[visionlist] ETRA 2026 Call for Full Papers - Marrakesh, Morocco (Early June)

[ETRA Conference]

Dear Colleagues,

We are thrilled to announce that the 2026 ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking
Research & Applications (ETRA) will be held in the vibrant city of
Marrakesh, Morocco! While the exact dates are coming soon, you can expect
the symposium to take place towards the beginning of June.

ETRA serves as a vital gathering for researchers and practitioners from
diverse disciplines, all united by the common goal of advancing the field
of eye tracking. We cordially invite you to join our global community in
Marrakesh. Here, you'll have the opportunity to engage in cutting-edge
discussions, attend insightful co-located workshops, and contribute to the
ongoing evolution of eye tracking. The symposium will showcase
breakthroughs and innovations across various areas, including oculomotor
research, gaze tracking systems, eye tracking applications, gaze-based
interaction, and sophisticated eye movement data analysis.

We strongly encourage the submission of high-quality, original papers that
present novel contributions to any area of eye tracking research and
applications. Submissions from all domains are welcome, including
visuomotor neuroscience, perception, cognition, and computer-human
interaction. Please ensure your paper has not been previously accepted or
is not currently under review elsewhere. For accepted work, at least one
author must register for and present at the conference.

*Exciting Publication Opportunity and New Open Access Model*

We're excited to offer authors the choice to publish their accepted full
papers as journal articles in special issues of either PACM on Computer
Graphics and Interactive Techniques (PACM CGIT) or PACM on Human-Computer
Interaction (PACM HCI).

However, please be aware of a significant change regarding publication:
Effective January 1, 2026, ACM is fully transitioning to 100% Open Access
(OA) through its ACM OPEN initiative. This means the entire ACM Digital
Library will become freely accessible to everyone worldwide. As an
ACM-sponsored conference, ETRA is part of this transition, operating under
a "pay-to-publish" model.

To publish your work without incurring a fee, the corresponding author's
institution must be an ACM OPEN participating member. A comprehensive list
of participating countries and institutions is available at
https://libraries.acm.org/acmopen/open-participants. (Note: There can only
be one corresponding author, who does not necessarily need to be the first
author.)

Alternatively, authors can cover the Article Processing Charge (APC). A
third option for support exists: waivers (ranging from 50% to 100%) may be
available based on your country of residence and work. To determine if you
qualify for an APC waiver, please consult the policy at
https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/policy-on-open-access-apc-waivers-and-discounts
.

It's important to note that these APCs apply specifically to full and short
ETRA papers. They do not apply to other submission categories such as
demonstrations, extended abstracts, keynotes, panels, work-in-progress,
invited talks, or posters.

Details on the submission process will be available soon at:
https://etra.acm.org/2026.

*New Requirement: Societal Impact Statement*

Given the rapid advancements and widespread applications of eye-tracking
technology, we're now requiring authors to include a Privacy and Ethics
Statement in their submissions. This statement, 2-3 sentences in length,
should address the potential societal implications of their research,
whether from study findings or new methodological advancements.

Specifically, authors should discuss the broader impacts of their work,
considering aspects such as privacy, fairness, safety, human rights, data
sovereignty, or potential misuse. This includes any resulting benefit-risk
trade-offs.

We recognize that some research may pose minimal societal risks beyond
those typically reviewed by institutional review boards. In such cases,
authors can use this statement to detail how their user study design or
dataset licenses address these considerations.


Important Dates Concerning the Submission Process Coming Soon!*Topic Areas:*

The ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research & Applications (ETRA) solicits
original full and short research papers on a diverse set of topics related
to eye tracking. Research contributions are welcomed across a range of
topics including, but not limited to:

l  Data analysis

  Novel methods such as deep learning and other machine learning-based
methods

  Scanpath analysis and classification

  Clustering of gaze data

  Event detection

  Large-scale data processing

l  Prediction methods

  Gaze prediction

  Action, intent, or attribute prediction

l  Visualization

  Visual representation of gaze patterns and other eye tracking data

  Visual analytics and combination with machine learning

l  Algorithms for gaze estimation

  New datasets for machine learning

  Feature segmentation/extraction

  Data-driven geometric and/or optical models of the eye

  Appearance-based gaze estimation

l  Eye tracking devices

  Head-mounted eye tracking

  Remote eye tracking

  Novel sensors and wearables

l  Perception and cognition; empirical studies

  Perception, attention, and oculomotor control

  Visual search and scene perception

  Eye movements in reading and communication

  Eye-hand coordination

  Eye tracking in naturalistic tasks

  In-the-wild studies

l  Gaze-based interaction

  Novel interaction methods

  Virtual and augmented reality

  Multi-modal interaction

l  Security and privacy

  Gaze-based secure authentication

  Privacy-preserving techniques

l  Applications

  Education

  Driving

  Medical / Health

  Virtual/Augmented Reality

  Graphics and virtual avatars

  Media accessibility
Best regards,
Publicity Chair
ETRA'26 Organizing Committee
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