Labelled training and validation sets available to registered participants
April 24, 2026
Official Scoring Code Released
Evaluation code published on GitHub · participants can self-score validation
predictions locally using the official metric implementations
July 1, 2026
→ July 7, 2026
Methodology Paper Deadline (extended)
4–8 page LNCS methodology paper due via OpenReview ·
papers should describe methods and validation-set results ·
a valid paper submission is required for test-set evaluation and leaderboard
inclusion ·
camera-ready versions due 13 August describe your approach and validation-set results;
test-set results are not available in time to be included and will be released separately
after the Docker deadline
July 15, 2026
Test Submissions Open
Hidden test set evaluation begins · Docker container submissions via Synapse ·
open exclusively to teams with a valid paper submission
July 23, 2026
Reviews Due
Peer review of submitted methodology papers completed
July 31, 2026
Acceptance Notifications
Authors notified of paper acceptance decisions
August 13, 2026
Revised/Camera-Ready Papers Due
Submission deadline for revised/camera-ready papers & copyright forms
August 1, 2026
→ August 20, 2026
Final Docker Submission Deadline (extended)
Docker container submissions close · only the final submission per team will
be evaluated on the hidden test set · full container harness specification
(entrypoint, input/output paths, base image requirements) to follow on the
Submission Guide page ·
independent of the paper camera-ready deadline above and the manuscript-only
Final Material Submission deadline below
August 27, 2026
Final Material Submission
Manuscript preparation materials (camera-ready files, copyright forms,
source files) submitted to the MICCAI 2026 SE committee for proceedings production ·
does not involve Docker containers or challenge submissions
September 27, 2026
MICCAI Workshop Day
Final leaderboards revealed · oral presentations · awards ceremony
