Jul
03
Sponsored by
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
IEEE Communications Society
IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Signal Processing Society
This Call for Proposals is distributed on behalf of the Steering Committee for the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME). IEEE ICME has been the flagship multimedia conference sponsored by four IEEE societies since 2000. It serves as a forum to promote the exchange of the latest advances in multimedia technologies, systems, and applications from both the research and development perspectives of the circuits and systems, communications, computer, and signal processing communities. An exposition of multimedia products, animations, and industries will be held in conjunction with the conference. ICME 2028 will be the 29th meeting in this series and ICME 2029 will be the 30th meeting in this series.
The conference organizing team is advised to incorporate into their proposal the following items:
- Proposed Dates (approximately mid-year of 2028 and 2029, preferably July)
- Organizing Committee Members
- Names for all key positions
- Biographical information for General Chair(s), Technical Program Chairs, Treasurer/Finance Chairs, Workshop Chairs, Industry Chairs, Panel Chairs, Tutorial Chairs, and Special Session Chairs
- Membership in the Signal Processing Society: Multimedia Signal Processing Technical Committee, Circuits and Systems Society: Multimedia Systems and Applications Technical Committee, Communications Society: Multimedia Communications Technical Committee, or Computer Society: Technical Committee on Multimedia Computing
- Proposed Budget (for advice on creating an IEEE budget please contact sps-conf-proposals@ieee.org)
- Support that can be anticipated from the local government, universities and/or corporations
- Reasons for the proposed conference’s location
- Airport and transportation information
- Customs and visa regulations
- Hotel and convention center information (i.e. space diagrams, maps, etc.)
- Tourist destinations (i.e. museums, natural wonders, etc.)
- Average weather conditions for the time of year
- Are there any security concerns? If there is, what procedure will be taken by the OC team?
- A back-up plan of hosting a virtual ICME conference if a physical conference cannot be held due to force majeure or other urgent serious events, which is subject to the approval of the Steering Committee.
Submission of Proposal
Proposals for ICME 2028 and ICME 2029 are currently being solicited. Please notify the Steering Committee of your intent to propose via an email to Steering Committee Chair, Chaker LARABI, chaker.larabi@univ-poitiers.fr by May 15, 2026. The potential bidders are encouraged to work with a member of ICME Steering Committee to prepare their bid. If you are interested in soliciting Steering Committee feedback for your proposal, please submit a draft proposal no later than June 17, 2026. Final proposals should be sent no later than July 1, 2026. Please send inquiries and the proposal to Conference Services Staff, IEEE Signal Processing Society, sps-conf-proposals@ieee.org and Chaker LARABI, chaker.larabi@univ-poities.fr . As there may be a limit of email size, please put a large file on a shared drive, e.g., Google Drive, One Drive, Dropbox.
Proposal Presentation
Proposals of interest to the Steering Committee will be invited to present at a Steering Committee meeting planned to be held in person during ICME 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand. There is a possibility that the presentations may instead be scheduled as virtual presentations following ICME 2026. The accepted bid will be required to build an ICME 2028 and ICME 2029 website at the official ICME website within 6 months of proposal acceptance.
