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SIGMOD 2026 Call For Workshop Proposals

We invite proposals for workshops to be collocated with the SIGMOD/PODS 2026 Conference. The workshops will be in-person, held on Sunday, May 31, 2026, and Friday, June 05, 2026, and may run for a half day or full day.

Logistics and Organizational Support

Organizers of accepted workshops are responsible for:

The SIGMOD 2026 Organization will handle logistics. Local organization chairs will coordinate with workshop chairs regarding registration and other arrangements. Depending on the final logistics of SIGMOD 2026, further details will be communicated.

Submission Guidelines

Please use the Overleaf template available here: SIGMOD Workshop Proposal Template.

We encourage workshop organizers to explore emerging, cross-disciplinary, and high-impact topics, while also considering retiring, merging, or transforming long-running workshops to ensure vitality and relevance.

    Proposals should focus on these details:
  1. Focus of the Workshop
    • Purpose of creating the workshop (e.g., providing a venue for papers that traditionally would not find a place in relevant conferences).
    • Key topics of interest.
    • Importance of these topics to the community.
    • Any other database workshops on similar topics.
    • Communities that are being connected through this workshop.
  2. Intended Audience and Size
    • Target audience.
    • Expected size of the audience.
    • Additional audience details (optional).
  3. Workshop Time and Place
    • Whether the workshop will be a full day or half-day event.
    • Preferences for scheduling the workshop before or after the main conference.
    • Expected room size based on attendance.
    • Ensure no overlap with the PODS keynote session.
    • Timeline for submission deadlines, notification of acceptance, and the camera-ready submission date.
  4. Publicity and Sponsorship Plans
    • Strategies for advertising the workshop, such as through mailing lists like DBWorld, social media platforms, and email engagement with past participants.
    • Approaches for securing sponsors, including identifying companies relevant to the workshop, leveraging contacts with current and past co-organizers, and applying for student grants to enhance diversity (optional).
  5. Proposed Organization of the Workshop
    • Keynote talks by distinguished researchers from academia and industry.
    • Panel discussions to reflect on prevailing trends.
    • Speaker diversity across gender, race, and geography.
    • Varied paper presentation formats accommodating both short and long research papers (optional).
    • Opportunities for poster presentations and interactive discussions during breaks (optional).
  6. Workshop Organisers
    • Details about the workshop organisers.
  7. Organizational Structure
    • A balanced panel of PC members from various career stages and geographical locations, and ideally a mix of industry and academia participants.
  8. Prior Attendance and Submission Statistics
    • Statistics for the last four editions of the workshop (as applicable) and the expected statistics for the upcoming edition.
    • Number of submissions.
    • Number of accepted papers.
    • Number of registered attendees.
  9. Workshop Website
    • Details about the workshop’s website.
  10. Workshop Proceedings
    • Details about where the proceedings will be published.
  11. Handling of Conflicts of Interest and Reviewing
    • Specify whether double-anonymous reviewing will be used and how COIs will be handled, especially for submissions by workshop chairs and their colleagues.
    • Adherence to the SIGMOD COI guidelines outlined in the SIGMOD call for research papers.
  12. Diversity Commitment
    • Strong commitment to diversity in both the organisation and program committee composition.
    • Collaboration with the SIGMOD Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) chairs to ensure alignment with the core values of the SIGMOD community.

In addition to the above, please also include the following, if they apply to your workshop:

We may merge workshops on overlapping themes (e.g., LLMs, generative AI, or data-centric foundation models). Therefore, please include a short paragraph describing overlaps or interactions with existing workshops, and possible merge preferences.

Additionally, if this workshop has been held before, please include a plan for long-term sustainability of your workshop across multiple years: what metrics or events will trigger a switch to hosting every-other-year, sunset, merge, or elevation to conference status.

Please be mindful of SIGMOD early registration deadline and possible visa processing times when setting dates for inviting speakers or notification of acceptance for the authors.

Please see this page for additional details on the requirements that must be satisfied by workshops held in cooperation with SIGMOD:

http://sigmod.org/about-sigmod/sponsorship/conferences-symposia-and-workshops-held-in-cooperation-with-sigmod/

Evaluation Criteria

Workshop proposals will be evaluated on:

Proposal Submission

Please submit your proposals through the following form. Please do not directly email your proposals to the workshop chairs.

https://forms.gle/xhwu4srSU8R4tap77

Contact Information

Any inquiries should be sent to the SIGMOD 2026 Workshop Chairs:

Important Dates

All deadlines are at 5:00 PM Pacific Time.