The call to participate in Substrates 2026, to be hosted in March 2026 at LMU Munich as part of <Programming> is now open.
The substrates research programme is closely aligned with the aims of the Malleable Systems community, and as such, we are looking forward to seeing you and your ideas in Munich!
@Bosmon Would there be a possibility of remote participation? I would like to contribute, but do not have the means to pay for the trip to Munich. Speaking with Johnathan a long time ago, he told me the assumption is that one’s institution supports their participation. I am unaffiliated with any institution.
I am in a similar situation. I am affiliated with an institution, but that institution’s resources are decreasing year by year. Moreover, my institution is not in computer science, meaning we don’t have the extensive conference culture of CS and thus not the corresponding budgets either.
I think I am a bit early, (I was in Munich yesterday)
I still do not know what a substrate is, probably because different goals demand different substrates.
Cheers @khinsen and @cxres - I’ve been getting a few such requests and it’s clearly a highly desirable thing. I’ve asked the venue organisers for support on this and will report back here once something is sorted out.
Thanks so much, @Offray - we would really love to have your contribution. I think we should proceed on the basis that remote participation will be available, since I will lug some stuff to Munich to make this happen if necessary, so please do start planning anything you would like to submit!
In the meantime I will continue harassing the organisers.
All the best for the new season and have a Malleable New Year!
Thanks all - I have now had confirmation from the venue organisers that online participation will be supported and I’ve amended the workshop description accordingly.
Looking at the registration page for <Programming 2026>…
Substrates 2026 being one of its workshops, I guess participants are supposed to register, right? That requires “full” registration, which for me (non-ACM member) means at least 850 € for online (!) participation. For comparison, online participation at SPLASH’24 was 75 €.
And then: “We highly appreciate if you understand that our audio/video facilities provided for online participants might be limited.”
To me this reads “we don’t want online participants”.
Cheers its true that the information there makes the venue appear less than welcoming, but we are committed to making sure that our workshop in particular will permit smooth online participation. Anyone with concerns please do message me here.
Looks like the rates have been changed. Online only option is now 200 Euros.
There is also a new 1-day workshop-only option.
I am still not happy about the current price. Why is there not an online AND workshop-only option?
That being said, I will register for the in-person workshop now and wait until the refund deadline to decide.
What day is our workshop on? I cannot seem to find it.
Edit: Our workshop appears to be on the 17th.
I became a student volunteer in exchange for registration. So, I will attend in person.
I am now soliciting peers I can stay with during the conference.
Edit 2: I will arrive in Munich in the early afternoon on the 15th. You are welcome to meet me!
Call for Demos/Lightning Talks
The workshop will solicit proposals for lightning talks, demos or more lightweight updates on work or thought in progress. These will be invited from 23rd February 2026 onwards.
Is there supposed to be a CFP for these talks? Or is it invite-only?
No, attendees should feel free to suggest talk topics using the original submission process. You’ve already been allocated a slot based on your proposal but do feel free to flesh them out a bit.
Thanks for clarifying, but I have not seen an announcement about the selected presentations.
You can see our tracking document for planning the workshop contents here - Substrate 2026 Papers - Google Drive - a detailed schedule will be announced on Thursday 12th March.