Dear colleagues,
SIGDIAL 2026 will be held as follows.
Venue: Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Dates: August 2nd - 5th, 2026
Conference Website: https://2026.sigdial.org
Early registration deadline will come on July 6.
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SIGDIAL 2026 Call for Participants
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The 27th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue (SIGDIAL) 2026 will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, August 2–5, 2026. SIGDIAL brings together researchers and practitioners from both academia and industry to advance the frontiers of Conversational AI, Natural Language Processing, and Human-Computer Interaction.
We warmly invite you to join us at SIGDIAL 2026!
## Registration
Registration is now open. Early registration deadline is July 6, 2026, 11:59PM UTC-12:00 ("anywhere on Earth"). Please visit the Registration page (https://2026.sigdial.org/registration/) for the registration form and full details.
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Category Early Late
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Main Conference + Workshops (Regular) $500 $650
Main Conference + Workshops (Student) $350 $450
Workshops Only $150 $180
Student Volunteers/Keynote Speakers $0 $0
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## Keynote Speakers
SIGDIAL 2026 features three distinguished keynote speakers:
* August 3: Larry Heck — Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology (https://2026.sigdial.org/keynotes/larry_heck/)
* August 4: Nanyun (Violet) Peng — Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles (https://2026.sigdial.org/keynotes/nanyun_peng/)
* August 5: Dilek Hakkani-Tür — Professor of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (https://2026.sigdial.org/keynotes/dilek_hakkani_tur/)
## Social Event
Join us for the conference social event on August 4 (7:00 PM – 9:30 PM) at Sycamore Chapel (https://sycamorechapel.com/). The event is included in the Main Conference + Workshops registration.
## Visa Support
If you require a visa to travel to the United States, we encourage you to begin the application process as early as possible. The registration form includes a field to request a visa support letter. We issue letters only to registrants who have completed registration and paid the applicable fee for their category.
## Contact
For general inquiries, please contact the organizing team: sigdial2026_p@softconf.com
We look forward to welcoming you to Atlanta!