Symposium, 12-13 May 2026, Location: Radboud University (the exact location will be announced via e-mail after registration closes)

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Technology use and technological mediation are pervasive features of everyday and professional life, shaping how social interaction is organized in situ. Across a broad range of settings, people interact with one another with and through digitally mediated channels such as videoconferencing, chat, and e-mail. At the same time, humans also increasingly engage in direct interaction with technologies, including AI-based systems and robots. At a time where a large share of social interaction unfolds within blended socio-technical ecologies, we bring together researchers to discuss how technology use and technological mediation shape the organization of social action.

Tuesday, 12 May:

Morning:

Papers:

• Doing the interactional work: How users manage sequential organization in human-LLM interactions – Marlou Rasenberg, Joel Fischer & Mark Dingemanse 
• Digital workplace communication and psychological safety – Borbala Sallai
• The Socio-Politics of Endings: What LLM response-final offers Reveal About Human-GenAI interactions – Samira Ibnelkaïd & Marlou Rasenberg

Datasession:

• Human-Robot (possibly Human-Animal) – Lynn de Rijk

Afternoon:

Pitch and enrich:

• On Modeling Overlap – Ada Lopez
• How technical disruptions surface in institutional video-mediated interaction:
• Noticings of technological trouble – Marie Rickert, Sanne Bras, Wyke Stommel
• Affirmation in digitally mediated mental health care – Maartje Roodzant

Keynote:

• Christian Licoppe: “Personal noticings as a pervasive social practice:From video-mediated communication to live streaming”

Wednesday, 13 May:

Morning:

Papers:

• Sociotechnical roots and fruits of language technology – Mark Dingemanse
• Care at a distance: Interactional work in digitally mediated pediatric rehabilitation – Evi Dalmaijer

Datasession:

Turn-taking in medical video and face-to-face consultations – Sara Bögels