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BEACON 2026
Beyond a Concrete: Workshop on Grounding Abstract Concepts in Multimodal Interaction
BEACON 2026 is a workshop held in conjunction with ICMI 2026 in Naples, Italy, focusing on computational and interactional mechanisms for grounding abstract concepts in multimodal systems. It brings together research on embodied learning, cross-modal abstraction, affective context, and hybrid architectures to improve generalization and interpretability in human-computer and human-robot interaction.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Full paper
July 2, 2026
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Submission and decisions
Full paperKey deadline
July 2, 2026 · AoE
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Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Long Papers
Up to 8 pages, excluding references, formatted in the ACM double-column conference format.
Research areas in scope
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Topics of Interest
Grounding abstract concepts in multimodal interactionHierarchical and developmental models of abstractionCross-modal abstraction and alignmentEmbodied and interactive concept learningMultimodal action and goal representationsAffective and contextual abstractionEmbodied and interactive learning of abstract languageHybrid cognitive architectures for abstract groundingEvaluation methodologies for abstract concept groundingMultimodal datasets and benchmarks for abstract conceptsApplications of abstract grounding in HCI and HRI
Policies worth checking twice
- Papers must be formatted using the ACM template and follow ICMI 2026 formatting guidelines.
- Submissions must be prepared for double-blind review.
- Pages containing only references do not count toward the page limit.
- Submissions must be in PDF format.
- Work that has already been published should not be submitted unless it contains significant new contributions.
- Submissions must be made through the ICMI 2026 PCS portal.
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026