SIGIR-AP 2026 is looking for proposals for tutorials that explore topics relevant to information retrieval and its practical uses. Each tutorial should focus deeply on a single subject. For example, tutorials might cover well-established areas of information retrieval, introduce new applications of retrieval technologies, or provide updates on recent advances in related fields.
Important Dates
Time zone: Anywhere On Earth (AOE)
Proposal submission: September 11th, 2026
Proposal acceptance notification: September 25th, 2026
Tutorial overview summary due: October 1th, 2026
Tutorial day: December 13th, 2026
Submission Guidelines
All tutorial submissions must adhere to the following format:
- Title
- Authors (indication of the main contact person, if it's not the first author)
- Abstract
- Motivation
- Objectives
- Format and Length: format may be lecture-style or hands-on, or a combination; length is either half-day (two 90-minute sessions with a break) or full day (four 90-minute sessions with breaks)
- Intended Audience and Prerequisites
- Relevance to the information retrieval community and reference to tutorials in the same area at SIGIR or related conferences (including WSDM, WWW, KDD, ACL, RecSys, ICML, etc.).
- Content: Main content of the tutorial organized into sessions
- Materials: Type of support materials to be supplied to attendees
- Presenters: Brief biography (max. 2 paragraphs) for each presenter, highlighting relevant experience in presenting tutorials, teaching grad classes, organizing summer schools, etc.
Submissions must not exceed 4 pages, excluding references.
Tutorial proposals should be prepared in the current ACM two-column conference format. Suitable LaTeX, Word, and Overleaf templates are available from the ACM Website (use the "sigconf" proceedings template). The submissions will be reviewed by a tutorial selection committee, and final decisions will be made at the SIGIR-AP Program Committee meeting.
Proposals should be submitted in PDF through the EasyChair system (Tutorial track): https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sigirap2026.
The organizers of accepted tutorials will be invited to submit a four-page summary of the tutorial to be included in the conference proceedings.
Important update on ACMs new open access publishing model for 2026 ACM Conferences!
Starting January 1, 2026, ACM will fully transition to Open Access. All ACM publications, including those from ACM-sponsored conferences, will be 100% Open Access. Authors will have two primary options for publishing Open Access articles with ACM: the ACM Open institutional model or by paying Article Processing Charges (APCs). With over 2,600 institutions already part of ACM Open, the majority of ACM-sponsored conference papers will not require APCs from authors or conferences (currently, around 76%).Authors from institutions not participating in ACM Open will need to pay an APC to publish their papers, unless they qualify for a financial waiver. To find out whether an APC applies to your article, please consult the list of participating institutions in ACM Open and review the https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/policy-on-discretionary-open-access-apc-waivers. Keep in mind that waivers are rare and are granted based on specific criteria set by ACM.
Understanding that this change could present financial challenges, ACM has approved a temporary subsidy for 2026 to ease the transition and allow more time for institutions to join ACM Open. The subsidy will offer:
- $250 APC for ACM/SIG members
- $350 for non-members
This temporary subsidized pricing will apply to all conferences scheduled for 2026.
Contact
For further information, please contact the SIGIR-AP 2026 Tutorial Co-chairs by email: sigirap-tutorial2026@easychair.org
