Call for Papers

The ASSETS conference is the premier forum for presenting research on the design, evaluation, use, and education related to computing for people with disabilities and older adults. We invite high-quality original submissions on topics relevant to computing and accessibility.

Submissions should present significant contributions to design, systems, tools, scientific understanding, methodology, or social issues. Relevant topics include (but are not limited to) new enabling technologies, studies of how technologies are used by people with disabilities, explorations of barriers to access, and evaluations of accessibility education methods. We recommend that papers with a technical contribution be validated through research activities with representative users when possible. However, we acknowledge that many accessibility-focused projects may begin with deep formative work with representative users, or may be based on prior research with representative users, and as such key contributions of a single paper may be primarily technical.

All Technical Papers and Posters and Demonstrations submissions are peer-reviewed by an international Program Committee. Accepted papers and the abstracts for posters and demonstrations, experience reports, and the student research competition will be archived in the ACM Digital Library. At least one author of accepted submissions must register as the presenter by the early registration deadline.

Submission Procedures

Important Dates

All deadlines are 11:59 P.M. Anywhere on Earth (UTC -12:00).

Request a mentor for your paper

Thursday, February 20, 2025 – priority deadline to request a mentor
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 – late deadline to request a mentor

Technical Papers

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 – submission deadline
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 – initial reviews sent to authors, rebuttal phase opens
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 – rebuttal phase closes
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 – acceptance decisions sent to authors
Wednesday, July 2, 2025 - camera-ready deadline
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 - video presentation

Posters and Demonstrations

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 – Posters & Demos Submission Deadline
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 – Notification of Acceptance
Wednesday, August 6, 2025 – Camera Ready Deadline
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 – Video Presentations Submission Deadline

Workshops

Wednesday, June 11, 2025 – Submission deadline
Wednesday, July 9, 2025 – Notification of acceptance
Wednesday, July 9-Friday, August 8, 2025 – Workshop organizers may solicit and review attendee applications
Wednesday, July 16, 2025 – Workshop websites online with a call for participation
Wednesday, July 16, 2025 – Camera-ready deadline. Following the camera-ready deadline, workshop organizers will receive instructions for completing their eRights forms, validating and submitting their final workshop proposal to TAPS, and submitting their final accessible PDF.
Friday, August 15, 2025–Acceptances to workshop attendees sent out
Monday, October 20-Sunday, October 26, 2025–the window of time when virtual workshops may be scheduled
Sunday, October 26, 2025: In-person workshops

Experience Reports

Wednesday, June 11, 2025 – Experience Reports Submission Deadline
Wednesday, July 9, 2025 – Notification of Acceptance
Wednesday, July 16, 2025 – Final versions of Experience Reports due. Following this deadline, authors will receive instructions for completing their eRights forms, validating and submitting their paper to TAPS, and submitting their final accessible PDF.
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 – Video Presentations Submission Deadline

Mentoring

Deadlines to request a mentor are:

Thursday, February 20, 2025 (Early Deadline)
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 (Late Deadline)

Doctoral Consortium

All deadlines are 11:59 P.M. Anywhere on Earth (UTC -12:00).
Each Doctoral Consortium applicant must submit a package of application materials and also request a letter of recommendation from their advisor.
The student’s Cover Letter, the Research Project Summary, and CV should be submitted to PCS as a combined PDF document by Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
The Advisor’s Letter of Recommendation should be received by Wednesday, July 2, 2025, and sent directly from the advisor to dc-chairs-assets25@acm.org.
Notification of Acceptance: Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Video presentation deadline: Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Student Research Competition

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 - submission deadline
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 - notification of acceptance
Wednesday, August 6, 2025 - final version deadline
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 - video presentation submission deadline