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POPLACM SIGPLAN-SIGACT Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages
POPL is a rank A conference in Software Engineering, System Software and Programming Languages in the CCF list's 7th edition (2026), as in 2022. The POPL 2028 deadline is not announced; past editions suggest mid July. POPL 2027 takes place on Jan 10–16, 2027 in Mexico City. Acceptance rate 2026: 24.5% (91/371).
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Data updated 8 November 2026 · rank from the CCF list's 7th edition
Latest edition
POPL 2027: call for papers timeline
- Jul 10, 2026, 11:59 UTCPaperSubmission DeadlineCommunity data · unverified
- Sep 11, 2026, 11:59 UTCRebuttalSubmission DeadlineCommunity data · unverified
- Nov 9, 2026As announced by the conferenceNotificationSubmission DeadlineCommunity data · unverified
- Jan 10–16, 2027Local timeConferenceMexico City
AoE (Anywhere on Earth) is UTC−12 (time zones explained). These dates come from the ccf-deadlines community project and have not yet been checked against the conference website; confirm them there before you submit. Conference website ↗
Past editions
Dates, venues, deadlines and acceptance rates
| Year | Paper deadline | Acceptance | Papers (dblp) | Dates | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 2026-07-09AoE | — | — | Jan 10–16, 2027 | Mexico City |
| 2026 | 2025-07-10AoE | 24.5%91/371 · source | — | Jan 14–16, 2026 | Rennes, France |
| 2025 | 2024-07-11AoE | 27.4%79/288 · source | — | Jan 22–24, 2025 | Denver, Colorado, United States |
| 2024 | 2023-07-11AoE | — | — | Jan 17–19, 2024 | London, United Kingdom |
| 2023 | 2022-07-07AoE | 26.9%74/275 · source | — | Jan 18–20, 2023 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| 2022 | 2021-07-08AoE | 22.7%65/286 · source | — | Jan 19–21, 2022 | Westin Philadelphia |
| 2021 | 2020-07-09AoE | — | — | Jan 20–22, 2021 | Online |
| 2017 | — | — | 66 | — | — |
| 2016 | — | — | 62 | — | — |
POPL 2028 deadline forecast: mid July (not announced). The last paper deadlines: 2027: Jul 10, 2026; 2026: Jul 11, 2025; 2025: Jul 12, 2024. The conference's own announcement decides.
Paper counts are dblp's main proceedings only, without workshop volumes; acceptance rates link to the page they come from. dblp ↗
CCF list
POPL in the CCF list
- 7th edition (2026)
- CCF A Software Engineering, System Software and Programming Languages · no. 2
- 6th edition (2022)
- CCF A Software Engineering, System Software and Programming Languages
- Name in the list
- ACM SIGPLAN-SIGACT Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages
- Publisher
- ACM
- dblp
- conf/popl ↗
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FAQ
About POPL
What CCF rank is POPL?
POPL is a rank A conference in Software Engineering, System Software and Programming Languages in the CCF list's 7th edition (2026), as in 2022.
When is the POPL 2028 deadline?
Not announced yet. The last paper deadlines were 2027: Jul 10, 2026; 2026: Jul 11, 2025; 2025: Jul 12, 2024, so mid July is likely; the conference's announcement decides.
Where is POPL 2027?
POPL 2027 takes place on Jan 10–16, 2027 in Mexico City.
What is the POPL acceptance rate?
2026: 371 submissions, 91 accepted, 24.5%. 2025: 27.4% (79/288). The history table links each figure to its source.
Do POPL workshop and short papers count as CCF A?
CCF counts the full (regular) papers of a listed conference: short papers, demos, technical briefs, summaries, Findings and the workshops held with a conference are outside the list. CCF also says the list is a recommendation and should not be used on its own to evaluate research; your institution's rules decide.
In more detail: Which CCF conference papers count · How to read conference deadlines
Sources: the CCF list of recommended international conferences and journals, 7th edition (published 31 March 2026, corrected 9 April 2026) and 6th edition (2022); editions, deadlines and acceptance rates from the ccf-deadlines community project (MIT licence), marked as community data until checked against each conference's website, then marked as checked with the website's own words; proceedings and paper counts from dblp (CC0).