<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18.4px"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height:19.933334px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)">IEEE ISMAR 2026: The 25th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height:19.933334px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><font size="2">October 5-9, 2026 | Bari, Italy</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18.4px"><a href="https://www.ieeeismar.net/2026/call-for-posters/" target="_blank">https://www.ieeeismar.net/2026/call-for-posters/</a> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height:19.933334px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><font size="2"><br></font></span></b></p><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><h2 id="gmail-overview" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:1.3em;margin-bottom:1em;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;line-height:1.2"><font size="2" color="#000000">Overview</font></h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;line-height:1.6;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">The Doctoral Consortium at ISMAR 2026 is a concentrated event where students present their research interests, plans, and results to a panel of researchers in related fields and receive specific and constructive feedback, including opportunities to meet with mentors one-on-one. Accepted students will be expected to give in-depth presentations of their research and will receive valuable comments from mentors. Additionally, they will also have the opportunity to present a poster or a demo of their work at the respective sessions. Accepted students will have the option to publish their two-page extended abstract in the conference proceedings and to be included in the ISMAR 2026 online program. Abstracts may be archived in the IEEE Xplore digital library.</font></p><h2 id="eligibility-and-topics" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:1.3em;margin-bottom:1em;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;line-height:1.2"><font size="2" color="#000000">Eligibility and Topics</font></h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;line-height:1.6;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Ideal candidates will be in the early or mid-stage of their PhD and should have a solid idea of their research direction as well as dissertation topic, which may still have room for improvement. The consortium welcomes applicants from a broad range of disciplines including VR, AR, 3D user interfaces, human-computer interaction, wearable computing, social informatics, information technology, cognitive science, and related fields.</font></p><h2 id="gmail-important-deadlines" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:1.3em;margin-bottom:1em;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;line-height:1.2"><font size="2" color="#000000">Important Deadlines</font></h2><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;padding-left:20px;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif"><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><font color="#000000">Application submission deadline:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box">June 3rd, 2026</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>(23:59 AoE, Wednesday)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><font color="#000000">Acceptance notification:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box">June 24th, 2026</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>(23:59 AoE, Wednesday)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><font color="#000000">Attendance confirmation deadline:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box">July 1st, 2026</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>(23:59 AoE, Wednesday)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><font color="#000000">Final Notification:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box">July 15th, 2026</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>(23:59 AoE, Wednesday)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><font color="#000000">DC paper camera-ready version:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box">July 24th, 2026</span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>(23:59 AoE, Friday)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><font color="#000000">Consortium meeting:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Monday, October 5th, 2026</span></font></li></ul><h2 id="gmail-submission-guidelines" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:1.3em;margin-bottom:1em;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;line-height:1.2"><font size="2" color="#000000">Submission Guidelines</font></h2><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;line-height:1.6;f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