Workshops Track
The ECML PKDD 2026 Organizing Committee invites proposals for workshops to be held on the first and last days of the conference (September 7th and 11th, 2026), which will take place in Naples, Italy. We solicit proposals for full- and half-day workshops on current and emerging machine learning and data mining topics. Workshops allow discussion of novel topics in a small and interactive atmosphere. They can concentrate in-depth on research topics but can also be devoted to application domains, issues, or questions concerning the economic and social aspects of machine learning and data mining. Multidisciplinary workshops that bring together researchers and practitioners from different communities are particularly welcome. We also welcome proposals for less conventional ECMLPKDD workshop formats, e.g., those similar in spirit to CRAFT workshops at FAccT, which are currently running EU projects and other interactive events. We offer a waived registration fee for attendance at the main conference to one organizer or invited speaker for each accepted workshop.
Authors should adhere to ethics guidelines stated HERE .
Key Dates & Deadlines
SubmissionSystems opening
09-01-2026
Workshop proposal deadline
13-02-2026
Workshop decision
06-03-2026
Workshop paper submission deadline
05-06-2026
Camera ready submission
10-07-2026
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Duration and format
Guidelines for Workshop Proposals
Evaluation of Workshop Proposals
Workshops Electronic Management System
Post-Workshop Proceedings
Contact
Duration and format
We welcome full- and half-day workshop proposals and tutorial+workshop proposals. Full-day workshops have a program of typically 8 hours, including two 30-minute coffee breaks plus a lunch break. Half-day workshops have a 4 hours program with a 30-minute coffee break. Combined tutorial + workshop events start with a half-day tutorial followed by a half-day workshop. We encourage proposers to aim for a varied and exciting program. Especially where the workshop format is concerned, we would like you to consider going beyond the usual list of presentations of accepted papers. Remember that the main conference is necessarily more time-constrained, and workshops allow for group explorations of exciting topics through discussions, demo sessions, invited talks, and panels. Another way of extending the usual format is to include a specific challenge problem that can be addressed by the workshop participants with a dedicated challenge session in the workshop program. Note, however, that the challenge should be only one of the components of the workshop, targeting a problem specific to the workshop topic(s).
Guidelines for Workshop Proposals
Workshop proposals should contain the necessary information for the workshop chairs and reviewers to judge the importance, quality, and community interest in the proposed topic (a minimum of 15-20 expected participants is required). Each workshop should have one or more designated organizers and a program. When proposing a workshop, please provide (at least) the following information:
- A brief description of the specific issues that the workshop will address, the reasons why the workshop is of interest, the main research areas involved, and what the workshop will add to the conference (e.g., do you expect papers of a theme that would not fit the main conference?).
- Contact information of the workshop chairs, their competence in the proposed topic(s), and previous experience in chairing scientific events.
- A tentative list of Program Committee members and potential invited speakers.
- A draft of the Call for Papers, including information on accepted formats (e.g., regular papers, extended abstracts, oral-only presentations of relevant recently published or submitted contributions, etc.) and expected format of the workshop (e.g., invited talks, presentations, poster sessions, panel discussions, challenge sessions, or other ideas for ensuring an interactive atmosphere). In the case of a combined tutorial - workshop, please clearly indicate the format.
- Any special requirements regarding logistics (e.g., poster stands, audio equipment), if applicable.
- An estimate of the number of expected submissions and workshop participants at the conference.
- Proof of interest from the community will be of added value to the proposal.
If you are proposing a tutorial + workshop event, we kindly ask you to write a single proposal that covers both. In addition, the links should be clearly described, and the proposal should be submitted to the workshop and tutorial chairs. For tutorial guidelines, please see the separate Call For Tutorial Proposals.
Evaluation of Workshop Proposals
Features that will be evaluated are:
- The interestingness of the ECML PKDD areas should result in a large audience.
- The maturity and popularity of the workshop subject; we expect that the workshop addresses a small and active community of researchers, who ideally submit to the workshop every year.
- Experience of the proposers in organizing such an event and contacts within the addressed community of researchers.
- Involvement of renowned members of this community as anticipated authors or reviewers.
- The combined tutorial+workshop proposals will be reviewed jointly by the workshop and tutorial co-chair, who may use the help of external reviewers and experts on the submission topics.
Workshops Electronic Management System
Accepted Workshops will be hosted and managed by the workshop proposal authors in CMT. The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.
Post-Workshop Proceedings
The Workshops and Tutorials will be included in a joint Post-Workshop proceeding published by Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science, in 1-2 volumes, organized by focused scope. Papers authors will have the faculty opt-in or opt-out. We suggest that workshop papers be prepared and submitted in the LNCS format (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines). Springer LNCS Template.
Contact
For further information, please contact Mail: ecml-pkdd-2026-workshop-chairs@googlegroups.com