[RecSys 2026] First Call for Industry Contributions
Noemi Mauro
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the Call for Industry Contributions for ACM RecSys 2026, the leading conference on recommender systems, taking place September 28 – October 2, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Industry practitioners are invited to submit contributions to the RecSys 2026 Industry Track, to be included in the proceedings as an industry paper. The industry track is focused on challenges and practical solutions to significant real-world issues faced by industry practitioners. We encourage submissions that describe substantial real-world challenges and novel deployed systems that power recommendations in commercial settings. This includes design and interaction aspects of recommender systems. We also recognize that diverse speaker backgrounds and topics facilitate richer discussions at the conference; therefore, we especially encourage colleagues from backgrounds that are underrepresented in the conference series to submit their work. Please note that industry contributions are independent of sponsorship and are selected from the present call for submissions by a single-blind review process.
All submissions will be reviewed for relevance to real-world challenges, novelty, and contribution to the community. Shared data sets and code are encouraged, as are insights into quantitative and/or qualitative evaluation results. However, industry-track submissions can focus on real, commercial data and proprietary results, and, as such, the level of detail and evaluation is not required but encouraged considering the reduced reproducibility requirements when compared to the main research track. Real-world impact and ethical considerations of the systems described will also be taken into account. Note that proposals consisting of sales pitches for products will not be considered.
Details & submission guidelines can be found here:
https://recsys.acm.org/recsys26/call/#content-tab-1-3-tab
Key Deadlines for Industry Track Submission (11:59 pm, AoE):
Submission Site Open: March 2, 2026
Papers Due: May 21, 2026
Paper Notifications: July 9, 2026
Camera-Ready Due: July 27, 2026
We encourage you to submit your latest industry contributions to ACM RecSys 2026. Looking forward to your contributions!
Best regards,
Noemi Mauro and Pan Li
On behalf of the ACM RecSys 2026 Organizing Committee