| When | Track | What |
|---|
| Fri 17 Jul 2026 | Industry Challenge | Submission of Industry Challenges |
| Fri 24 Jul 2026 | Workshops | Workshop Proposal Acceptance Notification |
| Fri 24 Jul 2026 | Industry Challenge | Challenges Notification |
| Mon 3 Aug 2026 | MSR Mining Challenge | Deadline for Proposals |
| Fri 7 Aug 2026 | Workshops | Workshop Websites Online |
| Fri 7 Aug 2026 | MSR Mining Challenge | Notification |
| Wed 15 Jul - Fri 14 Aug 2026 | Shadow PC | Write and revise 2 reviews |
| Tue 18 Aug 2026 | Shadow PC | Synchronous Zoom meetings to discuss initial reviews (7, 8, 16, or 17 UTC) |
| Wed 19 - Tue 25 Aug 2026 | Shadow PC | Paper bidding |
| Sun 30 Aug 12:00 - Tue 15 Sep 12:00 2026 | Shadow PC | Review 3 more papers |
| Fri 25 Sep 2026 | Research Track | Author response period (3 days) |
| Thu 17 - Tue 29 Sep 2026 | Shadow PC | Peer review for other reviews on the same paper due |
| Wed 30 Sep 12:00 - Tue 6 Oct 12:00 2026 | Shadow PC | Review 1 more paper |
| Tue 6 Oct 2026 | Shadow PC | Synchronous Zoom meetings to prepare for discussions (8 or 17 UTC) |
| Fri 16 Oct 2026 | Student Mentoring Workshop (SMeW) | Round 1 (applicants who will need a visa to visit Ireland) |
| Fri 16 Oct 2026 | CHASE Research Track | Abstract submission |
| Wed 7 - Tue 20 Oct 2026 | Shadow PC | Discussions |
| Tue 20 Oct 2026 | MSR Technical Papers | Abstractnew |
| Tue 20 Oct 2026 | Research Track | Notification |
| Wed 21 Oct 2026 | SEAMS Research Track | Submission Deadline |
| Fri 23 Oct 2026 | MSR Technical Papers | Paper Deadlinenew |
| Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Software Engineering Education and Training (SEET) | SEET Submissions Deadline |
| Fri 23 Oct 2026 | SE in Practice (SEIP) | Submission deadline |
| Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Tutorials and Technical Briefings | Submissions Deadline |
| Fri 23 Oct 2026 | Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase | Submission Deadline |
| Fri 23 Oct 2026 | SE in Society (SEIS) | Submissions Deadline |
| Fri 23 Oct 2026 | New Ideas and Emerging Results (NIER) | Submissions Deadline |
| Fri 23 Oct 2026 | CHASE Research Track | Paper submission |
| Tue 27 Oct 2026 | Shadow PC | Release of Shadow PC reviews to the authors |
| Fri 30 Oct 2026 | AST | Submission |
| Fri 30 Oct 2026 | Journal-first Papers | Journal First Submissions Deadline |
| Fri 13 Nov 2026 | Industry Challenge | Submission of Solution Papers |
| Fri 13 Nov 2026 | Tutorials and Technical Briefings | Acceptance Notification |
| Fri 13 Nov 2026 | SRC - ACM Student Research Competition | Submissions Deadline |
| Sat 14 Nov 2026 | Doctoral Symposium | Deadline for submissions |
| Tue 17 Nov 2026 | Research Track | Revision due |
| Tue 24 Nov 2026 | Research Track | Camera-ready (of directly accepted papers) |
| Fri 27 Nov 2026 | Workshops | Workshop Papers Submission Deadline for all Workshops |
| Fri 27 Nov 2026 | Tutorials and Technical Briefings | Abstracts Camera Ready |
| Thu 3 Dec 2026 | MSR Technical Papers | Early Reject Notificationnew |
| Thu 3 Dec 2026 | Student Mentoring Workshop (SMeW) | Round 2 (applicants who do not need a visa to visit Ireland) |
| Thu 3 Dec 2026 | SEAMS Research Track | Notifications |
| Fri 4 Dec 2026 | ICSE 2027 Competitions | Submission of solution papers and organiser reports |
| Sat 5 Dec 2026 | Doctoral Symposium | Notification of acceptance |
| Fri 4 - Tue 8 Dec 2026 | MSR Technical Papers | Author Response Periodnew |
| Fri 11 Dec 2026 | Journal-first Papers | Journal First Acceptance Notification |
| Fri 11 Dec 2026 | Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase | Acceptance Notification |
| Fri 11 Dec 2026 | SE in Practice (SEIP) | Acceptance notification |
| Fri 11 Dec 2026 | Workshops | Workshop Papers Acceptance Notification |
| Wed 16 Dec 2026 | ICSE 2027 Competitions | Reviewer response for solution papers and organiser reports |
| Fri 18 Dec 2026 | Software Engineering Education and Training (SEET) | SEET Acceptance Notification |
| Fri 18 Dec 2026 | Industry Challenge | Notification of Accepted Solution papers |
| Fri 18 Dec 2026 | SE in Society (SEIS) | Acceptance notification |
| Fri 18 Dec 2026 | New Ideas and Emerging Results (NIER) | Acceptance Notification |
| Fri 18 Dec 2026 | Research Track | Final decision (of major revision papers) |
| Fri 18 Dec 2026 | CHASE Research Track | Notification |
| Fri 18 Dec 2026 | SRC - ACM Student Research Competition | Acceptance Notification |
| Tue 5 Jan 2027 | SEAMS Research Track | Submissions of Revisions |
| Wed 6 Jan 2027 | ICSE 2027 Competitions | Revisions due for solution papers and organiser reports |
| Fri 8 Jan 2027 | MSR Technical Papers | Author Notificationnew |
| Fri 8 Jan 2027 | AST | Notification |
| Fri 8 Jan 2027 | Student Volunteers | Submission Deadline |
| Wed 13 Jan 2027 | ICSE 2027 Competitions | Final notification for solution papers and organiser reports |
| Fri 15 Jan 2027 | SEAMS Research Track | Decision on Revisions |
| Tue 19 Jan 2027 | Software Engineering Education and Training (SEET) | SEET Camera Ready |
| Wed 20 Jan 2027 | Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase | Camera Ready |
| Wed 20 Jan 2027 | ICSE 2027 Competitions | Camera-ready deadline for solution papers and organiser reports |
| Wed 20 Jan 2027 | SE in Practice (SEIP) | Camera ready |
| Wed 20 Jan 2027 | Workshops | Workshop Papers info to Workshop Chairs & Web Chairs |
| Wed 20 Jan 2027 | New Ideas and Emerging Results (NIER) | Camera Ready |
| Wed 20 Jan 2027 | SE in Society (SEIS) | Camera ready |
| Wed 13 - Fri 22 Jan 2027 | Student Volunteers | Interview Period |
| Fri 22 Jan 2027 | Artifact Evaluation | Artifact registration deadline |
| Mon 25 Jan 2027 | Research Track | Camera-ready (of accepted major revision papers) |
| Tue 26 Jan 2027 | MSR Technical Papers | Camera Ready Deadlinenew |
| Tue 26 Jan 2027 | Doctoral Symposium | Camera-ready copy of abstract due |
| Wed 27 Jan 2027 | Workshops | Workshop Front Matter |
| Fri 29 Jan 2027 | AST | Final version |
| Fri 29 Jan 2027 | Artifact Evaluation | Artifact submission deadline |
| Fri 29 Jan 2027 | Industry Challenge | Camera-ready deadlines |
| Fri 29 Jan 2027 | Workshops | Workshop Papers Camera Ready |
| Fri 29 Jan 2027 | Student Volunteers | Notification of Results |
| Fri 29 Jan 2027 | SRC - ACM Student Research Competition | Camera Ready |
| Fri 29 Jan 2027 | SEAMS Research Track | Camera-ready due |
| Fri 29 Jan 2027 | CHASE Research Track | Camera-ready submission |
| Fri 26 Feb 2027 | Artifact Evaluation | Notifications |
| Mon 26 - Tue 27 Apr 2027 | AST | AST Conference |
| Sun 25 Apr 09:00 - Sat 1 May 17:00 2027 | ICSE 2027 Competitions | In-person sessions at ICSE 2027 |
| Tue 14 Jul 2026 | Shadow PC | HotCRP account setup and ethics training due |
| Fri 10 Jul 2026 | ICSE 2027 Competitions | Notification of accepted proposals |
| Tue 7 Jul 2026 | Shadow PC | Shadow PC applications due |
| Tue 30 Jun 2026 | Research Track | Submission |
| Fri 26 Jun 2026 | ICSE 2027 Competitions | Submission of competition proposals |
| Tue 23 Jun 2026 | Research Track | (Mandatory) Abstract |
| Fri 12 Jun 2026 | Workshops | Workshop Proposal Submissions Deadline |
| Sat 30 Jan 12:00 2027 - Thu 19 Feb 12:00 2026 | Artifact Evaluation | Review period (PC/authors discussion) |