WACV 2027 — IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision

WACV 2027, the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision, runs 4-8 January 2027 at Disney Springs in Orlando, Florida. It is the applications-first member of the CVF conference family that also runs CVPR and ICCV, and the only one of the three with a dedicated Applications track alongside its Algorithms and Evaluations & Datasets tracks. Workshops and tutorials occupy 4-5 January and the main technical programme runs 6-8 January. Submissions go through two rounds on OpenReview — a June cycle with a formal rebuttal and revision phase, and an August cycle — with final decisions for both rounds on 9 October 2026 and camera-ready copy due 2 November 2026. The IEEE Computer Society positions WACV as a deliberately high-quality, low-cost venue for students, academics and industry researchers.

• Workshop proposal deadlineAug 8, 2026
• Round 1 initial reviews releasedAug 9, 2026
• Workshop acceptance notificationAug 16, 2026
• Round 1 rebuttal and revision deadlineAug 21, 2026
• Round 2 paper registration deadlineAug 21, 2026
• Round 2 paper submission deadlineAug 28, 2026
• Round 2 supplementary material deadlineAug 30, 2026
• Final decisions (both rounds)Oct 9, 2026
• Camera-ready deadlineNov 2, 2026

Date

January 4–8, 2027

Location

Disney Springs, Orlando, Florida

Format

In-Person

Event Type

Conference

Status

Upcoming

Pricing

Paid

Organizer

Computer Vision Foundation (CVF) and IEEE Computer Society

Added

Aug 3, 2026

Updated

Aug 3, 2026

• ✓Computer vision researchers
• ✓Applied ML engineers
• ✓Heads of AI at vision-driven product companies
• ✓Robotics and autonomous-driving engineers
• ✓Medical imaging and healthcare AI leads
• ✓Data scientists working on benchmarks and evaluation
• ✓PhD students in computer vision

For a CTO or VP shipping vision into a product — autonomous driving, agricultural robotics, medical imaging, retail analytics — WACV is the computer vision conference where deployed systems are the point rather than a poster-session afterthought. The Applications track exists to publish work with real system constraints, and the Evaluations & Datasets track is where the benchmarks your team will be measured against get argued over. Held every January, it is the first read of the year on where computer vision actually stands, roughly five months before CVPR, and the low-cost positioning makes it realistic to send a whole team rather than one representative.

• ✓Applications Track: systems with significant vision components in autonomous driving, agriculture, robotics and healthcare
• ✓Algorithms Track: 3D vision, object detection, video understanding and foundation models
• ✓Evaluations & Datasets Track: benchmarks, dataset development and evaluation methodology
• ✓Workshops and tutorials programme, 4-5 January, ahead of the main conference
• ✓Main technical programme, 6-8 January
• ✓Two-round OpenReview submission cycle with a formal rebuttal and revision phase
• ✓Co-located workshops selected through an August 2026 proposal round

• ★The only major computer vision conference with a dedicated Applications track, for systems work with real deployment constraints rather than benchmark-only results
• ★Two-round submission cycle with a formal rebuttal and revision phase, so a June-round rejection can be revised into the August round for the same conference
• ★Sponsored by the same body as CVPR and ICCV (the Computer Vision Foundation), so proceedings land in the same open-access library
• ★The IEEE Computer Society characterises WACV as high quality and deliberately low cost, which makes sending a team rather than a delegate realistic
• ★Held every January, so it is the first major computer vision venue of the year — roughly five months ahead of CVPR

Registration rates for WACV 2027 are not published yet. The CVF has released the call for papers and the full deadline calendar but no pass tiers or early-bird cutoff. The IEEE Computer Society describes WACV as a deliberately low-cost conference relative to CVPR and ICCV; check the official site closer to the January 2027 event for rates.

When is WACV 2027?

WACV 2027 takes place January 4–8, 2027 in Orlando, Florida.

Where is WACV 2027 held?

WACV 2027 is held in Orlando, Florida. The event format is in-person.

What is the WACV 2027 submission deadline?

The next WACV 2027 deadline is workshop proposal deadline on Aug 8, 2026. Remaining dates: Round 1 initial reviews released — Aug 9, 2026; Workshop acceptance notification — Aug 16, 2026; Round 1 rebuttal and revision deadline — Aug 21, 2026; Round 2 paper registration deadline — Aug 21, 2026; Round 2 paper submission deadline — Aug 28, 2026; Round 2 supplementary material deadline — Aug 30, 2026; Final decisions (both rounds) — Oct 9, 2026; Camera-ready deadline — Nov 2, 2026.

How much does WACV 2027 cost?

WACV 2027 is paid. Registration rates for WACV 2027 are not published yet. The CVF has released the call for papers and the full deadline calendar but no pass tiers or early-bird cutoff. The IEEE Computer Society describes WACV as a deliberately low-cost conference relative to CVPR and ICCV; check the official site closer to the January 2027 event for rates.

Who should attend WACV 2027?

WACV 2027 is aimed at Computer vision researchers, Applied ML engineers, Heads of AI at vision-driven product companies, Robotics and autonomous-driving engineers, Medical imaging and healthcare AI leads, Data scientists working on benchmarks and evaluation, PhD students in computer vision.

What topics does WACV 2027 cover?

WACV 2027 covers Computer Vision, Foundation Models, 3D Vision, Object Detection, Video Understanding, Generative Models, Autonomous Driving, Medical Imaging, Benchmarks and Datasets, Robotics Perception.

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