Important dates
All deadlines are intended to be 11:59pm anywhere on earth (AoE).
Schedule for CHiME-9 Challenges
| 1 July 2025 | Challenge opening |
| 19 Aug 2025 | CHiME-9 information session at Interspeech (12:15-1pm, room Port 1b) |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Test data release |
| 6 Feb 2026 | Challenge submission deadline |
| 6 Feb 2026 | System description paper initial submission deadline |
| 12 Feb 2026 | System description paper revision deadline |
| 10 March 2026 | Acceptance notification |
| 24 April 2026 | Camera-ready deadline |
| 4 May 2026 | CHiME 2026 joint with HSCMA, an ICASSP satellite workshop |
Schedule for CHiME-10 Challenge proposals
| 4 May 2026 | Discussion session at HSCMA&CHiME 2026 to refine ideas and gather support |
| 28 May 2026 | Submission of task proposals |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Feedback from Steering Group |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Resubmission of conditionally accepted proposals |
| 2 Jul 2026 | Notification of acceptance |
| Jul-Feb | Challenge preparation (Data collection, baseline, and rules preparation, etc.) |
| 4 Feb 2027 | Challenge opening |
| 9 Sep 2027 | Challenge submission deadline (date and details TBC) |
| 6 Dec 2027 | Workshop (date and details TBC) |