2026 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing
We invite prospective authors to submit their original technical work on topics in the broader areas of image processing, vision, and imaging, covering theory, methods, systems, and applications. An extended list of conference themes and topics of interest can found at https://2026.ieeeicip.org/topics/.
IEEE ICIP 2026 features multiple ways to present and disseminate your work:
Submitted to the conference paper management system (opens December 2025)
Presented at the conference
Option to present a demo at the Show & Tell session
Open Preview IEEE Xplore
Published in IEEE Xplore as part of ICIP 2026 Proceedings
Format: up to 5 pages + 1 page of only references (see Author Kit)
Submission due January 21, 2026 (submission of special session papers opens on January 7, 2026)
Notification of acceptance April 22, 2026
Camera-ready paper due May 13, 2026
Extended manuscripts can be submitted to IEEE SPS Journals (see information for authors “Conference to Journal Papers”)
Top papers of exceptional maturity and/or novelty will be spotlighted at the conference and awarded expedite review of their extensions submitted to the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing or IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging.
Submitted to OJSP Author Portal
Presented at the conference as a part of the spotlight session
Option to present a demo at the Show & Tell session
Published Open Access in IEEE Xplore under OJSP
Format: up to 8 pages + 1 page of only references (see OJSP Information for Authors)
Submission due January 21, 2026
Notification of acceptance April 22, 2026
Submitted to the conference paper management system (opens December 2025)
Presented at the conference as part of the Work-in-Progress track
Option to present a demo at the Show & Tell session
Published in the Proceedings of ICIP 2026 distributed to conference participants
Format: 1 page (see Author Kit)
Submission due May 13, 2026
Notification of acceptance May 27, 2026
Presented at the conference as a part of the spotlight session
Option to present a demo at the Show & Tell session
Published in IEEE Xplore under the corresponding SPS journal
Papers must have been published or accepted for publication between April 23, 2025 and April 22, 2026 (see information for authors “Journal Paper Presentation at SPS Conference and Workshops”)
Request due May 13, 2026
Notification of acceptance May 27, 2026
Submitted to the conference paper management system (opens March 18, 2026)
Presented at the selected satellite workshop
Option to present a demo at the Show & Tell session
Published in IEEE Xplore as part of ICIP 2026 Workshops Proceedings
Format: up to 5 pages + 1 page of only references (see Author Kit)
Submission due May 13, 2026
Notification of acceptance June 10, 2026
Camera-ready paper due July 1, 2026
Extended manuscripts can be submitted to IEEE SPS Journals (see information for authors “Conference to Journal Papers”)
Submitted to the conference paper management system (opens February 11, 2026)
Presented at the conference
Option to present a demo at the Show & Tell session
Published in IEEE Xplore as part of ICIP 2026 Workshops Proceedings
Format: 2 pages (see Author Kit)
Submission due May 13, 2026
Notification of acceptance June 10, 2026
Camera-ready two-page extended abstract due July 1, 2026
Authors of every accepted paper or abstract have the additional opportunity to demo their work in the Show & Tell session at the conference.
Requests for demos due July 1, 2026.
Please note, demos cannot be presented without at least a one page abstract. So please observe the corresponding submission deadlines.
Every accepted paper or abstract shall be covered by at least one registration at the full member/non-member rate. Each full registration can cover up to four papers or abstracts.
Please note that IEEE ICIP enforces a strict no-show policy. Any accepted paper or abstract included in the final program is expected to have at least one author or qualified proxy attend and present it at the conference, otherwise it will not be published by IEEE on IEEE Xplore or other public access forums.
Technical Program Chairs
Alessandro Foi, Tampere University, Finland (lead)
Aline Roumy, INRIA, France
Aleksandra Pizurica, Ghent University, Belgium
Janne Heikkilä, University of Oulu, Finland
Henry Arguello, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia
Other calls (see 2026.ieeeicip.org)
Special sessions, Satellite workshops, Grand challenges, Tutorials and short courses
All inquiries should be sent via e-mail to [email protected]