20th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, September 28–October 2 2026

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Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (Marriott City Center, Downtown)

Dates:

  • September 27, 2026 (Doctoral Symposium, tentative)
  • September 28, October 2, 2026 (Workshops, Tutorials)
  • September 29 – October 1, 2026 (Main Sessions)

The ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys) is the premier international forum for presenting new research results, systems, and techniques in the broad field of recommender systems. RecSys brings together leading international research groups and industry experts, including many of the world’s top companies in e-commerce and related domains. It is the most important annual event for the discussion and advancement of recommender systems research.

RecSys 2026, the twentieth conference in this series, will be held in-person in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. It will bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to present their latest findings and identify new trends and challenges in providing recommendation components across a range of innovative application contexts. In addition to the main technical track, the RecSys 2026 program will feature keynote and invited talks, tutorials on state-of-the-art topics, workshops, an industrial track, and a doctoral symposium.

Organizers:
General Chairs ()

  • Joseph Konstan, George Karypis, Gediminas Adomavicius

Program Chairs ()

  • Minmin Chen, Bart Goethals, Martijn Willemsen

Tentative timeline for the main track paper submissions:

  • Paper submissions due: April 2026
  • Paper acceptance notifications: July 2026

(More detailed Call for Papers and for other contributions is forthcoming.)

ACM’s New Open Access Publishing Model

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  • $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, including ACM RecSys 2026.