NeurIPS 2026

NeurIPS 2026 runs 6-12 December 2026 in Sydney, Australia, and pairs the main meeting with two official satellite events — Atlanta, Georgia and Paris, France, both 9-13 December — that carry keynotes, oral and poster presentations of accepted NeurIPS 2026 papers, and workshops of their own. The Sydney schedule opens with Expo Talks on Sunday 6 December, tutorials on Monday 7 December, main conference sessions Tuesday 8 to Thursday 10 December, and workshops Friday 11 and Saturday 12 December, with a Virtual Pass running the full week. The 2026 call for papers restructured the main track into General, Theory, Use-Inspired, Concept & Feasibility and Negative Results contribution types, renamed the Datasets and Benchmarks track to Evaluation and Datasets, and brought back the Position Paper Track for a second year.

• Suggested submission date for workshop contributionsAug 29, 2026
• Paper author notificationsSep 24, 2026
• Workshop mandatory accept/reject notification dateSep 29, 2026

Date

December 6–12, 2026

Location

Sydney, Australia

Format

Hybrid

Event Type

Conference

Status

Upcoming

Pricing

Paid

Organizer

Neural Information Processing Systems Foundation

Added

Aug 2, 2026

Updated

Aug 5, 2026

• ✓Machine learning researcher
• ✓Head of AI Research
• ✓Applied scientist
• ✓ML platform engineer
• ✓Chief Data Scientist
• ✓PhD student
• ✓Corporate research recruiter
• ✓AI venture investor

For anyone running an applied AI or research function, NeurIPS is where next year's production techniques are visible eighteen months early, in reviewed form, with the authors standing next to the poster. Heads of AI use it for three things a vendor briefing cannot deliver: recruiting, because the Expo floor is the densest concentration of ML PhDs on the calendar; technical due diligence, because you can interrogate the method behind a startup's claim directly; and calibration, because seeing what the field considers hard tells you which internal roadmap items are research bets rather than engineering. The Sydney-Atlanta-Paris split makes sending a small team across regions realistic for the first time.

• ✓Expo Talks day, Sunday 6 December
• ✓Tutorials day, Monday 7 December
• ✓Main conference sessions, Tuesday 8 to Thursday 10 December
• ✓Workshops, Friday 11 and Saturday 12 December
• ✓Virtual Pass covering 6-12 December
• ✓Official satellite meetings in Atlanta, Georgia and Paris, France, 9-13 December
• ✓Main track contribution types: General, Theory, Use-Inspired, Concept & Feasibility, Negative Results
• ✓Evaluation and Datasets track (formerly Datasets and Benchmarks)
• ✓Position Paper Track, in its second year
• ✓Competitions track

• ★The largest and most selective machine-learning research venue in the world, and the place frontier-lab results are first presented in reviewed form rather than in a blog post
• ★A genuinely distributed 2026 format: Sydney as the main meeting with official satellites in Atlanta and Paris carrying the same accepted papers, so attendance no longer requires the long-haul flight
• ★The industry Expo and recruiting floor make it the single densest AI hiring event of the year
• ★A published, dated review timeline — reviews released, discussion periods, author notifications — that lets teams plan submissions and travel months ahead
• ★Restructured 2026 main track including an explicit Negative Results contribution type, unusual among top-tier ML venues

Registration rates for NeurIPS 2026 were not published at the time of writing — neurips.cc lists the programme and a Virtual Pass alongside in-person attendance in Sydney, but no pass tiers or prices. Authors and attendees should watch neurips.cc for the registration announcement; the conference also runs Expo Talks on 6 December and a full workshop programme on 11-12 December that are covered by conference registration.

When is NeurIPS 2026?

NeurIPS 2026 takes place December 6–12, 2026 in Sydney, Australia.

Where is NeurIPS 2026 held?

NeurIPS 2026 is held in Sydney, Australia. The event format is hybrid.

What is the NeurIPS 2026 submission deadline?

The next NeurIPS 2026 deadline is suggested submission date for workshop contributions on Aug 29, 2026. Remaining dates: Paper author notifications — Sep 24, 2026; Workshop mandatory accept/reject notification date — Sep 29, 2026.

How much does NeurIPS 2026 cost?

NeurIPS 2026 is paid. Registration rates for NeurIPS 2026 were not published at the time of writing — neurips.cc lists the programme and a Virtual Pass alongside in-person attendance in Sydney, but no pass tiers or prices. Authors and attendees should watch neurips.cc for the registration announcement; the conference also runs Expo Talks on 6 December and a full workshop programme on 11-12 December that are covered by conference registration.

Who should attend NeurIPS 2026?

NeurIPS 2026 is aimed at Machine learning researcher, Head of AI Research, Applied scientist, ML platform engineer, Chief Data Scientist, PhD student, Corporate research recruiter, AI venture investor.

What topics does NeurIPS 2026 cover?

NeurIPS 2026 covers Machine learning theory, Deep learning and foundation models, Evaluation and datasets, Reinforcement learning, AI safety and alignment, Optimization, Generative models, Responsible AI and policy.

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