ICPR 2028 — 30th International Conference on Pattern Recognition
by International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR)
IAPR's flagship conference lands in Sydney for its 30th edition.
About This Event
ICPR 2028, the 30th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, runs 20–24 August 2028 in Sydney, Australia. ICPR is the leading in-person event of the International Association for Pattern Recognition and has been held biennially since 1973; the conference spans computer vision, machine learning, image processing, speech and natural language processing, and sensor pattern processing, and its stated purpose is to connect academics, industry experts and students around advances in pattern recognition. IAPR's own call for bids describes ICPR as the major scientific event organised under the association's auspices, hosted by an institution endorsed by a national pattern recognition society, with the location following a rotating schedule across continents — which is how the 30th edition lands in Australia. The programme structure is already published as a main conference plus satellite events, calls for workshops and tutorials, keynotes and a prizes and awards track; the detailed calls and important dates are still marked as coming soon.
At a Glance
- Date
- August 20–24, 2028
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Format
- In-Person
- Event Type
- Conference
- Status
- Upcoming
- Pricing
- Paid
- Organizer
- International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR)
- Added
- Sep 2, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 2, 2026
Topics & Focus Areas
Who Should Attend
- ✓Computer vision researchers
- ✓Machine learning scientists
- ✓Speech and NLP researchers
- ✓Image processing engineers
- ✓Sensor and signal processing specialists
- ✓Industry R&D leaders
- ✓Graduate students in pattern recognition
Why Attend
ICPR is where the underlying methods behind commercial vision, speech and sensor products get argued out, and 2028 is the next in-person edition of it in the Asia-Pacific. For a CTO or head of AI with an APAC engineering footprint, a Sydney edition removes the long-haul cost that usually makes a flagship pattern-recognition conference a hard sell, and puts local university groups, the international programme committee and the graduate pipeline in one place for a week. Because ICPR deliberately spans vision, speech, NLP and sensor processing rather than one sub-field, it is a better single-week survey of applied AI methods than a specialist venue — which is what you want when the decision in front of you is which techniques are mature enough to build a product on.
Event Features
- ✓Main conference technical programme
- ✓Satellite events track
- ✓Call for Workshops
- ✓Call for Tutorials
- ✓Keynote programme
- ✓Prizes and awards programme
What Makes This Unique
- ★Biennial and IAPR's flagship — ICPR runs only in even years, so 2028 is the next in-person edition after Lyon in 2026.
- ★The host location rotates by continent under IAPR tradition, which is why the 30th edition is in Sydney; the next Asia-Pacific edition after this one will be years away.
- ★Deliberately spans five fields at once — computer vision, machine learning, image processing, speech and NLP, and sensor pattern processing — rather than serving a single sub-community.
- ★Explicitly built to connect academics, industry experts and students, with a full satellite-events track for workshops and tutorials alongside the main conference.
- ★Held under the auspices of the IAPR and hosted by an institution endorsed by a national pattern recognition society, which is what separates ICPR from the many unaffiliated conferences using similar names.
Industries Represented
Pricing Details
Registration is not open and no rates are published. The ICPR 2028 site carries a Registration section, but its important-dates page currently reads 'Will be available soon', so there is no early-bird cutoff to plan against yet. ICPR is a paid academic conference; expect IAPR-standard member, non-member and student tiers when rates are announced.
Organizer
International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR)
iapr.org/Frequently Asked
- When is ICPR 2028?
- ICPR 2028 takes place August 20–24, 2028 in Sydney, Australia.
- Where is ICPR 2028 held?
- ICPR 2028 is held in Sydney, Australia. The event format is in-person.
- How much does ICPR 2028 cost?
- ICPR 2028 is paid. Registration is not open and no rates are published. The ICPR 2028 site carries a Registration section, but its important-dates page currently reads 'Will be available soon', so there is no early-bird cutoff to plan against yet. ICPR is a paid academic conference; expect IAPR-standard member, non-member and student tiers when rates are announced.
- Who should attend ICPR 2028?
- ICPR 2028 is aimed at Computer vision researchers, Machine learning scientists, Speech and NLP researchers, Image processing engineers, Sensor and signal processing specialists, Industry R&D leaders, Graduate students in pattern recognition.
- What topics does ICPR 2028 cover?
- ICPR 2028 covers Pattern recognition, Computer vision, Machine learning, Image processing, Speech processing, Natural language processing, Sensor pattern processing.
Sources
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