Registration
Conference Registration
The 2026 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (IEEE BigData 2026) will be held during December 14-17 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, providing a leading forum for disseminating the latest results in Big Data Research, Development, and Applications.
Important Author Information
Publication Registration Policy
Registration is required for publication. Every accepted paper must be covered by at least one author registration before the registration deadline. Papers without a registered author will not be included in the conference proceedings.
Papers with a single registered author. If an author is the only registered author of a paper, that author must complete registration for the paper to be published, regardless of visa status. Visa denials or delays do not waive this requirement.
Key Dates and Deadlines
- Oct 24–Nov 10: Special session notifications, set by each session (remaining ones Oct 31–Nov 10)
- Nov 2: Award nominations close (AoE)
- Nov 6: High School Symposium and Undergraduate/REU Consortium camera-ready
- Nov 7: New Faculty Highlights notifications
- Nov 8: Last day to change workshop forwarding
- Nov 10–15: Workshop notifications
- Nov 14: Camera-ready and author registration for the main track and Industry & Government; special session camera-ready
- Nov 16: Award notifications
- Nov 20: Big Data Cup camera-ready and organizer overview papers
- Mid-Nov: Program published; souvenir quantities due; poster-board deposit
- Nov 26: Special session and workshop author registration
- Dec 1: Presentation videos due; final poster-board count
- Dec 14–17: Conference (workshops Dec 14; main conference Dec 15–17; High School Symposium Dec 17)
At least one author per paper must register as an AUTHOR at the full Member/Non-Member registration rate (not the student member rate), regardless of whether they are a student.
For the main conference, we allow remote participation to join the keynote speech session, but not for the main conference paper presentation session. All the authors of the conference (main conf, industry and government) will need to submit a video recording of their papers no matter they attend in person or not, the main conference paper presentation sessions only include those papers with at least one-author to attend the conf. For those papers without authors in person, they cannot present remotely, but they could watch all the video presentations of the conference from our video server any time.
But for workshop/special session, it is hybrid, the workshop/special session organizer allow remote presentation.
Important Hotel Information: Night of December 13
Due to a citywide conference in Phoenix, the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown is currently sold out on the night of Sunday, December 13, as are many other hotels in the area.
IEEE has secured rooms for that night at several hotels within walking distance of the Sheraton. If you need a room on December 13, please complete this form by November 15, and we will arrange your accommodations. Hotel assignments will be confirmed by November 23.
The conference will cover the cost of your room and tax for the night of December 13. You will be responsible for any incidental charges.
Please book your reservation at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown beginning the night of Monday, December 14. You will check out of your assigned hotel and check in at the Sheraton on December 14.
The free night is only available if you move to Sheraton Phoenix on the 14th.
We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.