The WebConf Steering Committee (SC) hereby invites eligible proposals to host the annual 2026 ACM Web Conference (TheWebConf 2026).  The conference typically takes place in April of each year, but organizers have some flexibility in the proposed scheduling.  The typical number of attendees to a WebConf is between 800-1200.  More information on the Web Conference series can be found here.

The Web Conference (formerly known as WWW conference) is a yearly international conference on the topic of the World Wide Web. The conference began in 1994 at CERN and is organized each year by a local team of volunteers from different parts of the world who come together to organize the conference. The Conference aims to provide the world with a premier forum for discussion and debate about the evolution of the Web, the standardization of its associated technologies, and the impact of those technologies on society and culture. The conference brings together researchers, policymakers, developers, users, and commercial ventures — indeed all those who are passionate about the Web and what it has to offer. 

Starting in 2022, the Web Conference will be formally integrated as an ACM-organized event. ACM provides extensive information for conference organizers here.

Eligibility for Hosting

• Hosting institutions should be not-for-profit academic/research entities.
• The bid should be submitted by a member of the hosting institution. He or she should be ready to act as the General Co-chair of the conference or Co-chair of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC).  Members of LOC should have attended and been involved in previous WebConf conferences.
• The bid can be submitted together with University, local industry, and the City’s support.
• Professional Conference Organizers (PCOs) are eligible to act as management organizations for the conference. PCO activities should be fee-based, without profit sharing.
• The General Chair and Treasurer must have a valid ACM membership.

Proposal Submission and Selection

• February 17, 2023.  Deadline to submit the preliminary proposal and budget to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
• March 2023.  Interviews with short-listed candidates and invitations to submit full proposals
• April 2023.  Announcement of the final selection at The WebConf 2023, Austin, USA
• The ACM WebConf SC will select the conference venue after carefully considering all bids including but not limited to the following aspects in mind.
• Location: accessibility/transport; conference venue, e.g., convention center, hotel, or university; accommodation; dining options; handicap access (ramp, wide doors, lifts, etc.)
• Proposed dates: national holidays, religious holidays, and other major technical events should be avoided
• Budget: a balanced budget following ACM guidelines here
• Support: local, regional, and national academic and industry support and sponsorship, especially financial
• Local arrangements team: chair/co-chair, committee, volunteer labor, registration handling; describing any experience the team has had in organizing previous conferences and the number of participants at those conferences
• Meeting venues: space for sessions, tutorials, workshops, posters, exhibits, demos, small meetings, and registration
• Facilities: high-speed, all-ports-open, easy-to-use internet access; audiovisual equipment; stage; other amenities
• Catering: including breaks, receptions, poster sessions, banquet, and entertainment
• Others: potential for technical or cultural visits, social programs, etc.

Inquiries concerning bid submission may be directed to VP for Conferences, Irwin King at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

TheWebConf Steering Committee Executive Board

• Dick Bulterman, CWI and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
• Wendy Hall, University of Southampton
• Arun Iyengar, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research
• Irwin King, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Yoelle Maarek, Amazon

TheWebConf Venues

2025 (Sydney, Australia); 2024 (Singapore); 2023 (Austin, USA); 2022 (Lyon, France); 2021 (Ljubljana, Slovenia); 2020 (Taipei, Taiwan); 2019 (San Francisco, USA); 2018 (Lyon, France); 2017 (Perth, Australia); 2016 (Montreal, Canada); 2015 (Florence, Italy); 2014 (Seoul, Korea); 2013 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); 2012 (Lyon, France); 2011 (Hyderabad, India); 2010 (Raleigh, USA); 2009 (Madrid, Spain); 2008 (Beijing, China); 2007 (Banff, Canada); 2006 (Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)); 2005 (Chiba, Japan); 2004 (New York, USA); 2003 (Budapest, Hungary); 2002 (Honolulu, USA); 2001 (Hong Kong, China); 2000 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands); 1999 (Toronto, Canada); 1998 (Brisbane, Australia); 1997 (Santa Clara, USA); 1996 (Paris, France); 1995 (Boston, USA); 1995 (Darmstadt, Germany); 1994 (Chicago, USA); 1994 (Geneva, Switzerland)

October 17-21, 2022 
Hybrid Conference, Hosted in Atlanta, Georgia, USA 
https://www.cikm2022.org/ 

The  31st ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM)  provides an international forum for presentation and discussion of research on information and knowledge management, as well as recent advances on data and knowledge bases. The purpose of the conference is to identify challenging problems facing the development of future knowledge and information systems, and to shape future directions of research by soliciting and reviewing high quality, applied and theoretical research findings. An important part of the conference is the Workshops program which focuses on timely research challenges and initiatives. CIKM has a strong tradition of workshops devoted to emerging areas of database management, IR, and related fields. 

The program features five keynotes, twelve compelling workshops and seven tutorials that highlight the breadth of interesting problems being explored in the fields of Information and Knowledge management. 

Click here to check out our full program: https://www.cikm2022.org/program 
 
The registration is open!  Click here for registration: https://www.cikm2022.org/pricing 

SIGWEB has just launched a YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ACMSIGWEB. Among others, this channel will feature recordings of keynotes from SIGWEB sponsored and co-sponsored conferences. Currently, you can watch the TheWebConf 2022 keynotes given by Jaime Teevan, Virginia Dignum and Prabhakar Raghavan, as well as the ACM UMAP 2021 keynotes by Helen Nissenbaum, Maarten de Rijke and Julita Vassileva. Enjoy and do not forget to subscribe to our channel for future updates.

The term of the current Editor-in-Chief (EiC) of the ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems & Technology (TIST) is coming to an end, and the ACM Publications Board has set up a nominating committee to assist the Board in selecting the next EiC. TIST was established in 2010 and has been experiencing steady growth, with 355 submissions received in 2020.

Nominations, including self nominations, are invited for a three-year term as TIST EiC, beginning on July 1, 2021. The EiC appointment may be renewed at most one time. This is an entirely voluntary position, but ACM will provide appropriate administrative support.

Appointed by the ACM Publications Board, Editors-in-Chief (EiCs) of ACM journals are delegated full responsibility for the editorial management of the journal consistent with the journal's charter and general ACM policies. The Board relies on EiCs to ensure that the content of the journal is of high quality and that the editorial review process is both timely and fair. He/she has final say on acceptance of papers, size of the Editorial Board, and appointment of Associate Editors. A complete list of responsibilities is found in the ACM Volunteer Editors Position Descriptions. Additional information can be found in the following documents:

• Rights and Responsibilities in ACM Publishing 
• ACM's Evaluation Criteria for Editors-in-Chief

Nominations should include a vita along with a brief statement of why the nominee should be considered. Self-nominations are encouraged, and should include a statement of the candidate's vision for the future development of TIST. The deadline for submitting nominations is May 20, 2021, although nominations will continue to be accepted until the position is filled. Please send all nominations to the nominating committee chair, V.S. Subrahmanian (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) with a cc to Tina Pavlovich (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). The search committee members are:

• V.S. Subrahmanian (Dartmouth College), Chair
• Juergen Dix (Tech. University of Clausthal, Germany)
• Fosca Giannotti (National Research Council, Italy)
• Sarit Kraus (Bar Ilan University, Israel)
• Balaraman Ravindran (Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India)
• Qiang Yang (Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technology, Hong Kong)
• Divesh Srivastava (AT&T), ACM Pubs Board Liaison