AI for Future-Proof Palliative Care: A Relational Approach

This three-hour workshop invites the IH community to explore<br/>how AI could support and shape ecologies of future palliative care.<br/>To envision more holistic and sustainable AI-supported palliative<br/>care, we frame transitions through three layers of care (individual, community, and professional services) and adopt a relational<br/>approach inspired by More-than-Human design practices. This approach foregrounds how AI is entangled with diverse users across<br/>these layers. Using speculative and participatory design methods,<br/>participants will envision AI-supported care futures and identify<br/>emerging research directions at the intersection of palliative care,<br/>HCI, and AI. Building on prior ACM workshops combining perspectives on AI, clinical practice, and care in sensitive life transitions,<br/>this workshop offers a space to reflect on key challenges and opportunities, and to co-develop design principles and roadmap toward<br/>relational, responsible, and sustainable futures of AI in palliative<br/>care.<br/>