The 2026 edition of the International Conference on Graphics and Interaction – ICGI’2026 – will be held on October 29 and 30, 2026, as a joint organization between Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo and the Eurographics Portuguese Chapter (GPCG). ICGI 2026 corresponds to the 33rd conference promoted by the Eurographics Portuguese Chapter – the Portuguese group of the European Association for Computer Graphics. The conference started in the late 80’s as a small symposium and has grown in importance each year.
The Scientific Program will include invited plenary presentations, presentations of long and short papers, and a poster session. Authors are invited to submit original manuscripts reporting scientific work, experiments, or applications. The official languages of the conference are English and Portuguese.
It covers the areas of:
- Computer Graphics
- Computer Vision
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Image Processing
Including related fields such as (but not limited to):
- Computer Games
- Computer Graphics Algorithms
- Digital Arts
- Information Visualization
- Multimedia and Hypermedia
- Multimodal and Multisensory Interfaces
- Usability and UX
- User-Centered Design
- Virtual, Mixed, and Augmented Reality
- 3D Modelling and Rendering
Submission guidelines for articles
All submissions must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The official languages of the conference are English and Portuguese. Articles written in Portuguese must also include the title and abstract in English. The following submission categories are welcome:
- Long papers should not exceed 8 A4 pages, references included.
- Short papers should not exceed 4 A4 pages, references included.
- Poster submissions should not exceed 2 A4 pages, references included.
Articles should be formatted according to the instructions available at Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings. All submissions must follow a double-anonymization process. Direct references to personal identities should be avoided.
Submitions are made in PDF format through EasyChair, the conference submission system, through the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icgi2026
Important Dates
Long Paper Track
Submission Due: June 29, 2026
Author’s Notification: September 4, 2026
Camera Ready: October 16, 2025
Short Paper and Poster Track
Submission Due: September 7, 2026
Author’s Notification: October 2, 2026
Camera Ready: October 16, 2025
Conference: October 29 and 30, 2026
Venue:
Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Publication
Accepted conference papers will appear in the ICGI 2026 digital proceedings (book with ISBN) and, similar to previous ICGI editions, will be published in IEEE Xplore Digital Library (short and full papers).
Looking forward to your contributions!
With our best regards,
Sandra Gama (IST-INESC-ID, Portugal) <sandra.gama@tecnico.ulisboa.pt>
Tomás Alves (BRU-Iscte, Portugal) <tomas.alves@iscte-iul.pt