We invite proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with ETRA 2026. The goal of the workshops is to provide a venue for presenting research on focused topics of interest and an informal forum to discuss research questions and challenges evolving around eye tracking research. It is the perfect opportunity for putting the best minds from academia and industry together to build new communities, to explore new ideas, and to develop emerging topics.

We invite submissions of proposals for full-day (6 hours) and half-day (3 hours) workshops. Proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by the Workshop Chairs.

We encourage you to contact the chairs with your ideas. They will support you in preparing an exciting proposal. We encourage proposals for a wide range of topics, including but not limited to:

• "Mini-conferences" on specialized topics; such workshops may have their own paper submission and review processes.
• "Practical" and “Panel-based” workshops around a specific problem or topic that may wish to ask participants to submit a position statement.
• "Project centric" workshops that may be closely related to the scope of an existing large scale (e.g. NSF, EU, etc. funded) project.
• "Mini-competitions", like challenges or hackathons, around selected topics with individual or team participation.

Note that in particular organizers of mini-conference workshops are encouraged to think about alternative formats, in case they receive less submissions than expected. Examples include but are not limited to complementing paper presentations with a panel discussion, breakout groups, etc.
The organizers of accepted workshops are responsible for producing a call for participation and publicizing it, such as distributing the call to relevant newsgroups and electronic mailing lists, and especially to potential audiences from outside the ETRA conference community. Workshop organizers will maintain their own website with information about the workshop and the ETRA 2026 website will refer to this website. The workshop organizers will coordinate the paper solicitation, collection, and review process.

This year, for each accepted ETRA workshop, papers will be published as part of the ETRA Workshop Proceedings (in ACM DL). ACM has noticed open access policy (see below ACM NOTICE), all authors should recognise the policy before submission. Workshop organisers should mind to suggest in their CFPS.

Workshop organizers also can determine a page limit for their workshop, with 8 pages (ACM single column template, plus references) as a maximum. All submissions must go through one review cycle (at least 3 reviewers).

Workshop proposals should be submitted via PCS to the ETRA 2026 Workshop track under ETRA Society.
Workshop proposals should be maximum 6 pages long including references (ACM single column template) and follow the formatting instructions and template at https://www.siggraph.org/learn/instructions-authors/.

Please include the following information in the proposal:

• Acronym and Title: A one-word acronym and a full title. This will appear on the ETRA 2026 website.
• Description of workshop topic:
  This description should discuss the relevance of the suggested topic to ETRA and its interest for the ETRA 2026 audience. Include a brief discussion of why and for which audience the workshop is of particular interest.
• Previous history (if applicable):
  List of previous workshops that were held on the topic including the conferences that hosted past workshops and the number of participants.
• Organizer(s):
  Names, affiliations, emails, and web pages of the organizer(s). Provide a brief description of the background of the organiser(s). Strong proposals normally include organizers who bring differing perspectives on the topic and are actively connected to the communities of potential participants. Please indicate the primary contact person and the organizers who plan to attend the workshop. Also please provide a list of other workshops organized by workshop organizers in the past.
• Workshop program committee (optional):
  Names and affiliation of the members of the (tentative) workshop program committee that will evaluate the workshop submissions.
• Participants:
  A statement saying how many participants you expect and how you plan to invite participants for the workshop. If possible, include the names of people who have expressed interest to participate in the workshop.
• Workshop format:
  A brief description of the format regarding the mix of events or activities, such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, demonstrations, teaching activities, hands-on practical exercises, general discussion. Please indicate whether you prefer a hybrid> or an in-person format. A hybrid format in ETRA2026 requires that all presentations are made in person, some audiences can join the session at online. Please also list here any material you will make available to participants, e.g. slides, access to hardware/software, handouts, etc ...
• Planned outcomes of the workshop:
  What do you hope to achieve by the end of the workshop? Please list here any planned publications or other outputs arising from workshops.
• Backup plan in cases of low number of submissions:
  As there usually be several workshops competing with each other for paper submissions, a lower number of submissions might happen. Please describe how you have considered this in your program or how you would react to a lower number of submissions (e.g. by shortening the workshop, switching to different formats, etc.).
• Preference for the timing of the workshop:
  First or last day of the conference (not in parallel to the full papers track), or in parallel to the full papers track.
• Length:Full-day or half-day.

Accepted workshops will be required to prepare a workshop website containing detailed information about the content, schedule, and organization.

Important update on ACMs new open access publishing model for 2026 ACM Conferences!

Starting January 1, 2026, ACM will fully transition to Open Access. All ACM publications, including those from ACM-sponsored conferences, will be 100% Open Access. Authors will have two primary options for publishing Open Access articles with ACM: the ACM Open institutional model or by paying Article Processing Charges (APCs). With over 2,600 institutions already part of ACM Open, the majority of ACM-sponsored conference papers will not require APCs from authors or conferences (currently, around 76%).

Authors from institutions not participating in ACM Open will need to pay an APC to publish their papers, unless they qualify for a financial waiver. To find out whether an APC applies to your article, please consult the list of participating institutions in ACM Open and review the https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/policy-on-discretionary-open-access-apc-waivers. Keep in mind that waivers are rare and are granted based on specific criteria set by ACM.

Understanding that this change could present financial challenges, ACM has approved a temporary subsidy for 2026 to ease the transition and allow more time for institutions to join ACM Open. The subsidy will offer:

• $250 APC for ACM/SIG members
• $350 for non-members

This represents a 65% discount, funded directly by ACM. Authors are encouraged to help advocate for their institutions to join ACM Open during this transition period.

This temporary subsidized pricing will apply to all conferences scheduled for 2026.