Main Conference Timetable for Authors

Note: all deadlines are “anywhere on earth” (UTC-12)

June 16, 2025
Open Review submission site opens for author registration

June 25, 2025
Open Review submission site opens for paper submission

July 25, 2025
Abstracts due at 11:59 PM UTC-12

August 1, 2025
Full papers due at 11:59 PM UTC-12

August 4, 2025
Supplementary material and code due by 11:59 PM UTC-12

September 8, 2025
Notification of Phase 1 rejections

October 2-8, 2025
Author feedback window

November 3, 2025
Notification of final acceptance or rejection (Main Technical Track)

November 13, 2025
Submission of camera-ready files (Main Technical Track)

January 20-27, 2026
AAAI-26 Conference

Note: Deadlines are track-specific and may differ from those listed above. Track-specific deadlines are listed on their respective CFP.

Paper Publication and Conference Attendance

Final Paper Publication

Note: Deadlines and instructions are track-specific and may differ from those listed below. Track-specific information can be found on their respective CFP.

AAAI-26 Main Technical Track

Accepted papers (Main Technical Track) will be allocated 7 pages in the proceedings plus additional pages solely for references, acknowledgements. All references in the submitted paper must appear in the final version, unless superseded. Authors have the option to purchase up to two additional pages to include additional technical content in the published proceedings at a cost of $300 per page. Final papers found to exceed page limits and or otherwise violating the instructions to authors will not be included in the proceedings. Authors will be required to transfer copyright of their paper to AAAI. Authors will submit camera-ready files (including LaTeX or Word source files) of accepted papers by November 3, 2025. These published, archival versions of the papers will be made available in the AAAI Digital Library.

Conference Registration and Attendance

For each submitted paper, at least one author is required to register for the conference and to present the paper. Details about attendance at the conference will be posted to the AAAI-26 web page.