Fourth Workshop on Multimodal AI
11 - 12 June 2026, London, UK
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- Early bird registrations now open: Register by 18 May 2026 to enjoy a lower fee
- Call for abstracts - Submit now or by 6 May 2026
- Travel bursaries - Submit now or by 6 May 2026
- Volunteer opportunities - Submit now or by 6 May 2026
- Sponsorship opportunities
We are pleased to invite you to join us for our Fourth Workshop on Multimodal AI (MultimodalAI’26), taking place on 11–12 June 2026 at the UCL East Campus, London. This workshop was an in-person-only event, preceded by a full-day hackathon on 10th June.
Multimodal AI integrates diverse types of data, including text, images, audio, time series, graphs, and more. It is rapidly transforming how we engage with information and technology. MultimodalAI’26 will bring together researchers and practitioners from AI, data science, and related scientific and applied fields to discuss challenges, share innovative solutions, explore future collaborations, and strengthen the UK’s growing multimodal AI community.
The workshop is hosted by the UK Open Multimodal AI Network (UKOMAIN), a £1.8 million EPSRC Network Plus initiative. The programme will feature:
- Keynote presentations by leading experts
- Community pitches, talks, and poster sessions
- Engaging panel discussions
- Updates from open multimodal AI benchmark projects
- Funding and policy briefings
- A full-day pre-workshop hackathon on 10 June
- Travel bursaries and volunteering opportunities to support inclusive participation
Prizes will be awarded for outstanding talks, pitches, posters, and hackathon contributions.
Keynote Speakers
Aron Walsh
Chief Scientific Officer at CuspAI and Professor at Imperial College London
Henry Lee
Chief Executive Officer at Cultivarium
Tom Pollard
Research Scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Zoe Kourtzi
Professor of Cognitive Computational Neuroscience at University of Cambridge and Chief Scientific Officer at Prodromic
Organising Committee
Haiping Lu
Director of the UK Open Multimodal AI Network, Professor of Machine Learning & Head of AI Research Engineering, University of Sheffield
Nicola Morley
Deputy Director of the UK Open Multimodal AI Network & Professor of Materials Physics
Peter Charlton
Lead for Early Career Researchers at the UK Open Multimodal AI Network & Senior Research Scientist, Nokia Bell Labs
Nataliya Tkachenko
Lead for Industry & Public Engagement at the UK Open Multimodal AI Network & Generative AI Ethics & Assurance Lead, Lloyds Banking Group
Yao Zhang
Lead for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion at the UK Open Multimodal AI Network & Lecturer in Marine/Maritime Digitalisation and Automation, UCL
Dezong Zhao
Lead for UKRI and Government at the UK Open Multimodal AI Network & Reader in Autonomous Systems, The University of Glasgow
Aayush Chiniwalla
Network Coordinator of the UK Open Multimodal AI Network
Xianyuan Liu
Senior AI Research Engineer & Assistant Head of AI Research Engineering, University of Sheffield
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Contact Us
Email the organisers: multimodalai26-group@sheffield.ac.uk
- UCL East Campus, One Pool Street, London, E20 2AF