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Challenge-included Workshops:
Submission Deadline: 15 June 2026, 23:59 AoE

Discussion-focused Workshops:
Submission Deadline: 31 July 2026, 23:59 AoE

The Workshops Program at SIGGRAPH Asia 2026 is designed to bring together researchers, students, designers, artists, developers, creators, practitioners, and users for lively and interactive discussions through the exchange of ideas and information. Building on the success of the pilot Workshops program at SIGGRAPH Asia 2025, we warmly invite individuals and teams interested in organizing a workshop to submit proposals for SIGGRAPH Asia 2026.

We welcome proposals across a wide range of emerging and established areas relevant to the community of SIGGRAPH Asia. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: physical AI, generative AI, volumetric videos, physics simulation using neural fields, the intersection of CG and robotics, bringing VR to the masses, customized clothing, autonomous vehicles, digital twins, agentic AI for graphics, digital design, etc.
To accommodate different forms of academic engagement, we are explicitly soliciting proposals for two distinct formats: Discussion-focused Workshops and Challenge-included Workshops:
  • Discussion-focused Workshops serve to encourage engaging conversations, connect field experts, and showcase work in progress.
  • Challenge-included Workshops aim to further drive algorithmic innovation by inviting researchers to benchmark state-of-the-art solutions against specific, open problems.
The workshops can also feature invited speakers and panel discussions to build community connections and promote thoughtful discussion of future research or a curated exploration into a particular topic.

For more information, please visit the introduction and program schedule for last year’s Workshops Program.

Workshops Chair

Ruizhen Hu
Shenzhen University
China
SUBMIT HERE
Workshops Committee

Log into the submission portal. To see the information you need to submit, view the Challenge-included and Discussed-focused Workshops sample submission forms respectively.

In particular, please be aware of these fields:
  • One unique email per contributor is required.
  • One representative image suitable for use on the conference website and in promotional materials. See the Representative Image Guidelines tab located on the Representative Image Guidelines.
  • The Workshop Proposal should include a description of the workshop topic, objectives, format, etc, and brief biographies and qualifications of the organizers and invited speakers. Diversity of the organizing committee and invited speakers, as well as ethical and social considerations, should be addressed if applicable. The proposal should note whether the workshop will include a Challenge (For more information, see the tab: Extra Requirements for Challenge-included Workshops) and, if so, include a draft arrangement of the challenge.
  • The proposal document should be submitted as a single-column PDF. There is no page limit, but approximately 2-6 pages are expected. We provide a suggested LaTeX template, but any single-column PDF format is allowed. If your workshop is accepted, an extended abstract for inclusion in the Workshop Proceedings will be generated in TAPS from LaTeX or Microsoft Word source material.
  • A complete list of confirmed invited speakers is not required at submission. However, confirmed speakers will be considered and aid in the evaluation of the proposal.
The format of workshops is flexible and could include panels, presentations, “lightning talks”, posters, and open discussions. Interactive content that blurs the line between attendee and contributor is strongly encouraged.
Organizers should not feel pressured to fill every minute of the program. Workshops that leave space for organic interactions through extended Q&A and flexible scheduling are often more successful than dense programs.
We expect most workshops to be half-day (3.5 hours). Full-day proposals will be considered only if their expanded scope is clearly justified; otherwise, they may be scaled down to a half-day.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2026 will be in-person. Standard A/V (projector, head table, podium, microphone(s), speakers) will be provided. No virtual participation, recording, or streaming will be officially supported by the conference.
We strongly encourage organizers to incorporate a Challenge component into their workshops. Challenges serve as a dynamic catalyst for the community, providing a standardized platform to benchmark state-of-the-art methods against emerging open problems. By uniting researchers around shared datasets and concrete evaluation metrics, challenges not only foster active, hands-on engagement but also significantly accelerate technical breakthroughs in specific research areas.
Workshop organizers are responsible for the end-to-end management of the challenge and are expected to integrate the challenge outcomes into the workshop’s extended abstract. Furthermore, reports submitted by the challenge winners will be included in the Workshop Proceedings alongside the extended abstract. All challenge reports must be formatted using the ACM authoring template. Please note that winning teams will be required to submit their metadata and final reports to the conference submission system (Linklings) to streamline the publication process. Final documents must be uploaded to TAPS by Wednesday, 23 September 2026.
For Challenge-included Workshops, the proposal must explicitly outline the logistics and feasibility of this event. Your submission must additionally provide a draft call for participation, including the following information:
  • Dataset Details: A comprehensive description of the dataset, including its scale, data acquisition methodology, and a statement confirming privacy and ethical compliance.
  • Evaluation Protocol: Explicit evaluation metrics and clarification on whether baseline models will be provided to participants.
  • Hosting Platform: The intended public platform for managing the submission and leaderboard. Please note that the conference does not provide computing resources or hosting support.
  • Tentative Timeline: A comprehensive schedule outlining key phases of the challenge (e.g., dataset release, submission deadlines, and winner announcements). Please ensure your proposed timeline is realistic and strictly adheres to the final materials deadline of Wednesday, 23 September 2026.
For the onsite format, please ensure that challenge-related content comprises no more than 1/3 of the overall program.
The review of workshops will be editorial in nature, with the review panel potentially asking follow-up questions for clarity or items we neglected to include in the submission form. We also expect substantive feedback from the panel for improving the workshop. We welcome questions from and are open to preliminary discussions with potential submitters in the months leading up to the deadline.
If your Workshop is accepted, you will be required to submit an extended abstract for archival inclusion in the Workshop Proceedings. This abstract should be derived from the Workshop Proposal submitted for review, including an overview of the topics, objectives, format, and brief biographies of organizers and invited speakers. For Challenge-included workshops, reports submitted by the challenge winners will be included alongside the extended abstract.
You will be notified of acceptance or rejection of your workshop following the respective review cycle and receive an email from “rightsreview@acm.org” with a link to your work’s rights permission form within 72 hours of notification of acceptance of your work to the conference (see the Timeline tab for details).
Your representative image and text may be used for promotional purposes.
Complete Stage 2: Program Materials, which includes:
  • Review your submission through the submission portal and add a 250-word synopsis with a dedicated workshop page suitable for conference publicity.
  • Provide a valid ORCID identifier (ACM now requires that all accepted contributors register and provide ACM with valid ORCID identifiers prior to publication.) Corresponding contributors are responsible for collecting these ORCID identifiers from co-contributors and providing them to ACM as part of the ACM eRights selection process. You and your co-contributors can create and register your ORCID identifier at https://orcid.org/register. ACM only requires you to complete the initial ORCID registration process. However, ACM encourages you to take the additional step to claim ownership of all of your published works via the ORCID site.
Publication
When your ACM Rights Management Form has been delivered to ACM, you will then receive an email from “tapsadmin@aptaracorp.awsapps.com” with information about the preparation and delivery of your material to TAPS for publication
Note:
The listed contact organizer for the Workshop will receive the ACM Rights Form, and is responsible for completing it on behalf of ALL of the participants in the Workshop.
Make sure that emails from “rightsreview@acm.org” and “tapsadmin@aptaracorp.awsapps.com” are part of the “allow list” in your email program, so that you do not miss these email messages.
The source (Word or LaTeX) of your abstract, as well as any supplemental materials, must be delivered to TAPS, ACM’s article production system. TAPS will generate the PDF and HTML5 versions of your abstract for publication in the ACM Digital Library.
You must deliver your material to TAPS, resolve any formatting issues identified by TAPS or by the proceedings production editor, and approve your material for publication by Wednesday, 23 September 2026. If you cannot meet that deadline, you will not be allowed to present your material at SIGGRAPH Asia 2026.
Information about the preparation and delivery of your final material to TAPS also can be found here.
In-Person Presentations

If your Workshop is accepted, the contributors must:

  • Attend and present your Workshop in-person at SIGGRAPH Asia 2026 in Kuala Lumpur.
  • Contributors should plan to present from their own personal laptops. SIGGRAPH Asia will provide the adapters needed to connect personal computers to the session projector.
All deadlines are 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (AoE).

15 June 2026

Challenge-included Workshops submission deadline

30 June 2026

Acceptance or rejection notices are sent to all Challenge-included Workshop Proposal submitters.

15 July 2026

Deadline to make any changes to materials of all Challenge-included Workshops (i.e., approved title changes and descriptions, a dedicated workshop page) for publication on the website.
31 July 2026
Discussion-focused Workshops submission deadline
15 August 2026
Acceptance or rejection notices are sent to all Discussion-focused Workshop Proposal submitters.
31 August 2026
Deadline to make any changes to materials of all Discussion-focused Workshops (i.e., approved title changes and descriptions, a dedicated workshop page) for publication on the website.
23 September 2026
Workshop Abstract upload to TAPS deadline (same for both types of workshops)
If we do not receive your abstract by Wednesday, 23 September, you will not be allowed to present at SIGGRAPH Asia 2026.
1 – 4 December 2026
SIGGRAPH Asia 2026 Event Days
2 – 4 December 2026
SIGGRAPH Asia 2026 Exhibition Days
AUTHORS TAKE NOTE: The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of the conference. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work.