Dear All, We would like to inform you that the Call for Abstracts for *IFCS 2026* <https://ifcs2026.unimib.it/> is open and available at Submissions - International Federation of Classification Societies Conference 2026 <https://ifcs2026.unimib.it/submissions/>. The *deadline *for abstract submission is *March 15th, 2026*. Conference *registration *is also open and available at Registration - International Federation of Classification Societies Conference 2026 <https://ifcs2026.unimib.it/registration-2/>. The registration deadlines are as follows: - *Early* registration: until *May 8th, 2026*. - *Standard *registration: May 9th, 2026 - *June 15th, 2026.* - *Late *registration: after June 15th, 2026. The conference will host two satellite events - two tutorials and a data challenge - *both scheduled for Monday, July 13th, 2026*. The tutorials are as follows: *1. Machine Learning with Functional Data: From Statistical Methods to Deep Architectures* Lecturer*: **Alberto Suárez González* (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) 2. *Hidden but Powerful: Practical Insights into Latent Markov Models to Discover Dynamics in Longitudinal Data * Lecturer*: **Fulvia Pennoni* (University of Milano-Bicocca) More information on the tutorials is available at Tutorials - International Federation of Classification Societies Conference 2026 <https://ifcs2026.unimib.it/tutorials/>. Best regards, The Local Organizing Committee of IFCS 2026 *Francesca Greselin, Luca Brusa, Andrea Cappozzo, Alessandro Casa, Francesca De Battisti, Francesco Denti, Sónia Dias, Andrea Marletta, Marta Nai Ruscone, Giorgia Zaccaria, Mariangela Zenga* Dr. Giorgia Zaccaria, Ph.D. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor (RTT) University of Milano-Bicocca Personal pages: Giorgia Zaccaria Personal page <https://giorgiazaccaria.github.io/> - Giorgia Zaccaria ResearchGate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Giorgia-Zaccaria> - Giorgia Zaccaria - Google Scholar <https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=svSITAkAAAAJ&hl=it>