Connectionists: FG 2026 - Call For Workshop Proposals, Tutorial Proposals, and Demo Presentations

[Marwa Mahmoud]

Dear Colleagues (apologies for cross-posting),

Call for Workshop Proposals, Tutorial Proposals, and Demo Presentations at:
The 20th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG 2026)

May 25th – 29th, 2026, Kyoto, Japan.
https://fg2026.ieee-biometrics.org/

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Call for Workshop Proposals
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We invite workshop proposals for the 2026 IEEE Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG 2026) in Kyoto, Japan. Accepted workshops will be held on either May 25 or May 29, 2026, in the same venue as the FG 2026 main conference. Complementary to the main venue, we especially encourage workshop proposals relating to emerging new fields or new application domains of face and gesture analysis and synthesis.

[Submission Procedure]
Workshop proposals should include the following information:
- Workshop title
- Workshop motivation, expected outcomes, and impact
- List of organizers including affiliation, email address, and a short bio
- Tentative length of the workshop (half-day or full-day)
- Style of the workshop and related activities, e.g., poster/oral paper presentations, invited talks, round tables, competition, hackathon, etc
- Tentative paper submission and review schedule (Ideally, the camera-ready deadline will coincide with the main conference deadline on April 2)
- Planned advertisement, website hosting, potential sponsorships
- Paper submission procedure (submission website) if applicable
- Paper review procedure (single/double-blind, internal/external, solicited/invited-only, the pool of reviewers, etc.)
- Tentative program committee, and invited speakers, if any
- Estimated number of submissions and acceptance rate

Proposals should be submitted through CMT:
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/FG2026

[Important Dates]
Workshop proposals due: November 13, 2025,
Notification of acceptance: November 27, 2025

[Contact]
For additional information and queries regarding the workshop proposal procedure, please contact the Workshop Co-chairs:
Shiro Kumano (shiro.kumano at ntt.com<mailto:shiro.kumano at ntt.com>)
Koichiro Niinuma (kniinuma at fujitsu.com<mailto:kniinuma at fujitsu.com>).


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Call for Tutorial Proposals
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We invite tutorial proposals for the 2026 IEEE Conference on Automatic
Face and Gesture Recognition (FG 2026) in Kyoto, Japan. The tutorials should complement and enhance the scientific program of FG 2026 by providing authoritative and comprehensive overviews of growing themes that are of sufficient relevance with respect to the state-of-the-art and the conference topics.

Accepted tutorials will be held on either May 25 or May 29, 2026, in the same venue as the FG 2026 main conference. We solicit proposals on any topic of interest to the FG community. Interdisciplinary topics that could attract a significant cross-section of the community are highly encouraged. We particularly welcome tutorials which address advances in emerging areas not previously covered in an FG related tutorial.

[Submission Procedure]
Tutorial proposals should be submitted via email to Shiro Kumano (shiro.kumano at ntt.com<mailto:shiro.kumano at ntt.com>) and Koichiro Niinuma (kniinuma at fujitsu.com<mailto:kniinuma at fujitsu.com>). The title of the email should be: Tutorial proposal for IEEE FG 2026. The proposal should consist of a PDF file appended to the email, and include the following information:
- Title
- Proposer’s contact information and short CV
- Names of any additional lecturers and their short CV
- Tutorial description and description of relevance to the FG community and an evaluation plan
- References and experience of the instructors with respect to the proposed tutorial topic
- Planned length of the tutorial
- List of relevant tutorials recently presented in other conferences
- Requirements (e.g., facilities, internet access, etc.),
- Other useful information (e.g., estimated attendance, slides/notes
available, etc.).

The main conference will provide rooms, equipment, and coffee breaks for the tutorials.

[Review process]
Tutorial proposals will be evaluated on the basis of their estimated benefit for the community and their fit within the tutorials program as a whole. Factors to be considered include relevance, timeliness, importance, and audience appeal; suitability for presentation in a half or full day format; past experience and qualifications of the instructors. Selection will also be based on the overall distribution of topics, expected attendance, and specialties of the intended audiences.

[Important Dates]
Tutorial proposals due: January 13, 2025
Notification of acceptance: January 27, 2025

Contact:
For additional information and queries regarding the tutorial proposal
procedure, please contact the Workshop and Tutorial Co-chairs:
Shiro Kumano (shiro.kumano at ntt.com<mailto:shiro.kumano at ntt.com>)
Koichiro Niinuma (kniinuma at fujitsu.com<mailto:kniinuma at fujitsu.com>).



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Call for Demo Presentations
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The 20th IEEE Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG 2026) invites researchers from academia and industry to present live demonstrations of their research findings and face/gesture recognition systems to conference participants.
These demonstrations aim to provide tangible, practical, and interactive validation of the presenters' research concepts and scientific or engineering contributions. The primary objective is to offer researchers and practitioners a platform for discussing operational face/gesture recognition systems, applications, prototypes, or proof-of-concepts. Such a setting enables conference attendees to observe and engage with live demonstrations showcasing innovative solutions and concepts and to witness cutting-edge research in action.
Demos are NOT restricted solely to the papers accepted by FG 2026 or its associated workshops. We encourage the submission of any demo that demonstrates the effectiveness of face and gesture recognition methods. These demos may originate from papers accepted at other venues (e.g., extended works), such as peer-reviewed conferences or journals. However, it is expected that these demos present innovative and novel research outcomes.

[Expected Contents]
We strongly encourage submissions in all areas related to face and gesture analysis and synthesis, as outlined in the general call for papers for IEEE FG 2026, which can be found at the following link:  https://fg2026.ieee-biometrics.org/

[Submission Guidelines]
All submissions will undergo a peer-review process. Anonymous submission is not mandatory, and the submission materials should include the following:
(Mandatory) A one-page proposal (including references) formatted according to the standard IEEE FG 2026 guidelines.
This proposal should provide a comprehensive description of the demonstrated system and articulate the novelty and significance of the contribution to the FG community. Special emphasis should be placed on detailing the specific demonstration scenarios for the system. This should encompass how the audience will engage with the demo, the range of functionalities it offers, user scenarios, interface design, interaction options, and more.

In particular, the proposal should address the following aspects for the evaluation:
- What is the scientific or engineering concept behind the work?
- What is the novelty of the work and how is the work different from existing systems or - techniques?
- What is the expected impact on the FG community?
- What will be actually shown during the demo?
- What type of interactivity will be supported, for onsite and/or online scenarios?

(Optional Supplementary Material)
If you have any special requests or unique requirements regarding the configuration of your demo booth, you are welcome to submit an additional one-page PDF file detailing these specifications. This document will help us accommodate any specific needs you may have for your demo presentation. Although not required, adding a video or a link to it is encouraged, as it can help convey the content more clearly.

Demo proposals must be submitted electronically in PDF format through CMT. The configuration description should be submitted as Supplementary Material through the same CMT. Please ensure that all uploaded content falls within the overall submission size limit of 100 MB.
Demonstration presentations that have been accepted, accompanied by a one-page proposal adhering to FG2026’s camera-ready format, will be featured in the proceedings of FG2026.
Submission link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/FG2026/

[Important Dates]
Submission Deadline (One-page proposal and Supplementary Material):
April 9th, 2026 (11:59 pm Anywhere on Earth)
Notification of Acceptance: April 16th, 2026
Camera Ready Deadline: April  21st, 2026

[Contacts]
For additional information and queries, please contact the Demo and Exhibition Chair:
Katsutoshi Masai (masai at ait.kyushu-u.ac.jp<mailto:masai at ait.kyushu-u.ac.jp>)
Kevin ElHaddad (kevin.elhaddad at umons.ac.be<mailto:kevin.elhaddad at umons.ac.be>)


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