The IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) conducts an Annual Call for Proposals for all technical conferences and workshops solely sponsored by SPS. Detailed information about each of the eligible events will become available on the Call for Proposals page on the SPS website.
- Interested Organizers are asked to complete and submit an Intent to Bid Form by 1 November 2026.
- Teams will be shortlisted and finalists will be invited to prepare full proposals, due 17 March 2027.
- Proposals will be reviewed and selected by the relevant Technical Committees in April / May 2027.
2026 Annual Call for Workshops & Conferences Timeline
| Intent to Bid Forms due | 1 November 2026 |
| Notification to Shortlisted Teams | On or around 2 December 2026 |
| Shortlisted Teams Prepare Full Proposals | ~2 December 2026 - 17 March 2027 |
| Full Proposals Due | 17 March 2026 |
| TC Review Full Proposals, discuss, and provide endorsement to SPS, many in conjunction with ICASSP | 23 March 2027 - 1 June 2027 |
| Interested & Proposing Organizing Committees to attend ICASSP 2027 - ‘Host a Workshop’ Session | 20 May 2027 |
| Endorsed Organizing Committee submits IEEE Conference Application for review by IEEE and SPS Conferences Board Executive Subcommittee | 16 June 2027 |
| Final review period | 17 June 2027 - 21 July 2027 |
| Notice of IEEE approval | 29 June 2027 - 21 July 2027 |
| SPS Conference Team introduction and begin planning | 20 - 27 July 2027 |
Eligible Workshops and Conferences
- IVMSP 2028 - IEEE Image, Video, and Multidimensional Signal Processing Workshop
- SAM 2028 - IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop
- SPAWC 2028 - IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence for Wireless Communications
- WIFS 2028 - IEEE International Workshop on Information Forensics and Security
- CAMSAP 2029 - IEEE International Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing
- MLSP 2029 - IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing
- SPAWC 2029 - IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence for Wireless Communications
- SSP 2029 - IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop
