Disclaimer: The program below is tentative and there could be minor changes to the schedule. Detailed schedule will be published soon.
On behalf of the ISMIR 2026 conference organizers, we are excited to announce the program at a glance. You will not want to miss out on the excellent programming we have planned!
The technical portion of the conference will kick off on Monday with opening remarks, a keynote speech, followed by a lineup of oral presentations and poster displays.
| Session Name | Session Description |
|---|---|
| Keynote | 50 min talk + 10 minutes of Q&A |
| Paper Session | For each paper, the session has a 3 minute oral presentation (total of 30 minutes), followed by 60-min poster session with Coffee; Each paper session covers 10 papers and there are 14 paper sessions to cobver 140 papers. Papers in the session are assigned based on author timezone and mode of presentation (Online/in-person). |
| Award Nominees Oral Session | A 60-min oral session for selected Award Nominee Papers, with a 15 minute oral presentation (including Q&A) per nominee. |
| Tutorial | 4 hour sessions each in the morning and afternoon, with a short coffee break within each session and a lunch break between morning and afternoon sessions. There are three tutorials that run in parallel within each session. |
| Music Program | ISMIR Music Program, X pieces presented, with Y in-person in Abu Dhabi and Z remotely online. |
| Late-Breaking/Demo | LBD extended abstracts presented in a hybrid mode (final format TBA). |
| Majiis | Discussion Sessions on organizer and community proposed topics. They run in parallel to some poster sessions, and are scheduled to span multiple timezones across different sessions. Majlis topics will be updated soon. |
| Industry Panel | Plenary session for Sponsor and Industry presentations |
| WIMIR Session | Plenary session on Widening Inclusion in MIR |
| NYUAD Institute Event | TBA |
| Banquet & Jam | Banquet and the legendary ISMIR Jam! |
| Lunch and Special Session | These discussion sessions run in parallel to Lunch, and comprise topics such as MIR and Humanties, Health, Synesthesia and Social Responsbility |
| ISMIR Society Meeting | The annual plenary ISMIR Society Meeting discussing state of the ISMIR Society and Initiatives |
| Unconference | Unique-to-ISMIR unconference session to discuss topics proposed by ISMIR community during the conference in an informal small group setting |
| Opening Session | Plenary session to kick-off the conference |
| Awards and Closing | Plenary Session including Awards (Paper Awards, Test of Time awards and Talks, Closing Remarks) |
| Registration | A dedicated time to check-in, get your badges and goodies! |
