CALL FOR INDUSTRY

We invite Industry track contributions to The Web Conference 2027 (formerly known as WWW).

The Web Conference is the premier conference focused on understanding the current state and the evolution of the Web through the lens of different disciplines, including computing, computational social science, economics and political sciences.

The Industry Track welcomes contributions showcasing original results obtained in an industrial environment, having clear industry relevance, and highlighting new research challenges motivated by practical tasks and practical settings. The Industry Track is distinct from other research tracks in that submissions focus on applied work describing, for example, an implementation of a system, acquisition of data, or application of a methodology, that solves a significant real-world problem and demonstrates benefits as well as impact. Submissions must clearly describe how their work has been deployed or released, and for how long.

The Industry Track has equal standing with the Research Tracks and papers will be part of the Main proceedings of The ACM Web Conference 2027, alongside the Research Tracks papers.

Important Dates

18 October 2026Abstract Submission Deadline
25 October 2026Full Paper Submission Deadline
15 December 2026Results Release
15-20 December 2026Research & Industry Track Paper Rebuttal Period
04 January 2027Notification
31 January 2027Research & Industry Track Paper Final Version Deadline
10-14 May 2027ACM Web Conference in Dublin

All submission deadlines are end-of-day in Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone.

We welcome high-quality submissions that highlight novel applications, architectures, deployments, and insights derived from operational data, as well as engineering breakthroughs that push the boundaries of what is possible on the Web at scale.

Industry papers should emphasize practical relevance, system design trade-offs, real-world constraints, or lessons learned from large-scale deployments. Submissions may focus on new technologies, product experiences, tools, or services that address concrete problems faced in practice. We especially encourage papers that demonstrate measurable impact in industrial settings or those that bridge the gap between theory and application.

Papers will be reviewed with an emphasis on clarity, originality, significance of insights, and relevance to the broader Web community, with a focus on real-world applicability over theoretical novelty.

Submissions to the Industry Track may include, but are not limited to:

  • Web Search and Recommendation Systems at Scale
  • Applied Generative AI and Large Language Models (or more generally, foundation models) in Web Services
  • Content Moderation, Trust & Safety, and Platform Integrity
  • Personalization and User Modeling in Commercial Systems
  • Real-time Data Processing and Stream Analytics
  • Ad Targeting, Auction Systems, and Online Marketing Technologies
  • Web-scale Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Technologies
  • A/B Testing, Experimentation Infrastructure, and Causal Inference in Practice
  • Scalable Machine Learning Infrastructure and MLOps
  • Deployment and Monitoring of AI Models in Production
  • Edge Computing, CDNs, and Performance Optimization for the Web
  • Privacy Engineering and Federated Learning in Industry Settings
  • Conversational Agents and Multimodal Interfaces for the Web
  • Human-Centered Design and UX Innovations at Scale
  • Engineering for Accessibility, Inclusivity, and Global Reach
  • Industrial Applications of Blockchain and Web3 Technologies
  • Operational Experiences with Open-source or Open-data Web Platforms
  • Security, Abuse Prevention, and Fraud Detection at Web Scale
  • Practical applications in healthcare

Submission Information

Submissions to the Industry Track should be made through the OpenReview submission system for full papers.

Please ensure to select the Industry Track option when submitting. As with other regular papers submitted to ACM Web’27, submissions must be in English, in double-column format, and must adhere to the ACM template and format (also available in Overleaf). Submissions must be a single PDF file: 8 (eight) pages as main paper, with additional pages for references and an optional Appendix (that might contain details on reproducibility, proofs, pseudo-code, etc), up to a maximum of 12 (twelve) pages in total. The first 8 pages should be self-contained, since reviewers are not required to read past that.