The 31st ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Functional Programming (ICFP) invites proposals for workshops, tutorials, and co-located events. ICFP will be held in Indianapolis, IN, United States from Monday, August 24 to Saturday, August 29, 2026. ICFP provides a forum for researchers and developers to hear about the latest work on the design, implementation, principles, and uses of functional programming.
Proposals are invited for:
Workshops (and other co-located events, such as symposiums and side meetings) to be affiliated with ICFP 2026 and sponsored by SIGPLAN. We welcome proposals for events that facilitate discussions, presentations, hands-on activities, and other engaging formats to foster the exchange of new ideas and community building. These events should be less formal and more focused than ICFP itself, include sessions that enable interaction among the attendees, and foster the exchange of new ideas. The preference is for one-day events, but other schedules may be possible.
Tutorials (or panels, discussions, etc.), lasting approximately 3 hours each, to be presented during ICFP and its co-located workshops and other events. Tutorials may focus either on a concrete technology or on a theoretical or mathematical tool. Tutorials may be intended primarily for researchers or for practitioners. Ideally, tutorials will have a concrete result, such as “Learn to do X with Y” rather than “Learn language Y”.
The workshops, tutorials, etc. may occur on August 24th (the day before ICFP) and August 28-29th (the two days after ICFP).
Submission Portal: https://icfp26events.hotcrp.com/
All co-located events must submit a proposal — workshops, tutorials, symposiums, or side meetings.
Prospective organizers of workshops, symposia, or co-located events with PCs should submit proposals before the Workshop deadline. Proposals should outline the objectives, intended audience, and planned activities. Workshops that plan to have proceedings in the ACM DL will need SIGPLAN approval of their proposed PC list. The workshop chairs will solicit approval and send any feedback to workshop organizers. Workshops without proceedings still need conference approval from ICFP. See the Submission Portal for details.
The selection committee will review proposals. Successful workshops may be asked to prepare a summary report suitable for publication in SIGPLAN Notices.
Prospective organizers of tutorials, panels, or discussions should submit proposals by the Tutorial deadline. Proposals should outline the objectives, intended audience, and planned activities. See the Submission Portal for details.
Event proposals will be evaluated by a committee comprising members from the ICFP 2026 organizing committee, in collaboration with the SIGPLAN executive committee.
ACM-sponsored workshops are permitted to have additional sponsors (i.e., getting donations specifically for the workshop, not for the main conference).
Funds go to the ACM. Workshop organizers can request reimbursement using this form: https://app.hubspot.com/documents/5374542/view/900008676?accessId=a07c28
Further information about SIGPLAN sponsorship is available at: http://www.sigplan.org/Resources/Proposals/Sponsored/
For inquiries, please contact the workshop co-chairs:
Ben Greenman: blg@cs.utah.edu Jiasi Shen: sjs@cse.ust.hk
We look forward to your proposals and to creating a vibrant and engaging workshop program at ICFP 2026!