TIME 2026
The Web Conference 2026
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The ACM Web Conference, formerly the International World Wide Web Conference or WWW, has been the leading annual venue for exploring the future of the World Wide Web since its inception in 1989. As the premier forum for presenting advances in Web technologies, the conference brings together researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and users to discuss and shape the Web's future direction.
Over the past three decades, The Web Conference has introduced some of the most fundamental Web innovations, such as the Anatomy of a Large-Scale Web Search Engine in 1998, the EigenTrust algorithm in 2003, and the YAGO knowledge base in 2007. The conference continues to foster collaboration and innovation across academia and industry, addressing cutting-edge research, applications, and societal impacts of the Web.
The 2026 ACM Web Conference will be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, offering a hybrid format with both in-person sessions and rich virtual components. The program will include keynotes, research presentations, panels, workshops, tutorials, and opportunities for developers and junior scholars to engage with the Web community. Virtual participation will include live online sessions, electronic poster presentations, and conference platform access, supporting broad international engagement and collaboration across regions and time zones.
TIME 2026 at WWW26 is a natural fit for The Web Conference, aligning with its mission to advance interdisciplinary research and foster impactful innovation in web technologies. The workshop emphasizes the dynamic interplay between technology, innovation, and multidisciplinary exploration, addressing technical and societal challenges in the evolving web landscape.
By bringing together experts from diverse fields, such as social network analysis, graph algorithms, web content analysis, security, privacy, fairness, and ethics, the workshop exemplifies WWW's commitment to groundbreaking research that is responsibly aligned with societal needs.
The relevance of this workshop is more critical than ever, as web technologies increasingly influence diverse sectors including social media, healthcare, and e-commerce. Privacy practices developed in healthcare can inform data security in social networks, while fairness standards in content moderation for social media can inspire transparency frameworks for e-commerce algorithms. TIME 2026 promotes this type of cross-domain adaptability.
The workshop's collaborative structure is designed to address these challenges head-on, fostering participation through practical guidance, comprehensive evaluations, and concise survey papers. This inclusive format ensures accessibility for both seasoned experts and newcomers, encouraging broad engagement from researchers, practitioners, and policymakers. By facilitating this type of interdisciplinary exchange, TIME 2026 supports the development of robust, responsible web technologies while cultivating a knowledge base that prioritizes ethical, transparent, and secure principles.
Aligned with The Web Conference's mission, TIME 2026 promises to provide attendees with actionable insights, cutting-edge methodologies, and innovative frameworks to enhance the impact and relevance of their work across multiple domains. It represents a pivotal step forward in addressing the interconnected challenges of today's web and shaping its future responsibly.
TIME Lab at WWW, based at Griffith University and led by Dr. Lei Wang, is a dynamic hub of research and innovation. Comprising master's students, PhD candidates, and early-career researchers, the lab fosters collaboration, mentorship, and impactful research aimed at tackling real-world challenges.
TIME Lab's research spans diverse domains such as safety, security, smart cities, IoT, agribusiness, and defence, with practical applications in health and emerging industries. Lab members design and implement cutting-edge frameworks for real-time analysis and efficient video processing, driving advancements in performance, safety, and innovation.
Achievements & Recognition: Within two years of growth, TIME Lab members have been recognized at leading conferences for their contributions to the community. As a group of honours students, master's students, PhD candidates, and postdocs, they have collectively published high-impact papers in venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ECCV, AAAI, ACM MM, BMVC, IJCV, and PR.
Our Mission: TIME Lab is advancing into a new research phase, expanding from its origins in action recognition and anomaly detection toward comprehensive video understanding, multi-scale spatiotemporal analysis, and the study of subtle or imperceptible environmental changes. The lab integrates diverse data sources and develops interpretable, verifiable methodologies to deepen scientific understanding of complex scenes and evolutionary processes. The lab's mission is to cultivate the next generation of scholars who can lead progress in spatiotemporal intelligence and multimodal analysis. Building on research foundations spanning UNSW, CMU, Data61/CSIRO, ANU, and HKUST(GZ), TIME Lab fosters interdisciplinary collaboration, rigorous inquiry, and real-world impact.
We are delighted to announce that Syuan-Hao Li and ZhiCheng Zhang have been appointed as TIME 2026 Workshop Coordinators. They will support submissions, logistics, and communication among participants, reflecting the workshop's commitment to cultivating emerging talent and welcoming fresh perspectives.