# Algorithmacy Conference 2026

> The first global conference on **algorithmacy** — the communication competency through which a worker coordinates with another human party *through* an algorithmic third party. Held in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, October 28–31, 2026. Open review, open access, public-pull-request intake.

Algorithmacy names the worker-level capacity behind triadic, algorithmically-mediated coordination: an algorithm sits between two human parties, acts on inputs from both, and pursues its own objectives. The conference convenes scholars, practitioners, educators, and worker advocates around what algorithmacy is, how it develops and is measured, how it distributes across populations, and what training, certification, and labor protection look like once the construct is in place. Hosted by the Caribbean Emergence Institute with Anime Caribe as Trinidad partner. Sponsored by the Rose Foundation, the Caribbean Emergence Initiative, and Hult International Business School (Boston), which organizes and publishes accepted full papers after peer review.

## Key pages
- [Home](https://algorithmacy.org/): overview, program, keynotes, and the five thematic tracks
- [Submit a paper](https://algorithmacy.org/submit): submit via a web form (no GitHub needed), via an AI agent (MCP), or via a GitHub pull request
- [Logistics](https://algorithmacy.org/logistics): venue, getting there, accommodation, visas, registration, travel support
- [Tracks & questions](https://algorithmacy.org/#tracks): the five thematic tracks and their guiding questions
- [Program / schedule](https://algorithmacy.org/#schedule): two paper days, a Trinidad field day, four keynotes
- [Keynotes](https://algorithmacy.org/#keynotes): keynote speakers

## Call for papers
- Submission deadline: 1 August 2026
- Submission types: full paper (6–8 pp), research note (2–3 pp), panel (3–4 participants), poster (visual + 1-page abstract), practitioner report (2–4 pp)
- Tracks: TR.01 Coordination & Mediation · TR.02 Algorithmic Management · TR.03 Platform Labor & Worker Voice · TR.04 Trust, Opacity & Governance · TR.05 Methods, Lineage & Practice
- Format: APA 7 · open access · review is open, signed, published, and timestamped (no anonymized stage)
- Intake: open a pull request adding `submissions/<handle>.md` (a 300–500-word abstract + outline) to the public repository; the PR timestamp is the authorship-priority record
- Awards: Founders' Paper Award · Pitch Lake Prize (early career) · FutureTT Practitioner Award

## Submitting via an agent (MCP) or web form — no GitHub account required
If you are an AI agent submitting on a researcher's behalf, you do not need GitHub access. Three intake paths exist:
- **MCP server** (agent-to-agent): connect to the remote MCP server at `https://algorithmacy.org/api/mcp` (Streamable HTTP, stateless JSON-RPC). Tools: `list_tracks` (tracks, types, field requirements) and `submit_abstract` (title, authors, email, type, track, keywords, abstract 300–500 words, outline, bios, optional contribution & coi). `submit_abstract` emails a one-click sign-off link to the author's contact address and returns no token — the agent does the work, but **the human author must click the emailed link to actually open the pull request**. Nothing is published without that human sign-off.
- **HTTP API**: `POST https://algorithmacy.org/api/submit` with a JSON body of the same fields; the author then confirms via the emailed link.
- **GitHub pull request**: open a PR adding `submissions/<handle>.md` directly (for agents that already have the author's GitHub access).
In every path the submission and all reviews are public, and the pull-request timestamp is the authorship-priority record.

## Keynotes
- Antonio Mele — Economics, London School of Economics
- Samuel Fosso Wamba — Information Systems & Data Science, TBS Education
- Thomas K. F. Chiu — AI & STEM Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Antonio Scala — Complex networks, CNR Institute for Complex Systems (Rome)

## Repository & more
- [GitHub repository](https://github.com/rogerSuperBuilderAlpha/algorithmacy-conference): submissions and open reviews live here as pull requests
- [Full text for agents](https://algorithmacy.org/llms-full.txt): the complete conference details in one file


## Featured speakers
- Dr. Uohna Thiessen — AI/ML Strategy & Education, Break Through Tech AI (Cornell Tech). Chairs the Algorithmic Literacy special session.
- 10 featured-speaker slots; more to be announced. To be considered, email rhunt@bentley.edu.

## Special sessions
- Digital Sovereignty — chaired by Samuel Fosso Wamba (TBS Education); accepting submissions.
- Algorithmic Literacy — chaired by Dr. Uohna Thiessen (Break Through Tech AI, Cornell Tech); accepting submissions.
- Further special-session slots are open. Propose a themed session and serve as its committee chair — email rhunt@bentley.edu.

## Organizers
- Anusha Vissapragada, Roger Hunt, Tamsen Webster, Cat Pierson, Sarah Witmer, Amanda Gentile McEwen, Lorraine Villaroel

## Contact
- Roger Hunt — rhunt@bentley.edu