IEEE VIS 2026 — IEEE Visualization and Visual Analytics Conference
by IEEE Computer Society (VGTC)
The main research conference for visualization and visual analytics, with 2026 workshops on GenAI agents, AI explainability and autonomous science.
About This Event
IEEE VIS 2026 is the main research conference for data visualization and visual analytics, held November 9-13, 2026 at The Westin Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts, with satellite locations in Paris and Tianjin. The program combines full papers, short papers, a new Visions category, posters and a doctoral colloquium with 13 workshops, tutorials, panels and contests including the SciVis Contest, VAST Challenge and Bio+MedVis Challenge. AI is a visible strand this year: approved workshops include VISxGenAI (GenAI, Agents, and the Future of VIS), the 9th VISxAI workshop on visualization for AI explainability, VAxAutoSci on visual analytics for autonomous science, and TopoInVis Connect on topology and AI. CLUSTER, a practitioners' summit, runs alongside.
At a Glance
- Date
- November 9–13, 2026
- Location
- The Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA
- Format
- In-Person
- Event Type
- Conference
- Status
- Upcoming
- Pricing
- Paid
- Organizer
- IEEE Computer Society (VGTC)
- Added
- Oct 7, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 7, 2026
Topics & Focus Areas
Who Should Attend
- ✓Visualization and visual analytics researchers
- ✓Data scientists
- ✓BI and analytics leaders
- ✓AI explainability and ML tooling engineers
- ✓UX and data product designers
- ✓PhD students
Why Attend
Send your analytics, BI tooling or AI explainability leads if you build dashboards, internal data products or interfaces for reviewing model and agent output. Over five days they will see the research that commercial tools adopt later, including GenAI and agent workflows in visualization and methods for showing uncertainty and model behavior to non-experts. They can also recruit from the strongest visualization PhD pool in one place.
Event Features
- ✓VISxGenAI: GenAI, Agents, and the Future of VIS workshop
- ✓VISxAI: 9th Workshop on Visualization for AI Explainability
- ✓VAxAutoSci: Visual Analytics in the Age of Autonomous Science workshop
- ✓TopoInVis Connect: Topology meets Artificial Intelligence workshop
- ✓IEEE VAST Challenge and SciVis Contest
- ✓CLUSTER: The Practitioners' Summit
- ✓VIS Arts Program (VISAP)
- ✓Keynote by Kimberly K. Arcand; capstone by Nils Gehlenborg
What Makes This Unique
- ★The peer-reviewed venue where techniques later used in BI and notebook tools first appear
- ★Its AI workshops (VISxAI, VISxGenAI) cover how to make model behavior and agent output inspectable by people
- ★Satellite sites in Paris and Tianjin let European and Asian teams take part at lower cost
- ★CLUSTER: The Practitioners' Summit gives industry visualization teams their own program inside a research conference
Industries Represented
Pricing Details
Boston full conference, late rate from September 26, 2026: IEEE member $1,099, non-member $1,319, IEEE student member $599, student non-member $719, IEEE life member $599. Early-bird rates ($899 member / $1,099 non-member) closed September 25, 2026. Two-day and one-day Boston passes are also sold (early-bird from $369 and $289 for IEEE members). Paris and Tianjin satellite passes run $299-$399 for attendees and $599-$899 for authors, plus VAT.
Organizer
IEEE Computer Society (VGTC)
ieeevis.orgFrequently Asked
- When is IEEE VIS 2026?
- IEEE VIS 2026 takes place November 9–13, 2026 in Boston, MA.
- Where is IEEE VIS 2026 held?
- IEEE VIS 2026 is held in Boston, MA. The event format is in-person.
- How much does IEEE VIS 2026 cost?
- IEEE VIS 2026 is paid. Boston full conference, late rate from September 26, 2026: IEEE member $1,099, non-member $1,319, IEEE student member $599, student non-member $719, IEEE life member $599. Early-bird rates ($899 member / $1,099 non-member) closed September 25, 2026. Two-day and one-day Boston passes are also sold (early-bird from $369 and $289 for IEEE members). Paris and Tianjin satellite passes run $299-$399 for attendees and $599-$899 for authors, plus VAT.
- Who should attend IEEE VIS 2026?
- IEEE VIS 2026 is aimed at Visualization and visual analytics researchers, Data scientists, BI and analytics leaders, AI explainability and ML tooling engineers, UX and data product designers, PhD students.
- What topics does IEEE VIS 2026 cover?
- IEEE VIS 2026 covers Visual analytics, Information visualization, Scientific visualization, Visualization for AI explainability, Generative AI and agents for visualization, Uncertainty visualization, Accessible data visualization, Visualization literacy and education.
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