CIKM 2026 – International ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management

November 7-11, 2026 | Rome, ITALY

CIKM 2026 will be held in the historic city of Rome, Italy. This premier international conference provides a vibrant forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas and present cutting-edge research in information retrieval, knowledge management, and databases. We invite submissions of original, high-quality research papers on all topics related to the acquisition, organization, storage, retrieval, and analysis of information and knowledge.

Topics of Interest
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Data & Knowledge Management: acquisition, integration, fusion, knowledge graphs
- Machine Learning & AI Models: machine learning models, large language models, graph neural networks, foundation models, neural ranking
- Information Access & Retrieval: search, question answering, RAG, recommender systems, personalization
- Generative & Responsible AI: Generative AI, explainable AI, fairness, ethics, robustness
- Multimodal & Specialized Data: NLP, speech, vision, multimedia, streaming
- Applications: healthcare, urban systems, social sciences, business, legal & crisis informatics

Submission Tracks & Events
CIKM 2026 will feature multiple submission tracks, including:

- Full Research Papers
- Short Papers
- Demo Papers
- Resource Papers
- Applied Research Papers
- PhD Symposium
- Tutorials
- Workshops
- Industry Day Talks

Important Dates
Research Papers:
May 16 – Full Papers & Applied Research Abstract
May 23 – Full Papers & Applied Research Submission

May 30 – Short, Demo & Resource Papers Abstract
June 6 – Short, Demo & Resource Papers Submission

Tutorials & Workshops:
June 15 – Tutorial & Workshop Proposal Submission

PhD & Industry Day Talks:
June 22 – PhD Symposium & Industry Day Submission

(All deadlines are AoE)

Website
https://cikm2026.diag.uniroma1.it/

We encourage submissions from both academia and industry and look forward to your contributions!