Keynote Speakers
We are honored to feature distinguished keynote speakers who will present cutting-edge research and insights in multimedia retrieval. Keynote speaker announcements will be made in early 2026.
Previous ICMR conferences have featured leaders from academia and industry, including researchers from MIT, Stanford, Google, Microsoft, and other leading institutions.
Conference Program
The detailed program schedule will be published in May 2026. The conference will feature:
Main Conference Format
- Keynote Presentations - Three keynote talks from leading researchers
- Oral Sessions - Presentations of accepted regular papers
- Poster Sessions - Interactive poster presentations
- Video Presentations - Recorded presentations for remote participation
- Panel Discussions - Discussions on current challenges and future directions
- Demo Sessions - Live demonstrations of systems and applications
Tentative Schedule
Monday, June 16, 2026
- 8:00 - 9:00: Registration and Welcome Coffee
- 9:00 - 10:30: Opening Ceremony and Keynote 1
- 10:30 - 11:00: Coffee Break
- 11:00 - 12:30: Oral Session 1: Visual Retrieval (Parallel Track A)
- 11:00 - 12:30: Oral Session 2: Multimodal Learning (Parallel Track B)
- 12:30 - 14:00: Lunch
- 14:00 - 15:30: Oral Session 3: Deep Learning for Multimedia (Parallel Tracks)
- 15:30 - 16:00: Coffee Break
- 16:00 - 18:00: Tutorials and Workshops
- 18:00 - 19:30: Welcome Reception
Tuesday, June 17, 2026
- 9:00 - 10:30: Keynote 2
- 10:30 - 11:00: Coffee Break
- 11:00 - 12:30: Oral Sessions (Parallel Tracks)
- 12:30 - 14:00: Lunch
- 14:00 - 16:00: Grand Challenge Presentations
- 16:00 - 16:30: Coffee Break
- 16:30 - 18:30: Poster and Demo Session
- 19:00 - 22:00: Conference Banquet (Canal Cruise)
Wednesday, June 18, 2026
- 9:00 - 10:30: Keynote 3
- 10:30 - 11:00: Coffee Break
- 11:00 - 12:30: Oral Sessions (Parallel Tracks)
- 12:30 - 14:00: Lunch
- 14:00 - 15:30: Industry Track and Doctoral Symposium
- 15:30 - 16:00: Coffee Break
- 16:00 - 17:00: Panel Discussion: Future of Multimedia Retrieval
- 17:00 - 17:30: Awards and Closing Ceremony
Thursday, June 19, 2026
- 9:00 - 17:00: Post-Conference Workshops
Workshops
Workshop details will be announced following the workshop proposal deadline. Topics typically include:
- Multimedia Analytics for Social Media
- Large-Scale Visual Search and Recommendation
- Multimodal Learning and Applications
- Responsible AI in Multimedia Systems
- Multimedia for Healthcare and Education
Tutorials
Tutorial details will be announced following the tutorial proposal deadline. Recent tutorial topics have included:
- Modern Deep Learning Architectures for Multimedia
- Cross-Modal and Multimodal Retrieval Techniques
- Building Production-Scale Multimedia Search Systems
- Vision-Language Models and Applications
- Multimedia Understanding with Foundation Models
Grand Challenges
ICMR 2026 will host grand challenges that provide well-defined tasks, datasets, and evaluation metrics for the community. Challenge details will be announced in early 2026.
Best Paper Awards
ICMR recognizes outstanding research contributions with Best Paper Awards in multiple categories:
- Best Paper Award
- Best Student Paper Award
- Best Demo Award
- Best Reproducibility Paper Award
Award recipients will be announced at the closing ceremony and recognized in the conference proceedings.