Conferences
annual Conferences
2026 Conference
Our tenth annual “New Directions in Research on the Psychology of Technology” conference will be held at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business on November 6-7, 2026. The theme will be “The Future of Meaning”, focusing on how emerging technologies are reshaping what people find meaningful—and how tech can strengthen purpose, belonging, and agency. It will be co-sponsored by: UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, the Center for Human-Compatible AI, the UC Berkeley Information School, the Institute for Personality and Social Psychology, and the Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public.
Conference homepage coming soon.
2025 Conference
Our ninth annual “New Directions in Research on the Psychology of Technology” conference was held at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business on November 14-15, 2025, and was hosted by the Batten Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. This year’s theme was “Promoting Human Flourishing Through Purpose-Driven AI”, focusing on how AI can be designed and deployed to support long-term psychological, societal, and ecological well-being.
Explore the talks from New Directions 2025 here.
2024 Conference
Our eighth annual “New Directions in Research on the Psychology of Technology” conference was held at Boston University on October 12-13, 2024, and was hosted by the BU Questrom Digital Business Institute. The conference theme was “The Quantified Society,” focusing on psychological consequences of the quantification of human life via technology.
Explore the talks from New Directions 2024 here.
2023 conference
Our seventh annual “New Directions in Research on the Psychology of Technology” conference was held at the University of Southern California on November 3-4, 2023, and was hosted by the USC Neeley Center for Ethical Leadership and co-sponsored by UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. The conference theme was “The Psychology of AI Value Alignment,” focusing on how to design, train, and implement AI systems to ensure their goals, behaviors, and decisions are consistent with psychological values.
Explore the talks from New Directions 2023 here.
2022 conference
The sixth annual “New Directions in Research on the Psychology of Technology” conference was held at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania on November 11-12, 2022, and was co-hosted by the Wharton Human-Centered Technology Initiative and the USC Neeley Center for Ethical Leadership and Decision Making.
Explore the talks from New Directions 2022 here.
2021 conference
The fifth annual “New Directions in Research on the Psychology of Technology” conference was held at the University of California, Santa Barbara on November 12-13, 2021, and was hosted by UC Santa Barbara's Technology Management Department.
2019 conference
The fourth annual “New Directions in Research on the Psychology of Technology” conference was held at the UVA Darden Sands Family Grounds outside Washington, D.C. on November 8-9, 2019, and was co-sponsored by the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and the Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
2018 conference
The third annual “New Directions in Research on the Psychology of Technology” conference was held at Stanford Graduate School of Business on October 19th, 2018. The conference was sponsored by Stanford’s Department of Communication, Graduate School of Business, and Center for Work, Technology & Organization.
2017 conference
The second New Directions in the Psychology of Technology Research Conference was held at the University California, Berkeley in Berkeley on Nov. 3rd and 4th, 2017. The conference was co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, the National Science Foundation, and The Future of Life Institute.
2016 conference
The inaugural New Directions in the Psychology of Technology Research Conference was held at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles on October 21st and 22nd, 2016. The event was sponsored by the USC Marshall School of Business, with assistance from the UC Berkeley Center for Cybersecurity and USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies.