ICMI 2026 — 28th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction

ICMI 2026, the 28th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, runs 5-9 October 2026 in Naples, Italy, with the main conference on 6-8 October and workshops, tutorials and grand challenges on 5 and 9 October. ICMI is the premier international forum for multidisciplinary research on multimodal human-human and human-computer interaction, interfaces and system development — the venue where speech, vision, gesture, affect and sensor signals are fused into systems rather than studied one modality at a time. The 2026 theme is 'Context and Cultural Awareness for Multimodal Interaction', with an explicit emphasis on data representation, bias mitigation, and ethics and privacy for culturally aware multimodal systems. Keynotes come from Prof. Maja Mataric and Prof. Albrecht Schmidt.

• Registration closesSep 15, 2026

Date

October 5–9, 2026

Location

Naples, Italy

Format

In-Person

Event Type

Conference

Status

Upcoming

Pricing

Paid

Organizer

ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

Added

Aug 15, 2026

Updated

Aug 15, 2026

• ✓Heads of AI
• ✓Applied research directors
• ✓AI/ML engineers
• ✓Conversational AI and voice product leads
• ✓Robotics and embodied-AI engineers
• ✓UX and interaction design leaders
• ✓Accessibility technology leads

If your roadmap includes a voice assistant, an in-cabin system, a service robot or any interface that reads more than typed text, this is where the underlying research is presented a year or two before it appears in a product. The Grand Challenges in particular give you comparable numbers on shared tasks, which is the only honest way to judge multimodal claims. The 2026 focus on cultural and contextual awareness is unusually practical for anyone deploying the same assistant across multiple countries, where a system tuned on one culture's speech and gesture norms quietly degrades in another market.

• ✓Theme: 'Context and Cultural Awareness for Multimodal Interaction'
• ✓Keynote by Prof. Maja Mataric
• ✓Keynote by Prof. Albrecht Schmidt
• ✓Grand Challenges track on shared multimodal tasks
• ✓Workshops and tutorials on 5 and 9 October
• ✓Technical full and short papers with oral and poster presentations
• ✓Demonstrations and exhibits
• ✓Doctoral spotlight papers and late-breaking papers
• ✓Special sessions

• ★The premier multidisciplinary venue for multimodal interaction — speech, vision, gesture and affect fused into one system, which is exactly the shape most enterprise assistants are converging on
• ★Grand Challenges give an annual, directly comparable benchmark on shared multimodal tasks instead of self-reported vendor numbers
• ★The 2026 theme is culture and context, with data representation, bias mitigation and privacy treated as first-class programme topics rather than a closing ethics panel
• ★Keynotes from Maja Mataric (socially assistive robotics) and Albrecht Schmidt (ubiquitous and human-centred computing) bracket the field from robots to everyday interfaces
• ★Compact European edition with a published, fully priced rate card — unusual clarity for a research conference

Full conference, early bird / regular: ACM professional member EUR 720 / EUR 820; non-member EUR 800 / EUR 900; ACM student member EUR 400 / EUR 500; student non-member EUR 500 / EUR 600. Workshop-day only: member EUR 200 / EUR 250; non-member EUR 250 / EUR 300; student member EUR 100 / EUR 150; student non-member EUR 150 / EUR 200. Optional add-ons: banquet reception EUR 130 early / EUR 150 regular; welcome reception EUR 50 / EUR 70. Registration opened 10 July 2026, early-bird ended 30 July 2026, and registration closes 15 September 2026.

When is ICMI 2026?

ICMI 2026 takes place October 5–9, 2026 in Naples, Italy.

Where is ICMI 2026 held?

ICMI 2026 is held in Naples, Italy. The event format is in-person.

What is the ICMI 2026 submission deadline?

The next ICMI 2026 deadline is registration closes on Sep 15, 2026.

How much does ICMI 2026 cost?

ICMI 2026 is paid. Full conference, early bird / regular: ACM professional member EUR 720 / EUR 820; non-member EUR 800 / EUR 900; ACM student member EUR 400 / EUR 500; student non-member EUR 500 / EUR 600. Workshop-day only: member EUR 200 / EUR 250; non-member EUR 250 / EUR 300; student member EUR 100 / EUR 150; student non-member EUR 150 / EUR 200. Optional add-ons: banquet reception EUR 130 early / EUR 150 regular; welcome reception EUR 50 / EUR 70. Registration opened 10 July 2026, early-bird ended 30 July 2026, and registration closes 15 September 2026.

Who should attend ICMI 2026?

ICMI 2026 is aimed at Heads of AI, Applied research directors, AI/ML engineers, Conversational AI and voice product leads, Robotics and embodied-AI engineers, UX and interaction design leaders, Accessibility technology leads.

What topics does ICMI 2026 cover?

ICMI 2026 covers Multimodal AI, Speech and audio interaction, Computer vision for interaction, Affective computing, Human-computer interaction, Embodied and social robotics, Bias mitigation in multimodal systems, Ethics and privacy in interactive AI.

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