The IEEE conference series on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition is the premier international forum for research in image and video-based face, gesture, and body movement recognition. Its broad scope includes advances in fundamental computer vision, pattern recognition, and computer graphics; machine learning techniques relevant to face, gesture, and body motion; interdisciplinary research on behavioral analysis; new algorithms and applications.
Upcoming Conference
2026 19th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and GestureRecognition
Kyoto, Japan | 25 – 29 May, 2026
Conference News
Call for Site Proposals for FG 2027
The Steering Board of the IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG), the IEEE Biometrics Council, and IEEE Computer Society are seeking meeting site proposals for the 2027 edition of FG. Below are specific details and dates, [...]
Call for Site Proposals for FG 2026
The Steering Board of the IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition (FG), the IEEE Biometrics Council and IAPR TC-4, are seeking meeting site proposals for the 2026 edition of FG. Below are specific details and dates, as [...]
Past Conferences
Past conference websites and proceedings still available can be accessed through the links below
| Date | Location | General Chairs | Program Chairs | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-30 May 2025 | Clearwater, Florida, USA | Shaun Canavan, Lijun Yin, Mohamed Daoudi | Tempestt Neal, Jeffrey Girard, Shiguang Shan, Zakia Hammal | FG 2025 |
| 27-31 May 2024 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hazım Kemal Ekenel, Albert Ali Salah, Arun Ross | Lale Akarun, Vitomir Struc, Shaun Canavan, Xilin Chen | FG 2024 |
| 2023 | Hawaii, USA | Xiaoming Liu, Shiguang Shan, Simon Lucey | Jiwen Lu, Sudeep Sarkar, YingLi Tian, Stefanos Zafeirou | FG 2023 |
| 15-18 December 2021 | Jodhpur, India (virtual) | Rama Chellappa, Alex Sandy Pentland, Richa Singh | Rachael E. Jack, Vishal Patel, Pavan Turaga, Mayank Vatsa | FG 2021 |
| 16-20 November 2020 | Buenos Aires, Argentina (virtual) | Juan Wachs, Sergio Escalera, Jeffrey Cohn | Albert Ali Salah, Arun Ross | FG 2020 |
| 14-18 May 2019 | Lille, France | J. Ross Beveridge, Mohamed Daoudi, Sudeep Sarkar | Peter Hancock, Richa Singh, Catherine Pelachaud, Vassilis Athitsos | FG 2019 |
| 2018 | Xi'an, China | Bir Bhanu, Xilin Chen, Qiang Ji | Sidney D’Mello, Louis‐Philippe Morency, Michel Valstar, Lijun Yin | FG 2018 |
| 2017 | Washington DC, USA | Kevin Bowyer, Rama Chellappa, and Jeff Cohn | Hatice Gunes, Alice O’Toole, Catherine Pelachaud, and Yan Tong | FG 2017 |
| 2015 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Kevin Bowyer, Ales Leonardis, and Jeff Cohn | Arun Ross, Stan Z. Li, Ioannis A. Kakadiaris, and Sinisa Todorovic | FG 2015 |
| 2013 | Shanghai, China | Rama Chellappa, Xilin Chen, and Qiang Ji | Maja Pantic, Stan Sclaroff, and Lijun Yin | FG 2013 |
| March 21-23, 2011 | Santa Barbara, USA | Matthew Turk, Stan Li | Kevin Bowyer, Marian Bartlett, Rainer Stiefelhagen | FG 2011 |
| 2008 | Amsterdam, the Netherlands | Jeff Cohn, Thomas Huang, Maja Pantic, Nicu Sebe | Jeff Cohn, Thomas Huang, Maja Pantic, Nicu Sebe | FG 2008 |
| 2006 | Southampton, UK | Mark Nixon, Josef Kittler | Mark Nixon, Josef Kittler | FG 2006 |
| 2004 | Seoul, Korea | Seong-Whan Lee | Josef Kittler, Kenji Mase, and Tomaso Poggio | FG 2004 |
| 2002 | Washington DC, USA | - | - | FG 2002 |
| 2000 | Grenoble, France | - | - | FG 2000 |
| 1998 | Nara, Japan | Masahiko Yachida | Shigeru Akamatsu, Kenji Mase | FG 1998 |
| 1996 | Killington, Vermont, USA | Thomas Huang, Alex Pentland, Peter Stucki | Irfan Essa | FG 1996 |
| 1995 | Zurich, Switzerland | - | - | FG 1995 |
