Important Dates

Dates are tentative because we are waiting for ICASSP to publish their Grand Challenge call.

• 1st June 2025: Challenge launch with training/development datasets; baseline; rules and documentation.
• 1st October 2025: Release of evaluation data and opening of submission window.
• 1st November 2025: Submission deadline. All entrants must have submitted their predictions plus a draft of their technical report.

If CLIP2 is accepted as an ICASSP SP Grand Challenge

• December 2025: Top teams invited to submit 2 page paper for ICASSP
• January 2026: ICASSP camera-ready 2-page papers due.
• 16th-21th May 2027: Session during ICASSP 2027, Toronto, Canada.

If CLIP2 doesn't become an ICASSP SP Grand Challenge, we'll organise a separate Cadenza workshop for entrants.