When and where is SC26?

November 15–20, 2026 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.

Registration is on the official site at sc26.supercomputing.org/registration/.

Is there an exhibition?

Yes. Industry, research organizations, universities and startups exhibit technologies, products and services alongside the technical programme.

Technology · Conference

SC26

Name: SC26
Start: 2026-11-15T09:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-11-20T17:00:00+00:00
Location: McCormick Place

The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, with a major industry exhibition.

15–20 November 2026 · Sun – Fri
McCormick Place · Chicago, United States
Registration open · on sc26.supercomputing.org

About this event

SC26 is the 2026 edition of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, the annual meeting point of the HPC community. Backed by ACM and the IEEE Computer Society, it combines a peer-reviewed technical programme with a large exhibition of systems, research and services, this year at McCormick Place on Chicago's lakefront.

What's on

The week brings researchers, engineers, vendors and students together around the latest work in supercomputing and data-intensive science.

Technical Program: the leading peer-reviewed programme for the HPC community
Exhibits: industry, research organizations, universities and startups showing technologies, products and services
Students@SC: volunteering, cluster competitions and networking
SCinet: the volunteer-built network that connects attendees and hosts research demos

Who attends

Researchers, engineers, technology vendors and students from the high performance computing community; the organizers tell exhibitors they reach thousands of attendees across industry, research organizations and universities.

SC26 is a Technology event taking place 15-20 Nov 2026 at McCormick Place, Chicago, United States.