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In March 2020 ACM formed a Presidential Task Force (PTF) to help conference organizers transition their events to online. The PTF is working on a guide to offer practical advice and shed light on the largely unfamiliar territory of online conferencing.

The report, available here, includes pointers to a live document with additional resources. We welcome comments, suggestions and experience reports from the community.

On March 3, 2022, ACM’s Executive Committee decided not to hold any conferences in Russia while the conflict in the Ukraine and the humanitarian crisis in Europe continue. This decision applies to ACM sponsored conferences and workshops as well as in-cooperation events.

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Artificial intelligence is advancing rapidly, but some of the most important questions about its future extend far beyond technology alone. How should AI be governed? How will it transform scientific discovery, education, creative work, and the workforce? To explore these questions, ACM is bringing together an exceptional group of leaders from research, industry, government, and education at the inaugural ACM AI Leadership Summit. Speakers include ACM Turing Award laureates Yann LeCun and Andrew Barto, United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology Amandeep Singh Gill, ACM Prize in Computing recipient Amanda Randles, and many others. The event will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, Aug. 30 – Sept. 2.

The ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Functional Programming is the main international forum for research, education, and practice in functional programming. ICFP covers the full range of work on functional programming languages, from theory and design to implementation, applications, and experience. Workshops include "Functional Art, Music, Modelling and Design," "Users and Developers Workshop," "Scheme and Functional Programming," and more. Keynote will be delivered by Edward Lee (University of California, Berkeley). The event will take place in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

Best Paper Awards are presented at many ACM conferences to authors whose work represents groundbreaking research in their respective areas. By recognizing these select papers for their ingenuity and importance, ACM highlights some of the theoretical and practical innovations that are likely to shape the future of computing.

Desirable Characteristics for AI Teaching Assistants in Programming Education
By Paul Denny, Stephen MacNeil, Jaromir Savelka, Leo Porter, Andrew Luxton-Reilly
Best Paper at ITiCSE '24: Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

Mining Domain-Based Policies
By Si Zhang, Philip W. L. Fong
Best Paper Award at CODASPY '24: 14th ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy

The Impact of Perceived Tone, Age, and Gender on Voice Assistant Persuasiveness in the Context of Product Recommendations
By Sabid Bin Habib Pias, Ran Huang, Donald S. Williamson, Minjeong Kim, Apu Kapadia
Best paper award at CUI '24: ACM Conversational User Interfaces

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