The 2026 ACM Conference on Human-AI Complementarity and Alignment (HCOMP 2026) will be held from September 27-30, 2026 at the Virginia Tech Institute for Advanced Computing near Washington, DC, USA, and will be proudly co-located with Collective Intelligence (CI) 2026. Partnering with HCOMP 2026 as a sponsor offers your organization a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of innovation in human computation and crowdsourcing – a fundamentally important field in creating and propagating better AI. We invite a wide range of works that will generate new insights into the role of human intelligence and input in the age of LLMs and generative AI, workflows for human-AI collaboration and teaming, the quality (or values) of human-annotated datasets, holistic approaches to deal with bias and fairness, and interpretability metrics that shape AI systems today.

HCOMP is a cross-disciplinary conference fostering an inclusive atmosphere that encourages active participation from both industry and academia to share their expertise, collaborate, and advance the field's frontiers. By co-locating with CI 2026 this year, we are bridging crowdsourcing, social computing, and human-computer interaction into an even broader intellectual community.

Your generous sponsorship will directly support to:

make the conference more accessible by keeping registration fees affordable for academic researchers, especially students,
invite influential keynote speakers,
organize social events that play a vital role in community building,
support essential conference logistics.

Proven Communities with Strong Track Records

By sponsoring this joint event, you are supporting two well-established venues with a long-standing, robust research community.

HCOMP

Human Computation → Human-AI Complementarity & Alignment
Founded in 2009 (conference since 2013)
Previously sponsored by AAAI; now transitioning to ACM

Recent Venues:

Pittsburgh, USA (2024, co-located with UIST)
Delft, Netherlands (2023, co-located with CI)

Collective Intelligence (CI)

Interdisciplinary Focus:
AI, HCI, social science, economics

Recent Venues:

UC San Diego (2025)
Northeastern University (2024)
Delft, Netherlands (2023, co-located with HCOMP)

CI 2025

CI 2024

HCOMP 2024

HCOMP 2024's Test of Time Award

HCOMP & CI 2023

HCOMP 2013

CI 2025

CI 2024

HCOMP 2024

HCOMP 2024's Test of Time Award

HCOMP & CI 2023

HCOMP 2013

Why 2026 Is Different?

A Strategic Co-Location at a Pivotal Moment

CI + HCOMP 2026 brings two mature communities together:

Shared venue, audience, and sponsorship structure
Joint programming and networking opportunities
Active discussions about long-term collaboration

This is a rare opportunity to engage with a growing, converging research ecosystem.

One sponsorship. Two communities. Expanded impact.

Audience & Scale: A Focused, High-Quality Ecosystem

This event guarantees a curated, international audience from academia and industry designed specifically for actionable and meaningful interaction.

Interdisciplinary Reach

AI & Machine Learning
Human-Computer Interaction
Social Computing
Organizational Science

Attendee Profile

Faculty & Senior Researchers
Industry Research Scientists
PhD Students
(Job Market Candidates!)

Sponsorship Tiers & Benefits

We offer several tiers of sponsorship, each providing unique opportunities for visibility and engagement with the HCOMP and CI communities.

Feature	Platinum	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Investment in USD $	10,000+	5,000+	1,000+	500+
Complimentary Registrations	3	1	✘	✘
Named Event or Session	✔	✘	✘	✘
Named Award	✔	✘	✘	✘
10-sec Session Acknowledgment	✔	✘	✘	✘
Booth at Poster Session	✔	✔	✔	✘
Job Postings Distributed	✔	✔	✔	✘
Branding Visibility (Website/Signage)	✔	✔	✔	✔

Join us in shaping the future of AI, work, and collective intelligence!

Let's Talk!

We invite potential sponsors to get in touch with the General Chairs or Industry & Sponsors Co-Chairs of this joint conference to discuss partnership details.