CIKM 2026 — ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management

CIKM 2026, the 35th International ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, runs 7-11 November 2026 in Rome, Italy, hosted by Sapienza University of Rome's DIAG department. Tutorials are held on 7 November and workshops on 8 November, with the main conference 9-11 November. CIKM sits at the intersection of information retrieval, knowledge management, data mining and database systems, and covers theoretical models, algorithmic advances, system architectures, experimental evaluation and real-world applications. The 2026 call spans sixteen topic areas, with the newly prominent ones including Agentic AI for Information and Knowledge Tasks, Foundation Models and Neural Information Processing, Generative AI for Data and Knowledge Management, Trustworthy and Responsible AI, and Resource-Efficient AI. Submissions run across full research, short research, applied research, resource and demonstration tracks, all double-blind, plus a PhD Symposium, an Industry Day and the AnalytiCup competition. Author notification was 7 August 2026 and camera-ready copy is due 20 August 2026.

Date

November 7–11, 2026

Location

Rome, Italy

Format

In-Person

Event Type

Conference

Status

Upcoming

Pricing

Paid

Organizer

ACM, hosted by Sapienza University of Rome (DIAG)

Added

Jun 24, 2026

Updated

Aug 9, 2026

• ✓Applied Research Scientist
• ✓Machine Learning Engineer
• ✓Information Retrieval Researcher
• ✓Data Scientist
• ✓Head of AI Research
• ✓Search and Recommendation Engineer
• ✓Knowledge Graph Engineer
• ✓PhD Student

CIKM is where the retrieval and knowledge-management techniques that end up inside enterprise RAG and agent stacks get published, typically two to three years before a vendor sells them to you. For a head of AI or an applied-research lead the value is calibration: the 2026 topic areas - agentic AI for knowledge tasks, generative AI for data management, resource-efficient AI, trustworthy AI - map onto the exact problems production teams are hitting now, and the Applied Research track and Industry Day mean the room includes practitioners rather than only academics. It is also an efficient European recruiting venue, since the PhD Symposium and the AnalytiCup competition put strong candidates in one place.

• ✓Full Research Papers track
• ✓Applied Research Papers track
• ✓Short Research, Resource and Demonstration paper tracks
• ✓Tutorials day, 7 November
• ✓Workshops day, 8 November
• ✓PhD Symposium
• ✓Industry Day talks
• ✓AnalytiCup data-science competition
• ✓Topic area: Agentic AI for Information and Knowledge Tasks
• ✓Topic area: Generative AI for Data and Knowledge Management
• ✓Topic area: Trustworthy and Responsible AI

• ★A 35-year-old ACM venue with an h5-index of 48 - the peer-reviewed record for information retrieval and knowledge management, not a vendor conference.
• ★The 2026 call added Agentic AI for Information and Knowledge Tasks and Generative AI for Data and Knowledge Management as first-class topic areas, so the papers are about retrieval and knowledge systems in the LLM era rather than about LLMs in general.
• ★Five distinct submission tracks - full, short, applied, resource and demonstration - with an explicit Applied Research track and an Industry Day, so production work has a route in alongside theory.
• ★Double-blind review across all tracks, a strict 10-page limit plus two pages of references, and automatic rejection for overlength submissions.
• ★Two full days of tutorials and workshops precede the main programme, and a PhD Symposium plus the AnalytiCup data-science competition run alongside it.

Registration rates had not been published at the time of writing - the conference site lists registration as TBA. Enquiries go to the local organiser, Gruppo Symposia, at cikm2026@grupposymposia.it or +39 06 3972 5540.

When is CIKM 2026?

CIKM 2026 takes place November 7–11, 2026 in Rome, Italy.

Where is CIKM 2026 held?

CIKM 2026 is held in Rome, Italy. The event format is in-person.

How much does CIKM 2026 cost?

CIKM 2026 is paid. Registration rates had not been published at the time of writing - the conference site lists registration as TBA. Enquiries go to the local organiser, Gruppo Symposia, at cikm2026@grupposymposia.it or +39 06 3972 5540.

Who should attend CIKM 2026?

CIKM 2026 is aimed at Applied Research Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer, Information Retrieval Researcher, Data Scientist, Head of AI Research, Search and Recommendation Engineer, Knowledge Graph Engineer, PhD Student.

What topics does CIKM 2026 cover?

CIKM 2026 covers Information Retrieval, Knowledge Management, Data Mining, Foundation Models, Agentic AI, Generative AI, Trustworthy and Responsible AI, Recommender Systems, Knowledge Graphs, Resource-Efficient AI.

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