ACM Multimedia 2026 — The 34th ACM International Conference on Multimedia
by ACM SIGMM (ACM Special Interest Group on Multimedia)
The flagship multimedia conference, in Latin America for the first time
About This Event
The 34th ACM International Conference on Multimedia runs 10–14 November 2026 at the Windsor Conventions & Expo Center in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — the first time ACM MM has been held in Latin America since the series began in 1993. Sponsored by ACM SIGMM with support from UCL, INRIA, NJIT, Renmin University and UFF, it covers video, haptics, virtual and augmented reality, audio, speech, music and sensor data, with sixteen declared topic areas including multimedia generative and foundation models, multimodal fusion, multimedia search and recommendation, embodied media, emotional signals, interpretability and responsible multimedia. Main-track papers are six to eight pages plus up to two reference pages, reviewed double-blind through OpenReview with an optional author rebuttal, and overlength submissions are desk-rejected. The format is three days of main conference plus two days of workshops, tutorials and side events, with a Multimedia Grand Challenge, a Brave New Ideas track, an Open Source Software Competition, an interactive arts programme and a doctoral symposium. ACM moved to open access on 1 January 2026, with article-processing-charge waivers for authors at participating institutions.
Key Dates & Deadlines
- Author registration deadline
At a Glance
- Date
- November 10–14, 2026
- Location
- Windsor Conventions & Expo Center, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Format
- In-Person
- Event Type
- Conference
- Status
- Upcoming
- Pricing
- Paid
- Organizer
- ACM SIGMM (ACM Special Interest Group on Multimedia)
- Added
- Jun 24, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2026
Topics & Focus Areas
Who Should Attend
- ✓Multimedia and computer vision researchers
- ✓Applied ML engineers working on video, audio and speech
- ✓Generative and multimodal model researchers
- ✓PhD students and postdocs
- ✓Search, retrieval and recommendation engineers
- ✓AR/VR and immersive media technologists
- ✓Media and entertainment R&D leads
Why Attend
For any team shipping video, audio or multimodal features, this is the venue where the underlying methods are published before they reach a product roadmap — generative and foundation models for media, multimodal fusion, retrieval and recommendation, and the interpretability and responsibility work that decides whether any of it survives review. The Grand Challenge, Open Source Software Competition and Reproducibility track are unusually useful for engineering leaders because they surface code that actually runs rather than results that merely replicate. Two workshop days plus three main-conference days make it a practical week for a small applied research team, and Rio makes it the accessible edition for Latin American hires and partners.
Event Features
- ✓Main technical track across sixteen declared topic areas
- ✓Multimedia Grand Challenge
- ✓Brave New Ideas track
- ✓Open Source Software Competition
- ✓Reproducibility track
- ✓Datasets track with its own submission cycle
- ✓Interactive Arts programme
- ✓Doctoral Symposium
- ✓Tutorials and two days of workshops
- ✓Demo and video programme, plus industry-oriented sessions
What Makes This Unique
- ★First ACM Multimedia held in Latin America in the conference's 34-edition history dating to 1993
- ★SIGMM's flagship venue for multimedia specifically, so generative video, audio, haptics and sensor work gets a main stage rather than a workshop slot at a vision conference
- ★Runs a Multimedia Grand Challenge, an Open Source Software Competition and a Reproducibility track alongside the paper programme — three separate routes to publish work that is not a novel-method paper
- ★Double-blind OpenReview process with a formal author rebuttal window and hard six-to-eight-page limits enforced by desk rejection
- ★Falls under ACM's open-access transition effective 1 January 2026, with APC waivers for authors at participating institutions
- ★An interactive arts programme and industry-oriented sessions sit inside the same badge as the technical track
Industries Represented
Pricing Details
Three registration windows: early-bird through 20 August 2026, regular through 20 September, late through 14 November. Full-conference registration runs $850–$1,050 for ACM members and $950–$1,150 for non-members across those windows; full-conference student rates are $500–$650 for ACM student members and $550–$700 for student non-members. Workshop-only registration is $500–$600 (member) and $600–$700 (non-member), with student workshop rates from $300–$400. Extra welcome-and-dinner reception tickets are $150 and guest registration is $400. Paper authors must register by 20 August 2026.
Organizer
ACM SIGMM (ACM Special Interest Group on Multimedia)
sigmm.org/Frequently Asked
- When is ACM Multimedia 2026?
- ACM Multimedia 2026 takes place November 10–14, 2026 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Where is ACM Multimedia 2026 held?
- ACM Multimedia 2026 is held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event format is in-person.
- What is the ACM Multimedia 2026 submission deadline?
- The next ACM Multimedia 2026 deadline is author registration deadline on Aug 20, 2026.
- How much does ACM Multimedia 2026 cost?
- ACM Multimedia 2026 is paid. Three registration windows: early-bird through 20 August 2026, regular through 20 September, late through 14 November. Full-conference registration runs $850–$1,050 for ACM members and $950–$1,150 for non-members across those windows; full-conference student rates are $500–$650 for ACM student members and $550–$700 for student non-members. Workshop-only registration is $500–$600 (member) and $600–$700 (non-member), with student workshop rates from $300–$400. Extra welcome-and-dinner reception tickets are $150 and guest registration is $400. Paper authors must register by 20 August 2026.
- Who should attend ACM Multimedia 2026?
- ACM Multimedia 2026 is aimed at Multimedia and computer vision researchers, Applied ML engineers working on video, audio and speech, Generative and multimodal model researchers, PhD students and postdocs, Search, retrieval and recommendation engineers, AR/VR and immersive media technologists, Media and entertainment R&D leads.
- What topics does ACM Multimedia 2026 cover?
- ACM Multimedia 2026 covers Multimedia Generative and Foundation Models, Multimodal Fusion, Multimedia Search and Recommendation, Video Understanding, Audio, Speech and Music Processing, 3D, AR/VR and the Metaverse, Embodied and Interactive Media, Responsible and Interpretable Multimedia.
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