Workshops
ACM SIGSPATIAL 2026 Workshops
The following workshops have been accepted for ACM SIGSPATIAL 2026. All workshops will be held on November 3rd, 2026, at the venue of the main conference. Links to the individual workshop webpages will be added as they become available.
Full-Day Workshops
The 9th International Workshop on AI for Geographic Knowledge Discovery (GeoAI 2026)
Organizers: Sam Arundel (U.S. Geological Survey), Song Gao (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Dalton Lunga (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Gengchen Mai (The University of Texas at Austin), Bruno Martins (University of Lisbon, Portugal), Shawn Newsam (University of California, Merced), Lexie Yang (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Di Zhu (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
The 5th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Spatial Big Data and AI for Industrial Applications (GeoIndustry 2026)
Organizers: Emre Eftelioglu (Amazon), Yiqun Xie (University of Maryland), Jinmeng Rao (Google DeepMind), Song Gao (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Heba Aly (Amazon), Yan Li (Amazon)
The 2nd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Quantum Computing and Quantum-Inspired Technologies for Spatial Data Systems and Applications (Q-Spatial 2026)
Organizers: Moustafa Youssef (American University in Cairo), Ibrahim Sabek (University of Southern California), Amr Magdy (University of California, Riverside)
The 2nd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Urban Mobility Foundation Models (UMFM 2026)
Organizers: Gengchen Mai (University of Texas at Austin & Google Research), Maria Despoina Siampou (Google Research & University of Southern California), Jinmeng Rao (Google DeepMind)
Half-Day Workshops
The 1st ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Earth Observation for Climate and Urban Resilience (EO4CUR 2026)
Organizers: Diletta Chiaro (Latitudo 40), Paolo De Piano (Latitudo 40), Giovanni Giacco (Latitudo 40), Clinton Stipek (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Lorenzo Crecco (CREA)
The 3rd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Geospatial Anomaly Detection (GeoAnomalies 2026)
Organizers: Peer Kroger (University of Kiel), Joon-Seok Kim (Emory University), Khurram Shafique (Novateur), Carola Wenk (Tulane University), Andreas Zufle (Emory University)
The 2nd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Geospatial Computing for Public Health (GeoHealth 2026)
Organizers: Taylor Anderson (George Mason University), Su Yeon Han (Texas State University), Joon-Seok Kim (Emory University), Hao Xu (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Andreas Zufle (Emory University)
The 5th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Searching and Mining Large Collections of Geospatial Data (GeoSearch)
Organizers: Hao Li (National University of Singapore), Abhishek Potnis (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Nicole Schneider (University of Maryland), Lukas Arzoumanidis (HafenCity University Hamburg), Martin Werner (Technical University of Munich), Wenwen Li (Arizona State University)
The 9th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on GeoSpatial Simulation (GeoSim 2026)
Organizers: Joon-Seok Kim (Emory University), Licia Amichi (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Taylor Anderson (George Mason University), Andreas Zufle (Emory University)
The 4th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Human Mobility Prediction (HuMob 2026)
Organizers: Takahiro Yabe (New York University), Kota Tsubouchi (LY Corporation), Toru Shimizu (LY Corporation)
The 1st ACM SIGSPATIAL Student Challenge on Open Agents with Spatial Intelligence for Social Good (OASIS 2026)
Organizers: Jinmeng Rao (Google DeepMind), Hongxu Ma (Google DeepMind), Neha Arora (Google Research), Lauren Bennett (Esri), Song Gao (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Wenwen Li (Arizona State University), Zhenlong Li (Pennsylvania State University), Krzysztof Janowicz (University of Vienna)
The 2nd ACM International Workshop on Polar Data Science (PolDS 2026)
Organizers: Josephine Namayanja (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), Sahara Ali (University of North Texas), Chhaya Kulkarni (Towson University), Ratnaksha Lele (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), Devon Dunmire (University at Buffalo)
The 2nd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Spatial Intelligence for Smart and Connected Communities (SpatialConnect 2026)
Organizers: Guang Wang (Florida State University), Xinyue Ye (University of Alabama), Yu Yang (Lehigh University), Yi Ding (University of Texas at Dallas)
The 4th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Advances in Urban-AI (UrbanAI 2026)
Organizers: Yang Chen (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Zhaonan Wang (NYU Shanghai), Jiyoon Lee (Ewha Womans University, Seoul), Abhilasha Saroj (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Jina Kim (University of Minnesota), Ayan Mukhopadhyay (The College of William & Mary), Hemant Purohit (George Mason University), Soumendra Bhanja (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
