Workshop format

EARL 2026 will be a half-day workshop held in person at CIKM 2026. Invited talks and oral paper presentations will also support remote participation via Zoom; the interactive poster session will be held in person.

Programme highlights

• Invited talks: We will feature one or two invited talks from leading researchers and practitioners working on LLM-enhanced recommender systems.
• Highlight oral presentations: A selection of accepted papers will be presented orally, based on peer reviews and organizer deliberation.
• Interactive poster session: The remaining accepted papers will be presented as posters, creating space for discussion and feedback.
• Best Paper Award: We will continue the award introduced in 2025 to recognize originality, technical excellence, and impact.
• Best Paper Runner-Up recognitions: Two runner-up recognitions will acknowledge additional outstanding contributions.

Programme

The detailed programme, invited speakers, and accepted contributions will be announced after the review process.