General Chairs

  • Domenico Prattichizzo, University of Siena and IIT, Italy
  • Hong Z. Tan, Google LLC, United States of America

Program Committee (papers@2026.eurohaptics.org)

  • Karon MacLean, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • Claudio Pacchierotti, CNRS – IRISA, France
  • Jan Van Erp, University of Twente, The Netherlands

Financial Chair

  • Tommaso Lisini Baldi, University of Siena, Italy

Local Chair

  • Monica Malvezzi, University of Siena, Italy

Award Chairs (awards@2026.eurohaptics.org)

  • Antonio Frisoli, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy
  • Hiroyuki Kajimoto, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan

Workshop Chairs (workshops@2026.eurohaptics.org)

  • Andrea Bianchi, KAIST, South Korea
  • Sabrina Panëels, CEA List, France
  • Dan Shor, Innovobot, Canada

Demonstrations Chairs (demos@2026.eurohaptics.org)

  • Marco Aggravi, Haption, France
  • Kouta Minamizawa, Keio University, Japan
  • Yasemin Vardar, TU Delft, The Netherlands

Poster Chairs (posters@2026.eurohaptics.org)

  • Sarah McIntyre, Linköping University, Sweden
  • Maria Pozzi, University of Siena, Italy
  • Femke Van Beek, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
  • Bernardo Brogi, University of Siena, Italy

Work in Progress Chairs (wip@2026.eurohaptics.org)

  • Knut Drewing, Justus-Liebig University Gießen, Germany
  • Ildar Farkhatdinov, King’s College London, United Kingdom
  • Yoshihiro Tanaka, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan

Summer School Chairs (education@eurohaptics.org)

  • David Gueorguiev, UCLouvain – IoNS, Belgium
  • Sinan Haliyo, Sorbonne University – ISIR, France

Liaison with Journals (publishedresearch@2026.eurohaptics.org)

  • Matteo Bianchi, University of Pisa, Italy
  • Irene A. Kuling, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
  • Alessandro Moscatelli, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

Accessibility and Environmental Impact Chairs (accessibility@2026.eurohaptics.org)

  • Francesco Chinello, Aarhus University, Denmark
  • Mihai Dragusanu, University of Siena, Italy

Student Volunteers Chairs (studentvolunteers@2026.eurohaptics.org)

  • Thomas Daunizeau, EPFL, Switzerland
  • Dasha Kolesnyk, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Alberto Villani, University of Siena, Italy

Social Events Chairs (socialevents@2026.eurohaptics.org)

  • Elena Bastianelli, University of Siena, Italy
  • Giovanni Cortigiani, University of Siena, Italy
  • Ekaterina Karmanova, TU Delft, The Netherlands

Sponsor Chairs (sponsors@2026.eurohaptics.org)

  • Eyal Ofek, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Gionata Salvietti, University of Siena, Italy
  • Mounia Ziat, Bentley University, MA, United States of America

Communication and Web Chairs (communication@2026.eurohaptics.org)

  • Giulia Ballardini, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany
  • Lendy Mulot, INSA – IRISA, France
  • Marion Pontreau, KAIST, South Korea

Administrative Staff

  • Maria Grieco, University of Siena, Italy

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