Welcome to Identity-Aware AI 2026

Ethical and Technical Challenges for Identity-Aware AI

The Identity-Aware AI 2026 workshop will be held in conjunction with LREC 2026 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, May 11-16, 2026.

Workshop Date: During LREC 2026: Morning of May 16, 2026

It is a forum to bring together researchers from diverse fields to understand how the identities of all stakeholders should be considered in future research in AI and NLP.

Workshop Theme

What makes each of us unique, and which ethical and technical challenges does this imply?

Language (and thus the automatic processing of it) is about people and what they mean. However, current practice relies on the assumptions that the involved humans are all the same, and that if enough data (and compute power) is present, the resulting generalizations will be robust enough and represent the majority.

This approach often harms marginalized communities and ignores the notion of identity in models and systems. Our interdisciplinary workshop aims to raise the question of “what makes each of us unique?” to the AI community. We seek to gather researchers from diverse fields to understand how the identities of all stakeholders — e.g., the individuals projecting their views in texts, the individuals perceiving the texts, the individuals mentioned and those not mentioned in the texts — should be considered in future research in AI and NLP.

Contact us via email at identity-aware-ai@googlegroups.com for any questions.

For archives of earlier editions, see Previous Workshops.

Workshop Goals

• The development of a shared and interdisciplinary understanding of identities and how identity is treated in AI
• The development of new methods that push the effective, fair, and inclusive treatment of individuals in AI to the next level

Workshop Format

The workshop will be a half-day event featuring:

• Keynote speeches from leading experts in the field
• Poster session for accepted papers, plus a lightning round for virtual talks
• Participatory design activity to develop a shared interdisciplinary vocabulary, identify current gaps in datasets for studying identity, and design a vision for collecting new datasets

We are committed to ensuring that our workshop is accessible to all. The workshop will be held in a hybrid format, allowing both in-person and virtual participation.

Submissions

See the Call for Papers for full details. In brief:

• Papers should be 4 to 8 pages in length (excluding acknowledgements, references, and optional Ethics Statement and Limitations sections).
• Submit via Softconf: https://softconf.com/lrec2026/IdentityAwareAI

Program

Friday, May 16, 2026 — Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Room 13

Keynote: Debora Nozza

A Roadmap for the Everyday Use of LLMs: Emerging Risks and Research Directions

Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly part of everyday life, shaping how people seek information, advice, and guidance. This rapid shift raises new challenges that extend beyond traditional NLP benchmarks, particularly as interactions with LLMs are not identity-neutral and can vary across users’ social and cultural backgrounds. As a result, models can influence decisions, beliefs, and perceptions in subtle but powerful, and sometimes uneven, ways. In this talk, I will reflect on recent research and ongoing work aimed at identifying these challenges and exploring how we can design LLMs that foster safer, more trustworthy, and more pluralistic interactions.

Venue

Palma de Mallorca, Spain — Room 13

The workshop will be held in conjunction with LREC 2026 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

More information about the main conference: https://lrec2026.info/

Anti-Harassment Policy

The Identity-Aware AI 2026 workshop adheres to the LREC anti-harassment policy. Please contact any current member of the organizing committee or workshop email if you face any harassment or hostile behavior.