Hi all! I'm writing to circulate a call for panelists for a panel organized by me and Dr. Oliver L. Haimson at the University of Michigan's School of Information. We will be submitting this to the conference, so here's some details below: *Call for Panelists for Regenerating Trans Technologies* Trans technologies are inherently regenerative. As defined by Haimson (cite), trans technologies “embrace change and/or transition, foster the creation of new trans worlds, and open up new possibilities for what technology means and what it can do.” While many mainstream technologies often exclude or harm trans people, trans people and communities have long used, adapted, and built technologies to support trans care, connection, survival, and creativity. These practices reflect ongoing cycles of breakdown and renewal, as some technologies become unsafe or unusable and new tools, spaces, and practices emerge in response. We invite submissions from scholars, designers, artists, and community practitioners who study, create, or use regenerative trans technologies for a preconstituted panel at AoIR 2026. We are interested in work that examines how trans people remake technologies in ways that prioritize trans care and world-building, and how these efforts challenge dominant assumptions about efficiency, neutrality, and progress in technology design. Together, we aim to curate a set of panel papers that highlight how trans technological practices offer alternative ways of imagining digital futures. We welcome submissions on topics including, but not limited to: technological trans care, community-led design and building, mutual aid, resisting or refusing technologies, AI, AR, VR, social media, platform change or migration, and speculative or creative approaches to trans technological futures. Please send a one-paragraph abstract to hibby@umich.edu by February 20, 2026 to be considered for the panel. Selected contributors will be invited to develop extended abstracts for a preconstituted panel submission to AoIR 2026. --- We know this is a tight turn-around, so apologies for that! If anyone has any questions as well, feel free to send them my way. : ) Best, Hibby -- Graduate Student Coordinator Trans Studies Research Workshop / RIW <https://rackham.umich.edu/faculty-and-staff/faculty-and-program-funding/rackham-interdisciplinary-workshops/> 2024 - 2026 PhD Student School of Information <https://www.si.umich.edu/> University of Michigan Website: www.hibbythach.com LinkedIn: @HibbyThach <https://www.linkedin.com/in/hibbythach/> Bluesky: @hibby.bsky.social <https://bsky.app/profile/hibby.bsky.social> Twitch: @HibbyBoBibby <http://twitch.tv/hibbybobibby> Pronouns: She/Her