5th NLP for Positive Impact @ EMNLP2026

​Join the 5th Workshop on NLP for Positive Impact (NLP4PI), co-located with EMNLP 2026 in Budapest! A full day of invited talks, posters, outstanding-paper orals and a panel on how language technology can create real social good.

​📍 Hungexpo, Room G7-8 · Budapest (hybrid: live on Zoom for virtual participants) 🗓 Wednesday, 28 October 2026 · 09:00–17:30 CET

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​PROGRAMME 9 AM - 9:30 AM: Opening: The year of NLP4PI and presentation from Organisers

• ​9:30 AM - 10:30 AM: Theme Session: Language Variation & Global Inclusion

  • ​9:30 AM - 10 AM: Prof. Barbara Plank. "Beyond the Standard: 
Embracing Language Variation for Inclusive NLP"

  • ​10 AM - 10:30 AM: Dr. Shamsuddeen Hassan Muhammad

• ​10:30 AM - 11 AM: Coffee Break

• ​11 AM -12 PM: Poster Session (All Accepted Papers)

• ​11 AM -12 PM: In parallel: Virtual Poster Session

• ​12 PM - 1:30 PM: Lunch Break

• ​1:30 PM - 2:00 PM:  Oral presentation from outstanding papers: Come to find out about the best work!

• ​2:00 PM - 3:00 PM: Theme Session: Language, Society & Human Behavior

  • ​2:00 PM - 2:30 PM: Prof. Maria Antoniak

  • ​2:30 PM - 3:00 PM: Prof. Lillian Lee. "Key moments in consequential conversations"

• ​3:00 PM - 3:30 PM: Theme Session: NLP in High-Stakes Real-World Domains

  • ​3:00 PM - 3:30 PM: Dr. Gary Kazantsev.

• ​3:30 PM - 4:00 PM: Coffee Break

• ​4:00 PM - 4:30 PM: Theme Session: NLP in High-Stakes Real-World Domains

  • ​4:00 PM - 4:30 PM: Prof. Sophia Ananiadou. "Beyond accuracy: emotion, misinformation and cultural reasoning for trustworthy NLP."

• ​4:30 PM - 5:15 PM: Panel: How can we measure the social impact of AI and NLP?

  • ​with Prof. Barbara Plank, Dr. Shamsuddeen Hassan Muhammad, Prof. Maria Antoniak, Prof. Lillian Lee, Dr. Gary Kazantsev, Prof. Sophia Ananiadou

• ​5:15 PM - 5:30 PM: Best Paper Announcement & Closing

• ​7:00 PM: 🎉️️️️️️Social Event🎉️️️️️️ at a secret location: Come to the workshop to find out 😉️️️️️️

​ℹ️ In-person attendance requires an EMNLP 2026 registration that includes workshops. This RSVP helps us plan and keeps you updated (including the Zoom link).

​Website: https://sites.google.com/view/nlp4positiveimpact Contact: nlp4pi.workshop@gmail.com Follow: @NLP4PosImpact on X · @nlp4posimpact.bsky.social on Bluesky