ITiCSE 2026 Call for Papers

We are delighted to invite submissions for ITiCSE 2026, which will be held at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain, from 13-15 July 2026. ITiCSE is a computing education conference held annually, typically in Europe, sponsored by ACM SIGCSE and in collaboration with ACM Europe Council and Informatics Europe. ITiCSE 2026 will be an in-person conference.

All details are at the conference website, where full papers are submitted at two deadlines, a week apart. Some points to be aware of:

The title, authors, and abstract are due by Sunday 11 January 2026. Papers that do not have these details submitted by this deadline will not be considered.
The complete paper is due just over a week later, by Monday 19 January 2026, for dual-anonymous review.
Proposals for working groups, an integral feature of ITiCSE, are due by Sunday, 11 January 2026 (a week earlier than the complete paper deadline).
Submissions for panels, posters, the doctoral consortium, and tips, techniques, & courseware will be due by Sunday 15 March 2026.
All submission deadlines are 23:59 AoE – Anywhere on Earth (UTC-12)
EasyChair (the submission platform) will be available very soon but is not open for submissions yet, just to note when visiting the website.

For more information, please refer to the conference website, https://iticse.acm.org/2026/

Important update on ACMs new open access publishing model for 2026 ACM Conferences!

Starting January 1, 2026, ACM will fully transition to Open Access. All ACM publications, including those from ACM-sponsored conferences, will be 100% Open Access. Authors will have two primary options for publishing Open Access articles with ACM: the ACM Open institutional model or by paying Article Processing Charges (APCs). With over 1,800 institutions already part of ACM Open, the majority of ACM-sponsored conference papers will not require APCs from authors or conferences (currently, around 70-75%).

Authors from institutions not participating in ACM Open will need to pay an APC to publish their papers, unless they qualify for a financial or discretionary waiver. To find out whether an APC applies to your article, please consult the list of participating institutions in ACM Open and review the APC Waivers and Discounts Policy. Keep in mind that waivers are rare and are granted based on specific criteria set by ACM.

Understanding that this change could present financial challenges, ACM has approved a temporary subsidy for 2026 to ease the transition and allow more time for institutions to join ACM Open. The subsidy will offer:

$250 APC for ACM/SIG members
$350 for non-members

This represents a 65% discount, funded directly by ACM. Authors are encouraged to help advocate for their institutions to join ACM Open during this transition period.

This temporary subsidized pricing will apply to all conferences scheduled for 2026.

Keith Quille, Program Chair
Stephen Cooper, Program Chair

Ángel Velázquez Iturbide, Conference Chair

Jaime Urquiza Fuentes, Conference Chair

Quintin Cutts, Conference Chair