Call for Industry Innovation Forum

We invite Industry Innovation Forum proposals to the Industry Track of The Web Conference 2027. We welcome proposals from industrial practitioners and researchers discussing innovative trends, systems, applications, and technologies from an industry perspective.

Each Industry Innovation Forum should consist of one moderator and 4–5 panelists from industry. Each panelist will give a 15–20-minute talk on their vision of future opportunities and challenges related to the selected topics, followed by a 30-minute panel discussion involving all panelists.

Submissions should highlight the technological or research aspects of the forum, demonstrate clear industry relevance, and identify practical challenges, insights, or impact arising from real-world tasks and settings. Proposals should also explain how the selected topics and discussions will benefit conference attendees.

Important Dates

  • Submission deadline: 7 December 2026 (AoE)
  • Notification to authors: 4 January 2027 (AoE)
  • The Web Conference 2027: 10–14 May 2027, Dublin, Ireland

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

Submission Guidelines

Industry Innovation Forum submissions should be led by companies and industrial research groups. Each submission should provide the following information:

  • Industry Innovation Forum title;
  • Moderator and panelists’ names, affiliations, and email addresses;
  • Short biographies of the moderator and panelists, highlighting their expertise and including links to their personal webpages and/or publication records;
  • An abstract of approximately 500 words describing the forum content, including a detailed outline and time allocation for each panelist’s talk and the panel discussion, as well as the motivation and relevance to The Web Conference.

Industry Innovation Forum proposals are expected to align with one or more relevant topics of The Web Conference 2027 covered in the Call for Research Track Papers.

Submission and Review

Submissions will be collected through the online submission system. Please provide all authors’ email addresses so that the organisers can communicate with the entire team.

Industry Innovation Forum submissions will be reviewed by the industry co-chairs and the committee based on originality, innovation, applicability, potential benefit, and relevance to The Web Conference audience.

Submission system: Microsoft CMT – Industry. Please select the Industry Innovation Forum track.

The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.

Industry Innovation Forum Presentation

Accepted Industry Innovation Forums will be presented on-site at The Web Conference 2027. All presenters, including the moderator and panelists, must register for the conference and present in person. If no speaker is available for the on-site presentation, the submission will be rejected or withdrawn.

Industry Co-Chair (responsible for Industry Innovation Forum)

Guan-Ming Su, Dolby Labs, USA

For enquiries, please contact: industry-www2027@acm.org