LM4Plan @ ICML 2026

ICML’26 Workshop,
Seoul, South Korea,
Date: July 10 or 11, 2026

Overview

Language Models (LMs) are a disruptive force, changing how research was done in many subareas of AI. Planning is one of the last bastions that remain standing. The focus of this workshop is on the questions in the intersection of these areas. Some of the specific areas we would like to gain a better understanding in include: what LMs can contribute to planning, how LMs can/should be used, what are the pitfalls of using LMs, what are the guarantees that can be obtained.

Topics of Interest

We invite paper submissions on the following (not exhaustive) list of topics:

  • Planning directly with pre-trained or fine-tuned LMs.
  • Planning for LMs.
  • LMs for (partial) model elicitation.
  • LMs for generating structured planning problem descriptions.
  • LMs for search guidance or search pruning.
  • LMs for validation and verification of plans, policies, or models.
  • LMs for generalization in planning and generalized planning.
  • Using LMs as a proxy for user preferences.
  • Using LMs to develop interfaces for planning-based systems or planning-related problems.
  • Other applications of LMs in planning.

Important Dates

Paper submission deadline: April 24th, 2026, AoE
Paper acceptance notification: May 15th, 2026, AoE

Submission Details

Paper submissions should be made through OpenReview.

Format
All submissions must be a single PDF file and follow one of the formats below:

Long papers – up to 8 pages + unlimited references / appendices
Short papers – up to 4 pages + unlimited references / appendices

Please format submissions in ICML style (see instructions in the Author Kit ).

Dual-submission and non-archival policy
Authors submitting papers rejected from other conferences, please ensure you do your utmost to address the comments given by the reviewers. The workshop is a non-archival venue and will not have official proceedings. Workshop submissions can be subsequently or concurrently submitted to other venues.

Double-blind Reviewing policy
All submissions must be anonymized and may not contain any identifying information that may violate the double-blind reviewing policy. Submissions and reviews will not be public. Only accepted papers will be made public.

Program Committee

To be announced.

Organizing Committee

  • Michael Katz, IBM
  • Augusto B. Corrêa, University of Oxford
  • Nir Lipovetzky, University of Melbourne
  • Sarath Sreedharan, Colorado State University
  • Katharina Stein, Saarland University
  • Luckeciano C. Melo, University of Oxford
  • Elliot Gestrin, Linköping University

Please send your inquiries to llmforplanning@gmail.com