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CfP: ICDT 2026 – International Conference on Database Theory, 29th Edition, 9–14 March 2026, Tampere (Finland)

** ICDT 2026 - Call for Papers **

ICDT is a series of international scientific conferences on research of dat
a management theory (https://databasetheory.org/icdt-pages). Since 2009, it
 is annually and jointly held with EDBT (Extending DB Technology).

The 29th edition of ICDT, in 2026, will take place in Tampere, Finland.

** Topics of Interest **

We welcome research papers on every topic related to the principles and the
ory of data management, provided that there is a clear connection to founda
tional aspects. This includes, for example, articles on "classical" data ma
nagement topics such as:
- The theoretical investigation of various aspects of underlying data manag
ement systems (e.g., Indexes, Concurrency and recovery, Distributed and par
allel databases, Cloud computing, Privacy and security, Graph databases, Da
ta streams and sketching, Data-centric (business) process management and wo
rkflows, Data and knowledge integration and exchange, Data provenance, View
s, Data warehouses, Domain-specific databases - multimedia, scientific, spa
tial, temporal, text data, ...),
- The design and study of data models and query languages,
- The development and analysis of algorithms for data management,
but also includes papers exploring existing or identifying new connections 
between data management and other areas, such as the areas of: knowledge re
presentation, semantic web, web services, information retrieval and data mi
ning, machine learning/AI, distributed computing, theoretical computer scie
nce.

In all of the above, a clear emphasis on foundational aspects is expected. 
You may want to check https://dblp.org/db/conf/icdt/index.html to get an ov
erview of previous editions of ICDT.

The Program Committee reserves the right to desk reject a submission when i
t is regarded to be out of scope.

** Submission Cycles and Dates **

ICDT will have two submission cycles for 2026, with deadlines as follows:

All times are Anywhere on Earth (UTC + 12)

** ICDT Submission Cycle 1 **

March 13, 2025: Abstract submission
March 20, 2025: Paper submission
June 1, 2025: Notification

** ICDT Submission Cycle 2 **

September 3, 2025: Abstract submission
September 10, 2025: Paper submission
December 1, 2025: Notification

Papers rejected in the first submission cycle cannot be submitted to the se
cond submission cycle unless explicitly requested by the reviewers.

** Program Committee **

** ICDT 2026 Program Committee Chair **

Balder ten Cate, ILLC, University of Amsterdam

** ICDT 2026 Program Committee Members **

Antonella Poggi, University of Rome Sapienza
Batya Kenig, Technion
Carsten Lutz, University of Leipzig
Cristina Sirangelo, CNRS, Universit Paris Cit
Diego Figueira, CNRS, Univ Bordeaux
Dominik Freydenberger, Loughborough University
Emanuel Sallinger, TU Wien
Floris Geerts, University of Antwerp
Francesco Scarcello, Universit della Calabria
Hubie Chen, King's College London
Jeff M. Phillips, University of Utah
Liat Peterfreund, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Luc Segoufin, INRIA, ENS Ulm
Mahmoud Abo Khamis, RelationalAI
Marco Calautti, Universit degli Studi di Milano
Markus Schmid, Humboldt-Universitt zu Berlin
Martin Grohe, RWTH Aachen University
Matthias Niewerth, Bayreuth University
Miika Hannula, University of Tartu
Sanjay Krishnan, University of Chicago
Sebastian Rudolph, TU Dresden
Stavros Sintos, University of Illinois Chicago
Stefan Mengel, CNRS, Universit dArtois

** Submission Instructions **

All submissions will be electronic via EasyChair. Link: https://easychair.o
rg/conferences/?conf=icdt2026
Papers must be written in English and provide sufficient detail to allow th
e program committee to assess their merits. Papers must be submitted as PDF
 documents, using the LIPIcs style (http://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publications/
lipics/instructions-for-authors).

** Tracks **

1. ** Regular Research Papers (15 pages, anonymized) **

The results must be unpublished and not submitted for publication elsewhere
, including the proceedings of other symposia or workshops. Papers must be 
at most 15 pages, excluding references. Additional details may be included 
in a clearly marked appendix, which, however, will be read at the discretio
n of the program committee (online appendices are not allowed). Papers not 
conforming to these requirements may be rejected without further considerat
ion.

2. ** Database Theory in Action (4 pages, non-anonymized) **

To broaden the scope of ICDT and showcase the impact of database theory, IC
DT 2026 includes again a Database Theory in Action track that calls f
or short papers illustrating interesting applications of database theory in
 other domains or in solving real-world problems. These papers will be 4 pa
ges + references, and can be based on a previously published paper at anoth
er venue. In particular, we invite papers that demonstrate novel and import
ant connections between database theory and neighboring communities such as
 Database Systems, Operating Systems, Programming Languages, Machine Learni
ng, Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Representation, Distributed Computin
g, and Industry. At the discretion of the program committee, there may be i
nvited papers to this track as well. The title of the papers submitted to t
his track must start with Database Theory in Action:. These papers sh
ould also include clear pointers to all relevant previous publications, web
sites, tools, repositories, etc.

The proceedings will appear in the Leibniz International Proceedings in Inf
ormatics (LIPIcs) series, based at Schloss Dagstuhl. This guarantees that t
he proceedings will be available online and free of charge, while the autho
rs retain the rights over their work.

At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to register at the c
onference and to present the paper.

** Anonymous Submission **

From 2024, ICDT has adopted anonymous submission (only for regular track pa
pers; submissions for the database theory in action track should not 
be anonymous), in line with other leading conferences in the database commu
nity such as SIGMOD and PODS. The intent of anonymous submission is to ensu
re that the identity of the authors is not presented to the reviewers durin
g the review process. Specifically, submitted papers must not list authors 
or affiliations, and must not include acknowledgments to funding sources, o
r other colleagues or collaborators. References to the authors' own prior w
ork must not be distinguished from other references. Where this is not poss
ible (for instance, when referring to a specific system to which the author
s have privileged access), anonymized citations are permissible. For more b
ackground on the motivation for anonymous submissions, and the mechanisms t
o achieve it, please consult [Snodgrass, 2007] https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/
~rts/pubs/TODS07.pdf
Simultaneously, the authors may make their submissions available to the com
munity via pre-print services such as ArXiv and through talks. We do requir
e that work is not labeled as "under submission at ICDT" or indicates that 
it is under review, but otherwise place no restrictions on sharing results.
 This does not conflict with the anonymous submission requirement.

**Awards**

An award will be given to the Best Paper. Also, an award will be given to t
he Best Newcomer Paper written by newcomers to the field of database theory
. The latter award will preferentially be given to a paper written only by 
students; in that case the award will be called Best Student-Paper Award. T
he program committee reserves the following rights: not to give any award; 
to split an award among several papers; and to define the notion of a newco
mer. Papers authored or co-authored by program committee members are not el
igible for a best paper or a best newcomer paper award.
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