Call for Workshops

Key Dates

Submission Deadline: December 5th, 2025
Decision Notification: January 16th, 2026
Suggested date for workshop website up and running: January 30th, 2026
Suggested deadline for workshop participant contributions: March 13th, 2026
Latest suggested deadline for notifying participants of acceptance: April 24th, 2026
Suggested date for collecting camera-ready submissions from participants*: May 1st, 2026
Workshop date: June 9th, 2026

All deadlines are at 23:59 Anywhere on Earth

Workshops are preferably held in a completely on-site format, but hybrid organization can be considered. Please indicate your preference in the proposal.

Note: workshop organizers need to be on-site.

*Please see Note on Publishing Workshop Proceedings

IMX workshops provide an informal setting where participants have the opportunity to discuss familiar and novel topics in an atmosphere that fosters active engagement and exchange of ideas. Workshops are expected to generate ideas that enable the IMX community to explore new, organised ways of thinking about specific topics, such as:

conceptualization and prototype development
the use of gamification strategies as part of the interaction design
the use of AI techniques to generate or support the creation of media experiences
emerging areas or that result in promising directions for future research

Workshops will be held on the first day of the ACM IMX 2026 conference (June 9th, 2026) and can either be a half or full day in length. Workshop organisers may consider including a short tutorial as part of the program but are strongly encouraged to dedicate at least half of the time for discussion, interaction or creative exercises. We suggest each workshop limit participation numbers to 30-40 attendees (including organisers) to foster a truly interactive experience. The workshop organisers will also have the possibility to exhibit workshop results during one of the poster sessions at the main conference.

ACM IMX 2026 organisers specifically welcome workshops that will include attendees from diverse backgrounds and address issues related to inclusivity and accessibility in Immersive and Interactive Media.

We invite potential workshop organisers to submit their proposal, in PDF format, by November 28th, 2025, to the Workshop Chairs at workshop@imx.acm.org. The length of the proposal should not exceed 2,000 words.

Proposals should address all of the following points:

Title, aims and scope of the workshop.
Format, duration (full or half day, on-site or hybrid) and a draft schedule that indicates what kinds of sessions you intend to include (keynote/technical session/poster/demo).
Type(s) of submissions/contributions that will be solicited.
A list of likely contributors (e.g., authors, keynote speakers, panel participants) and the target audience.
A draft of the Call for Contributions, to include title, description, topics and important dates.
Plans for disseminating the Call for Contributions and attracting participants (e.g., list of institutions, research projects or communities that are affiliated with the workshop and from which you expect contributions).
Short bios (200 words) of the organisers, including their affiliations and relevant experience.
Optional: title and abstract of potential contributors, keynotes and panellists.

Note on Publishing Workshop Proceedings

Workshop papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library within its International Conference Proceedings Series (ICPS).

Important note to authors about ACM’s new open access publishing model

ACM has introduced a new open access publishing model for the International Conference Proceedings Series (ICPS). Authors based at institutions that are not yet part of the ACM Open program and do not qualify for a full geographic waiver will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC) to publish their ICPS article in the ACM Digital Library. To determine whether or not an APC will be applicable to your article, please follow the detailed guidance here: https://www.acm.org/publications/icps/author-guidance.

Further information may be found on the ACM website, as follows:

Full details of the new ICPS publishing model: https://www.acm.org/publications/icps/faq
Full details of the ACM Open program: https://www.acm.org/publications/openaccess

Please direct all questions about the new model to icps-info@acm.org.

For the review process, AI-generated text submissions must be highlighted. For instance, text generated from a large-scale language model (LLM), such as ChatGPT, must be clearly marked where such tools are used for purposes beyond editing the author’s own text.
All workshop proposals will be rigorously evaluated with respect to their quality, relevance, diversity of thought and suitability for the conference. Accepted workshops might be cancelled (or merged with another workshop that addresses a similar topic) if too few attendees (less than 8) register.

After Acceptance

Organisers of all accepted workshops are responsible for setting up a workshop website. They may ask for any kind of contribution to be submitted by workshop participants in advance (e.g. full papers, short papers, posters, demonstrators, videos, datasets, challenges).

Workshop organisers should strongly encourage authors to work on improving the accessibility of their submissions before peer review begins. For any questions or concerns about creating accessible submissions, please contact the Accessibility Chairs at accessibility@imx.acm.org.

IMX is an inclusive, growing and interdisciplinary community; if you aren’t sure if the specifics of your research are in scope then (a) they probably are, and (b) please email workshop@imx.acm.org and the Workshop Chairs will do their best to advise you.

For further details on scope, submission route or any other issues, please get in touch with the Workshop Chairs at: workshops@imx.acm.org.

Ronan Flynn

Technical University of the Shannon: Midlands

Sylvia Rothe

University of Television and Film Munich

Lily Diaz-Kommonen

Aalto University