ACM-BCB 2026
Welcome
The 17th ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics (ACM-BCB 2026) is the flagship conference of
ACM SIGBio
. It will move for the first time to Europe and will be held in Calabria, Italy from June 30 to July 3, 2026. The conference aims to promote big data, AI and algorithms for health and biomedicine including cutting-edge advances in computational biology, bioinformatics, and health informatics, at the intersection of computer science, biology, health and medicine. The conference will be hosted at University of Calabria Congress Center.
Announcements
[ACM Authorship Policy]
Please note that the ACM Publications Board has recently updated the ACM Authorship Policy in several ways.
The new authorship policy can be found at the following link:
[New ACM Authorship Policy]
Open Call for Volunteering Reviewers and Area Chairs:
Application form
More details about the conference coming soon, stay tuned!
Contact Details
Email: acm-bcb-2026@googlegroups.com
Bluesky: @acm-bcb.bsky.social
LinkedIn: ACM SIGBio BCB
X (Twitter): @ACMSIGBioBCB
Important Dates
Call for
Submission Deadline
Notification of Acceptance
Papers (abstract)
February 20th, 2026
March 1st, 2026
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Papers (full paper)
February 27th, 2026
March 8th, 2026
May 19th, 2026
Workshops
February 8th, 2026
February 10th, 2026
Tutorials
April 18th, 2026
April 26th, 2026
Highlights
February 20th, 2026
March 8th, 2026
March 27th, 2026
Posters
February 27th, 2026
March 8th, 2026
March 31st, 2026
Posters (Late Submission)
TBD
TBD
News
Sponsors