Atanas Gotchev, Jaakko Mustakallio, Keijo Hämäläinen, Alessandro Foi, Sebastian Schwarz, Nataliya Strokina, Federica Battisti, Lina Karam

Atanas Gotchev, ICIP2026 General Chair – Opening remarks and conference overview

Jaakko Mustakallio, Deputy Mayor, City of Tampere – Welcome address on behalf of the City of Tampere

Keijo Hämäläinen, President of Tampere University – Welcome address on behalf of Tampere University

Alessandro Foi, ICIP2026 Lead Technical Chair – Overview of the technical programme

Sebastian Schwarz ICIP2026 Lead Industry Chair – Overview of the industry programme

Nataliya Strokina, ICIP2026 Local Arrangements Chair – Overview of the social programme

Federica Battisti, ICIP2026 Operations Chair – Conference operations and mobile app

Lina Karam, IEEE SPS VP – Overview of IEEE Signal Processing Society programme and Membership activities

Atanas Gotchev – Let the conference begin