Plenary programme
Three keynotes, one each morning.
SEA 2027 opens each of its three days with a plenary talk. Nothing runs against a plenary, so the whole conference is in one room for it. The organising committee is inviting speakers now; names appear here as each invitation is accepted.
No keynote speaker has been confirmed yet
The committee is approaching candidates across the seven tracks. This page is updated one speaker at a time rather than all at once, so it is worth checking again before you book.
Expected: Announced individually as confirmed; the complete plenary line-up is published alongside the session programme after 1 March 2027
Suggest a speaker at info@ieeesea.net.
The three slots
What is fixed, and what is not.
The slots below come from the provisional programme. Their position in the day is settled; who fills them is not, and the times can still move. See the draft timetable.
One hour in the draft programme, including questions from the floor. The final split between talk and discussion is agreed with each speaker.
All delegates. No parallel technical sessions are scheduled against a plenary, and the talk is streamed for remote participants like every other session.
The committee is aiming for breadth across the seven tracks rather than three talks from one field. Whether that is achieved depends on who accepts.
Suggesting a speaker
The committee reads every suggestion.
If there is someone whose work belongs in front of this audience — including yourself — write to the organisers. Suggestions from the region and from early- and mid-career researchers are specifically wanted, not merely tolerated.
A useful suggestion is three or four sentences: who, where they work, what the talk would be about, and why this conference in particular. A link to recent work helps more than a full CV. The committee cannot reply to every message, but every one is read.
Keynotes are not a submission route
A plenary invitation is separate from the call for papers. If you want your work reviewed and published, submit it through the normal process — the deadline is 15 January 2027 and the call for papers sets out how.
Also being confirmed
The Day 3 panel, the workshop and tutorial line-up, and the award categories are all still open. See workshops and tutorials for the call for proposals, which you can act on today.