Conference Formatting Requirements

Current-year conference rules change independently by track. Use this guide to find the authoritative source and to understand the scope of the rule; do not carry a page limit or style file into another year.

Reviewed: 2026-07-20

How to Use This Guide

For every submission, record:

1. conference year and track;
2. initial, rebuttal, or camera-ready stage;
3. official author-instruction URL and date checked;
4. page-limit scope, including references and appendices;
5. anonymity and external-link policy; and
6. exact official template package.

Official instructions and files override every summary below.

Verified 2026 ML and Vision Snapshots

NeurIPS 2026 — Main Track

Official sources

• Call for Papers: https://neurips.cc/Conferences/2026/CallForPapers
• Main Track Handbook: https://neurips.cc/Conferences/2026/MainTrackHandbook
• Official formatting package: linked from the Call for Papers

Initial submission

• Up to 9 content pages, including figures.
• Additional pages containing acknowledgments, references, the required paper checklist, and optional technical appendices do not count as content pages.
• Omit both the final and preprint style options; the official style then anonymizes the submission and adds line numbers.
• Do not include acknowledgments in the anonymized submission.
• The NeurIPS Paper Checklist is required; omitting it can cause desk rejection.
• Technical appendices may be included after the references. Reviewers are not required to rely on them.

Template rule

Use the exact NeurIPS 2026 package. The bundled assets/journals/neurips_article.tex is only a wrapper and requires the official neurips_2026.sty and checklist files.

ICML 2026 — Main Track

Official sources

• Author Instructions: https://icml.cc/Conferences/2026/AuthorInstructions
• Call for Papers: https://icml.cc/Conferences/2026/CallForPapers
• Official style package: https://media.icml.cc/Conferences/ICML2026/Styles/icml2026.zip

Initial submission

• Main body: up to 8 pages.
• References and appendices may use additional pages and remain in the same PDF.
• Submissions must use LaTeX, be anonymized, and follow the official style.
• The camera-ready version permits one extra main-body page.
• Material essential to evaluation belongs in the main body; reviewers may decline to read appendices or separate supplements.

ICLR 2026

Official source

• Author Guide: https://iclr.cc/Conferences/2026/AuthorGuide

Initial submission

• Main text: up to 9 pages.
• References do not count toward the limit.
• Appendices may use additional pages, but reviewers are not required to read them.
• Submissions are double blind; identifying information in the paper or supplement can cause desk rejection.
• Use the iclr2026 package linked by the Author Guide.

Later stages

• The discussion/rebuttal and camera-ready limit increases to 10 main-text pages.
• Do not apply that later-stage allowance to the initial submission.

CVPR 2026

Official source

• Author Guidelines: https://cvpr.thecvf.com/Conferences/2026/AuthorGuidelines

Initial submission

• Main paper: up to 8 pages, including figures and tables.
• Additional pages may contain cited references only.
• Use the official CVPR 2026 author kit linked by the Author Guidelines.
• Papers must be anonymized. Identifying acknowledgments, grant IDs, videos, attached papers, or external links can violate anonymity.
• External links that expand submitted content or bypass length restrictions are prohibited.

Rebuttal

• The rebuttal is a one-page PDF using the rebuttal template from the author kit.
• It must remain anonymous and may not add external material.

Other Conference Families

The following links are discovery starting points, not cached requirements.

Venue/family	Official starting point	Template rule
AAAI	https://aaai.org/conference/aaai/	Use the target year's author kit
IJCAI	https://www.ijcai.org/	Use the target year's call and style
ACL / ARR	https://aclrollingreview.org/	Check ARR submission requirements and the committing venue
EMNLP	https://www.emnlp.org/	Check the current call and ACL style package
ACM CHI	https://chi.acm.org/	Check the current papers track and ACM workflow
ACM SIGKDD	https://kdd.org/	Check the exact track; limits differ
ACM SIGIR	https://sigir.org/	Check the target year's call
USENIX Security	https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity	Check the current submission cycle and artifact rules
ISMB	https://www.iscb.org/ismb	Check the proceedings track and journal instructions
RECOMB	https://www.recomb.org/	Check the target year's Springer/author kit
PSB	https://psb.stanford.edu/	Check the current author instructions
IEEE conferences	https://conferences.ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/	Use the conference-selected IEEE template
ICRA	https://www.ieee-ras.org/conferences-workshops/fully-sponsored/icra	Check the current author kit and page charges

Do not assume that last year's page limit, review model, supplement policy, or class options survived unchanged.

Official Template Workflow

1. Download the package from the conference's official author page.
2. Keep all .sty, .cls, bibliography, and checklist files together.
3. Compile the sample before editing.
4. Copy the sample and replace content without changing layout commands.
5. Preserve submission mode for review; enable camera-ready options only after acceptance.
6. Re-download the package if the organizers announce a revision.

Avoid unofficial mirrors when an official package exists. Do not rename an old style file to a new year.

Blind-Review Checklist

Check the manuscript, supplement, source archive, PDF metadata, figures, and linked resources.

• Remove names, affiliations, emails, acknowledgments, grant numbers, and institution-identifying text when required.
• Follow the venue's self-citation policy; do not automatically replace every self-citation with “Anonymous.”
• Remove identifying paths, usernames, comments, Git metadata, document properties, and image metadata.
• Use only external links permitted by the current policy.
• Ensure code and data packages are anonymized if submitted for review.
• Do not disclose the submission's venue status where the conference prohibits it.

Page-Limit Interpretation

“Eight pages” is incomplete without scope. Record whether the limit applies to:

• main text only;
• figures and tables;
• acknowledgments;
• references;
• appendices;
• checklists or impact statements; and
• the combined PDF or a separate supplement.

When using scripts/validate_format.py, supply --content-pages after manually counting according to this scope. Total PDF pages alone cannot establish compliance.

Supplementary Material

• Put claims essential to acceptance in the main paper.
• Treat appendices as optional reading unless the current instructions say otherwise.
• Apply the same anonymity rules to supplements.
• Check file count, type, and size limits.
• Do not use links or supplements to evade the main-paper limit.
• Confirm whether code/data uploads share the paper deadline.

Camera-Ready Preparation

After acceptance:

1. switch to the official final/camera-ready mode;
2. add authors and permitted acknowledgments;
3. apply the camera-ready page allowance, if any;
4. complete rights, licensing, accessibility, and metadata forms;
5. include only accepted and permitted supplementary material; and
6. inspect the publisher or proceedings proof.

Submission and camera-ready rules are different contracts. Re-verify both.