Production Sessions

Creating connections and fostering collaborations through computer graphics and interactive techniques starts with you and your contributions to SIGGRAPH 2026. We are excited that you are submitting your work for consideration.

Content
The Production Sessions presentations may cover a broad range of topics and project types. Consider some of these topics: a retrospective discussion, challenges in techniques and pipeline, new advances and collaborative approaches, client and cross-studio interaction, or a significant milestone/project for the company.

For SIGGRAPH 2026, the Production Sessions Jury aims to design a full program of sessions that provide high-level, behind-the-scenes insight and discussion of the methods of production for a project. Our large community benefits greatly from candid discussions about all types of productions and content. These kinds of conversations show the true character of a production and provide an honest look at the challenges faced and solutions created along the way.

In order to submit a presentation proposal for SIGGRAPH 2026, please be aware there are several elements that will be needed for a proposal. As a brief overview, the following items must be completed before the submission deadline.

• Finalize your submission within the SIGGRAPH Submissions Portal.
• Submit the ACM Permission Release Form.*
  • Once your submission is complete and submitted, you will then receive an email from rightsreview@acm.org with instructions for how to access the form.
  • We recommend adding rightsreview@acm.org to your contacts to ensure the email doesn’t end up in spam folders!
  • *Please note, the Permissions Release Form will only be accessible after you have finalized your submission on the portal.

How to Submit Details

Portal Submission

In order to start a submission, please log into the SIGGRAPH Submissions Portal, select the “Make a New Submission” tab, and select the Production Sessions form. For quick reference on the information you may need, you can preview the sample submission form.

Production Sessions Submission Requirements:

• Production Sessions Description

Please provide an overview of your proposed 60-minute presentation including background information and highlights to what your speakers would share. When preparing your session description, consider information relating to the what, why, and how of your project and topics. The Production Sessions Jury reviews and considers the submitted descriptions, additional information, and materials when determining the final program for the conference. This description is for the submission only and will not be used publicly. You are encouraged to include information that might not be public yet but would be relevant to the Jury, such as the release date of a film.

We understand that some session details are sensitive, based on the late-breaking content you hope to share at SIGGRAPH 2026. If this is the case, please make a special note and contact the Production Sessions Chair.

• Panelist Information

Please submit the appropriate professional information about your proposed speaker list. We suggest no fewer than two and no more than six panelists. The Production Sessions Jury relies on the panelist information provided to review the submission.

• A Representative Image

Please include an image that illustrates the nature of your project. It is recommended that these be 3 x 2 in landscape ratio and at least 1,500 x 1,000 pixel resolution. If the submission is accepted, this image will be used for various public-facing promotional materials.

• Supplementary Materials (Optional, but strongly encouraged.)

You may choose to include a short demo reel, additional images, or other pertinent materials that may support your submission. These materials are very useful for the Jury to visualize how the presentation would unfold. Please note that supplementary materials are strictly reserved for the Production Sessions Jury for review purposes and will not be used for any reason publicly. You are welcome to use watermarks.

• Permissions Release Form

The ACM Rights Management Form (also known as the Permissions Release Form) is required to be signed and returned before the submission deadline. Once you complete your SIGGRAPH Portal Submission, you will receive an automated email from rightsreview@acm.org with instructions for how to access the form.

We recommend adding rightsreview@acm.org to your contacts to ensure the email doesn’t end up in spam folders! As a reminder, the form will only be accessible after you have finalized your submission on the portal.

In addition to granting permission for your content to be shown at the SIGGRAPH conference, the form gives you, as the submitter, the option to grant or deny ACM permission to do the following:

• Record your Production Sessions presentation.
• Livestream your Production Sessions presentation during the conference.
• Distribute the recording of your Production Sessions presentation after the conference.

If you have questions about any of these options, please contact Stephen Spencer, ACM SIGGRAPH Publications Committee Chair.

The form also asks for permission to use your submission’s representative image(s), video, and text for conference promotions. If accepted to the Production Sessions program, the SIGGRAPH marketing team will pull the images and text directly from stage two of your submission form.

A diverse panel of carefully selected professionals review content submitted to Production Sessions. The jurors are asked to evaluate submissions using five criteria: innovation, perspectives, production and visual aesthetics, interest, and submission quality. Remember that your submission should enable reviewers to visualize the Production Session presentation you are looking to put together. An overly concise submission can be challenging to review. See additional detail below on the questions jurors are asked to consider when reviewing submissions.

Examples of accepted Production Sessions from past conferences can be accessed on the ACM SIGGRAPH Archives page here.

Please note, the SIGGRAPH staff and jurors treat your submission with absolute discretion.

Innovation

How groundbreaking were the concepts and approaches for the production or content? Are the topics new? If already explored, do they share additional or unique developments in those areas? Does the presentation proposal incorporate stories of challenges and novel techniques, a new take to an old problem, or describe an existing method with a slightly new twist?

Perspectives

Is there a diversity of voices and concepts seen in the content and proposed panelists? Are the panelists limited to pioneers in the industry, or are there also new voices? Will this presentation or content have an impact on the computer graphics and interactive techniques community or world at large?

Production and Visual Aesthetics

What is the overall outcome and quality of the production? What degree of complexity and collaboration was required to achieve the results of the project and/or content?

Interest

Will the proposed presentation be appealing to a broad audience at SIGGRAPH? Is it engaging and inspiring to the conference attendees?

Submission Quality

How coherent is the submission proposal overall? The proposal must effectively communicate the concepts and presentation structure in enough detail and with enough clarity and supporting materials that the jury can evaluate the submission.

You will be notified of acceptance or rejection of your presentation in mid-April 2026.

Complete Stage 2: Program Materials by Tuesday, 28 April 2026, which includes:

• Review your submission through the submission portal and add a 50-word summary statement suitable for conference publicity.
• Provide a valid ORCID identifier. (ACM requires that all accepted contributors register and provide ACM with valid ORCID identifiers prior to publication.) Corresponding contributors are responsible for collecting these ORCID identifiers from co-contributors and providing them to ACM as part of the ACM eRights selection process. You and your co-contributors can create and register your ORCID identifier at https://orcid.org/register. ACM only requires you to complete the initial ORCID registration process. However, ACM encourages you to take the additional step to claim ownership of all of your published works via the ORCID site.

In-Person Presentation
If your Production Session presentation is accepted, the Production Sessions contributors must:

• Attend and present your Production Session in-person at SIGGRAPH 2026 in Los Angeles.
• Contributors should plan to present from their own personal laptops. SIGGRAPH will provide the adapters needed to connect personal computers to the session projector.
• After your presentation, your team can participate in a Meet and Greet session where attendees can engage in a Question and Answer discussion.

Presenter Recognition
Contributor Registration Benefit: Up to six contributors per accepted Production Session receives a 25% discount on Full Conference registration.

You will receive an email by early May explaining how to access the registration discount code as well as instructions for registering. The contributor using the discount code is eligible for the early-bird registration rate regardless of when registration is completed. Any additional contributors that will be attending the Production Session program are also required to register at the appropriate registration level for the program, and prevailing registration rates will apply.

All deadlines are 22:00 UTC/GMT unless otherwise noted.

10 February 2026, 22:00 UTC/GMT
Submission deadline.

Mid-April 2026
Acceptance or rejection notices are sent to all submitters.

28 April 2026
Deadline to make any changes to materials (i.e., approved title changes, contributors names, descriptions) for publication on the website.

19-23 July 2026
SIGGRAPH 2026
Los Angeles Convention Center
Los Angeles, California