The 26th ACM Symposium on Document Engineering
August 25, 2026 to August 28, 2026
HES-SO / University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Welcome to DocEng 2026
The 26th ACM Symposium on Document Engineering (DocEng'26) brings together research that advances the state of the art in computational creation and processing of documents as structured, multifaceted information objects. The notion of document covers text, images, equations, tables, diagrams, musical scores and other notations, both in current and historical documents. DocEng focuses on the principles, models, technologies, and tools that enable the design, creation, processing, transformation, management, and use of documents and document collections. This includes aspects of security, interoperability, reliability, accessibility, and human factors in this field.
Attendees at this international forum share an interest in treating documents as engineered artifacts that underpin trustworthy communication, effective knowledge exchange, cultural preservation, and innovation across diverse domains.
In particular, DocEng'26 welcomes contributions on the theme of Document Engineering in the Era of AI and Sustainability.
DocEng 2026 took place in Fribourg on August 25–28, 2026, with around 60 participants from 13 countries: two keynotes, 23 papers and demonstrations, four tutorials, two competitions and the WoLDE26 workshop, plus an excursion to Gruyères and a gala dinner in the old town. The detailed programme remains online, and the proceedings are published in the ACM Digital Library (ISBN 979-8-4007-2786-3).
Awards
🏆 Best Paper Award
Safe Invoice Data Extraction: FPR-Constrained Validation with VLM Denoising
Valentina Curcio, Mattéo Galfré and Olivier Le Van — Cegedim🎓 Best Student Paper Award — sponsored by River Publishers
DocLayout-MM-RAG: A Layout-Aware Annotation Framework for Grounded Question Answering over Documents
Andrew Brown, Christopher Baker, Karen Rafferty and Barry Devereux — Queen's University Belfast
Congratulations to the winners! A warm thank-you to our Programme Co-Chairs Didier Verna and Besat Kassaie and the programme committee, to the competition, tutorial and WoLDE26 organizers, to the local team at HEIA-FR and the University of Fribourg, to our sponsors and to ACM SIGWEB, and to everyone who came to Fribourg. The results of the two competitions are linked from the Call for Competitors page.
Next: DocEng 2027
The 27th ACM Symposium on Document Engineering will take place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in 2027. Subscribe below to be informed when the call for papers is published.
About Fribourg
Fribourg is a historic bilingual city in western Switzerland, perfectly positioned between the Swiss Alps and the lakes region. With its medieval Old Town, vibrant academic community, and excellent European connections, Fribourg offers an inspiring setting for international collaboration and exchange.
The city is easily accessible from three major airports: Geneva (90 minutes), Zurich (2 hours), and Basel (2 hours), all connected by Switzerland's efficient rail network.
For more information about the venue and travel, visit our Venue & Travel page.
Conference Venue
DocEng'26 took place at Pérolles Campus in the PER21 building, a modern academic facility shared by the University of Fribourg and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HEIA-FR). The campus is located at Bd de Pérolles 90, 1700 Fribourg, and is easily accessible by public transport or on foot from the city center. Sessions were held in room E040.
For accommodation options, please visit our Accommodation page.
Archive
- Programme: View or print the full programme, and read about the keynotes
- Tutorials and workshop: Four tutorials and the WoLDE26 workshop
- Calls: the original Call for Papers and Call for Competitors
- Organizing team: Organization
- Our sponsors: Sponsors
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The detailed programme of DocEng 2026 remains available.