VulGen Workshop at ACM SIGIR 2026

VulGen'26 Workshop at ACM SIGIR 2026

The International Workshop on Vulnerabilities in Generative Systems for Information Retrieval (VulGen'26) will be held as a full-day workshop at the 49th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (SIGIR'26) in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia, on 24 July 2026.

Venue: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf 3006.

The VulGen'26 brings together the IR community and related disciplines (e.g., cyber security) to foster cross-disciplinary engagement and advance understanding of vulnerabilities in generative systems used for IR. Through VulGen’26, we aim to (i) understand under what circumstances the generative systems could “go wrong” (i.e., vulnerabilities), in both current state and future development; and (ii) build a dedicated research community to address the potential downsides of generative systems that could lead to unexpected or harmful outcomes.

You can expect a full-day dynamic program packed with keynote and panel sessions, structured breakout discussions, extended abstract presentations, and engaging poster and demonstration sessions.

See submission details: Call for Submissions

See VulGen'26 workshop details: About VulGen'26

Important Dates

All key dates are by the end of day in Anywhere on Earth (AOE).

If you have any questions, please contact us via vulgen-workshop-sigir2026@easychair.org