA Institute for Alternative Policies

enainstitute.org/event/the-hi...

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Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · Jun 23

If you're at #FACCT2025 today, check out our AI Workers' Inquiry, where we'll have a stellar panel of workers organizing against AI and host a participatory session.

You can also participate online!

ai-workers-inquiry.github.io

AI Workers' Inquiry

AI Workers' Inquiry is a FAccT 2025 CRAFT workshop that brings together workers, organizers, and labor experts to explore how AI is transforming our workplaces and discuss strategies for collective re...

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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 23

The welcome event and first keynote are getting started! 🎉🦉

Our first keynote is by Suresh Venkatasubramanian (Brown University) @geomblog.bsky.social

"Are we winning yet? FAccT, AI governance, and the shape of what comes next."

#FAccT2025

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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 23

Good morning and welcome to #FAccT2025! We're excited to see you all at the conference today! ☀️

If this is your first time attending a conference, we know it can be an intimidating experience, and so we've put together a short guide for newcomers: facct-blog.github.io/2025-06-22/n...

Tips for First-Time FAccT Attendees

Congrats, you’re going to your first academic conference! But what do you do, how do you prepare? In this blog post, we will go over some tips for first-time FAccT attendees!

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Asia Biega @asiabiega.bsky.social · Jun 22

Your #FAccT2025 General Chairs @sciorestis.bsky.social, @metaxa.net, and I, reporting from the venue.

We're looking forward to welcoming you to the Athens Conservatoire or online!

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Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · Jun 21

Join us for the @queerinai.com social at #FAccT2025 during the 10:15am coffee break on Monday! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 21

Here's how to reach the #FAccT2025 conference venue from the Athens airport!

🚋 metro Line 3 (blue line) to Dimotiko Theatro (40 mins; metro ticket is €9 from ATH into the city)

🚌 X95 bus to Syntagma

🚕 taxi (€40-55)

More local tips: facctconference.org/2025/localtips

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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 21

Looking for posts about #FAccT2025? Check out our 🦋 custom feed 🦋 which is already lively and full of papers, events, and attendees for this year's conference in Athens!

Click the pin 📌 in the upper right hand corner to keep this feed quickly accessible.

bsky.app/profile/mari...

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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 20

🏆 Announcing the #FAccT2025 best paper awards! 🏆

Congratulations to all the authors of the three best papers and three honorable mention papers.

Be sure to check out their presentations at the conference next week!

facct-blog.github.io/2025-06-20/b...

Announcing Best Paper Awards

The Best Paper Award Committee was chaired this year by Alex Chouldechova and included six Area Chairs. The committee selected three papers for the Best Paper Award and recognized three additional pap...

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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 16

The #FAccT2025 conference kicks off in person in one week, but TOMORROW on Tuesday, June 17th, 9-11pm Athens, we have a CRAFT pre-event session on Zoom!

“Data is Power: Youth Researcher Perspectives in Critically Navigating an Increasingly AI-Driven World”

programs.sigchi.org/facct/2025/p...

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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · Jun 16

The #FAccT2025 conference kicks off in person in one week, but TOMORROW on Tuesday, June 17th, 9-11pm Athens, we have a CRAFT pre-event session on Zoom!

“Data is Power: Youth Researcher Perspectives in Critically Navigating an Increasingly AI-Driven World”

programs.sigchi.org/facct/2025/p...

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