ICSME 2027 — 43rd IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution
by IEEE
The 43rd edition of the conference devoted to the code you already own — maintenance, evolution and the tools that claim to modernise it
About This Event
ICSME 2027, the 43rd International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution, runs 14-18 September 2027 in Toronto, Canada; the venue has not yet been named on the conference site. ICSME is the long-running international forum for software maintenance researchers and practitioners to examine the key issues facing the maintenance community — it began in 1983 as ICSM, the International Conference on Software Maintenance, and added 'Evolution' to its name in 2014 to reflect how much of the field is now about evolutionary change rather than repair. It deliberately mixes researchers, practitioners, tool developers, technology-transfer specialists and project managers. The 2027 edition opens thirteen tracks: Research Papers, Industry, Benchmark & Dataset, Registered Reports, Journal First, Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase, Visions and Emerging Results, Artifact Evaluation, Posters, Tutorials, Workshop and Panel, Doctoral Symposium and Student Volunteer. Individual track calls and submission deadlines have not been posted yet.
At a Glance
- Date
- September 14–18, 2027
- Location
- Toronto, Canada
- Format
- In-Person
- Event Type
- Conference
- Status
- Upcoming
- Pricing
- Paid
- Organizer
- IEEE
- Added
- Sep 4, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 4, 2026
Topics & Focus Areas
Who Should Attend
- ✓Engineering directors
- ✓Platform and modernisation leads
- ✓Software architects
- ✓Developer tooling teams
- ✓Software engineering researchers
- ✓Technology transfer specialists
- ✓PhD students
Why Attend
Maintenance is where enterprise software budgets actually go, and it is exactly where AI coding assistants are now being pointed — at legacy migration, refactoring, and comprehension of code nobody on the current team wrote. ICSME's Benchmark & Dataset and Artifact Evaluation tracks are where those claims get independently reproduced instead of demoed, which makes the programme a practical filter for an engineering VP evaluating an AI modernisation vendor or building an internal one. The Industry Track puts practitioners on the same stage as the researchers, and Toronto keeps travel and visa friction low for North American and European teams.
Event Features
- ✓Research Papers Track — the main peer-reviewed programme
- ✓Industry Track for practitioner experience reports
- ✓Benchmark & Dataset Track
- ✓Registered Reports Track
- ✓Artifact Evaluation
- ✓Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
- ✓Journal First Track
- ✓Visions and Emerging Results Track
- ✓Doctoral Symposium, tutorials, workshops, panels and posters
What Makes This Unique
- ★Running since 1983 as ICSM — the oldest venue dedicated to existing code rather than greenfield development, which is where most enterprise engineering budget actually goes
- ★A dedicated Benchmark & Dataset track plus formal Artifact Evaluation, so tool claims are reproduced by third parties rather than demonstrated on a stage
- ★A Registered Reports track, where study designs are reviewed before results exist — a direct check on the positive-result bias that distorts AI-for-code evaluations
- ★An Industry Track and a Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase alongside the research programme, so practitioners and researchers present in the same week
Industries Represented
Pricing Details
No registration rates are published for ICSME 2027 as of September 2026. The conference site carries the dates, the host city and the thirteen track calls only, and the venue itself is still unnamed.
Organizer
IEEE
ieee.org/Frequently Asked
- When is ICSME 2027?
- ICSME 2027 takes place September 14–18, 2027 in Toronto, Canada.
- Where is ICSME 2027 held?
- ICSME 2027 is held in Toronto, Canada. The event format is in-person.
- How much does ICSME 2027 cost?
- ICSME 2027 is paid. No registration rates are published for ICSME 2027 as of September 2026. The conference site carries the dates, the host city and the thirteen track calls only, and the venue itself is still unnamed.
- Who should attend ICSME 2027?
- ICSME 2027 is aimed at Engineering directors, Platform and modernisation leads, Software architects, Developer tooling teams, Software engineering researchers, Technology transfer specialists, PhD students.
- What topics does ICSME 2027 cover?
- ICSME 2027 covers Software maintenance, Software evolution, Program comprehension, Refactoring and technical debt, Legacy modernisation, Mining software repositories, AI-assisted code maintenance, Empirical software engineering.
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