Program

SURGeLLM is a full-day workshop featuring invited talks, contributed oral sessions, posters, networking, an industry panel, and awards. The schedule below is the current program.

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All times are local to ACL 2026 in San Diego and subject to minor adjustments.

Confirmed program

Workshop Agenda

08:30–17:30 San Diego Full-day workshop

Opening

08:30 – 08:40

Opening Remarks & Welcome

First Half

08:40 – 09:35

Invited Talk 1

Heng Ji UIUC, USA

09:35 – 10:30

Invited Talk 2

Dan Roth University of Pennsylvania and Oracle AI, USA

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break + Networking + Poster Session I

11:00 – 11:45

Oral Session I

11:45 – 12:30

Invited Talk 3

Hamid Palangi Google, UW, USA

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch Break

Second Half

14:00 – 14:35

Oral Session II

14:35 – 15:30

Invited Talk 4

Lisa Amini IBM Research, USA

15:30 – 16:10

Coffee Break + Networking + Poster Session II

16:10 – 17:10

Industry Panel Discussion

Kamalika Das Intuit, USA

Yunyao Li Adobe, USA

Frederic Sala Snorkel AI, USA

Lisa Amini IBM Research, USA

Hamid Palangi Google, UW, USA

17:10 – 17:30

Closing Remarks + Awards

What to expect

Invited talks from leaders across NLP, IR, data management, and visualization
Contributed oral sessions selected from accepted papers
Poster sessions paired with coffee breaks and networking
Industry panel discussion and community Q&A
Awards for Best Paper and Outstanding Papers