Meet the Organizing Team Behind NeurIPS 2026
Every year, the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) relies on the incredible dedication, vision, and hard work of our volunteer organizing committee. We are so excited to introduce the wonderful group of researchers, practitioners, and leaders who will bring NeurIPS 2026 to life!
Earlier this year, we put out a Call for Organizer Nominations, and we were truly moved by the community’s response. We received hundreds of applications from passionate people eager to share their time and expertise. To everyone who applied: thank you so much for your willingness to step up and serve.
We’d like to share a bit with the community about the process of building the organizing team. The Program Chair team was built by our Senior Program Chair, Finale Doshi-Velez, following her appointment by and interactive discussions with the NeurIPS Board. The rest of the team was built by the General Chairs through a thoughtful and collaborative process. It began by gathering nominations from our open call, along with recommendations from trusted members of our community. We then carefully reviewed every single application and recommendation to understand each candidate.
As a first step, given NeurIPS growth, we started by identifying a senior, experienced member for each team. The senior member typically has served in a similar role at past NeurIPS conferences or other major venues and is able to pass down institutional knowledge which is key to making the conference a success. Once these senior members were in place, we engaged in detailed discussions with them to identify the best candidates to form their respective teams. The NeurIPS Board reviewed and advised on all these choices to ensure balance, diversity, and excellence before formal invitations were sent to each candidate.
Additionally, since NeurIPS 2026 is experimenting with satellite events in Atlanta and Paris, alongside the main conference in Sydney, we also invited our Satellite Chairs and Satellite Program Chairs to nominate team members wherever needed. Working together in this way allows for transparent decision-making across all locations, ensuring that every track at our satellite events is executed with the same high standards of scientific excellence as the main Sydney site.
Last but not least, some teams have chosen to invite junior members of the community to serve as Assistant Chairs. They conduct hands-on work to assist the chairs of each team and experience the impact of serving the community at an early stage in their careers. We thank them for their efforts and look forward to their continuous growth with NeurIPS.
We are incredibly grateful to the diverse group of individuals who have agreed to take on these vital roles. To see the full roster of individuals who are making NeurIPS 2026 happen, please visit the official NeurIPS 2026 Committees Page. On behalf of our biggest organizing committee ever, we look forward to welcoming you to NeurIPS 2026 across our global locations in Sydney, Atlanta, and Paris!
NeurIPS 2026 General Chairs
Hsuan-Tien Lin and Razvan Pascanu