Contact: Manish Raj Anand
Co-Chair: Biswan Senapati
What: IEEE Real Time Communications (RTC) Conference 2026 is pleased to host a poster presentation session with “Best Poster Awards” and Cash Prizes!
This premier annual event attracts an international, top-tier audience of thought leaders and industry innovators.
When: September 22-23, 2026
Where: Hermann Hall at IIT Main Campus
3241 S. Federal Street, Chicago, IL-60616
Who may submit a poster: We invite students, research fellows and industry practitioners to present their research results and/or projects in a poster session.
Deadline for submitting your proposal: September 9, 2026
How to submit a poster proposal
To feature a Poster at the RTC Conference, please submit a poster abstract that includes the following information no later than September 9, 2026.
- Title: A title for the poster.
- Proposer: Include name, affiliation, and e-mail address. Correspondence related to the conference will be sent by e-mail.
- Abstract: A description of the poster. Summarize the content of the poster in not more than 250 words.
- Topic: Please make sure that your research aligns one of the following tracks at a broad level.
- Real-Time and Multimedia Communications
- Network Technologies and Architectures for RTC applications
- AI and ML in RTC Applications and Services
- Security, Privacy and Resilience in communication networks
- For a more detailed list of potential topics of interest, please visit topics of interest. We would like to see posters representing early results and in particular student work in these same areas.
- NOTE: The Poster judging will take place at the conference and will not be part of the paper reviewing process.
After you submit your abstract: You will be notified by e-mail of the acceptance of the poster and we will let you know about the details of the time and place for the poster presentation.
Printing your poster: Once accepted, you will be required to print the poster yourself and bring it to the conference.
Poster Format Guidelines
Poster Submission Guidelines
In addition to this, you need to also …
- Submit as a single PDF version your poster. This will become part of the conference proceedings and will be posted to the conference website after the conference.
- Uniform naming convention format: Name the .pdf file using the following convention: “authorlastname_firstname_RTC26Poster_V#.pdf” where poster # is the version number of the uploaded file (in case you decide to upload a later version, for example.)
Important dates reminder
- Submission of poster abstract: September 9th, 2026
- Notification of acceptance: September 16th, 2026
- Date of Presentation: September 22nd or 23rd, 2026 (details will be sent to you by e-mail)
