RLC 2026 Schedule

Each day, papers presented in the oral sessions also appear in that day's poster session.

Université de Montréal · 3200 Jean-Brillant

Friday, August 14

2 PM – 7 PM

Registration / Early Check-In

Saturday, August 15 (Workshops)

All-day coffee and tea (8am-4pm) · Light breakfast (8am-10am) · Lunch provided

9 AM – 5 PM

Workshops

Continual Reinforcement Learning Workshop

📍 B-4205

Model-Based Reinforcement Learning in the Era of Generative World Models

📍 B-4215

Reinforcement Learning and Video Games

📍 B-4225

Reinforcement Learning in Big Worlds

📍 B-4315

Workshop on Reinforcement Learning Beyond Rewards: Towards Scalable General-Purpose Agents

📍 B-4325

Finding the Frame: A Workshop for Examining Conceptual Frameworks in RL

📍 B-4335

Automated RL

📍 B-4345

12 PM – 1 PM

Lunch

Provided by RLC

📍 B-2294_532

5 PM – 6:30 PM

Light reception

📍 On campus

Sunday, August 16

All-day coffee and tea (8am-2pm) · Light breakfast (8am-10am) · Lunch provided

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM

Opening comments

📍 532B

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Keynote: Marc Bellemare

📍 532B

30 min break

11 AM – 11:50 AM

Presentation schedule

4 parallel tracks: B-2305, B-0325, B-2325, B-0305

📍 Parallel track rooms

12 PM – 1 PM

Lunch

Provided by RLC

📍 B-2294_532

1 PM – 2:30 PM

Poster session

31 posters

📍 Poster area

4 PM – 6 PM

Cirque du Soleil

📍 TBD

6 PM+

Reception

📍 TBD

Monday, August 17

All-day coffee and tea (8am-5pm) · Light breakfast (8am-10am) · Lunch provided

9 AM – 10 AM

Keynote: Sheila McIlraith

📍 532B

20 min break

10:20 AM – 11:10 AM

Presentation schedule

4 parallel tracks: B-2305, B-0325, B-2325, B-0305

📍 Parallel track rooms

30 min break

11:40 AM – 12:30 PM

Presentation schedule

4 parallel tracks: B-2305, B-0325, B-2325, B-0305

📍 Parallel track rooms

12:30 PM – 2 PM

Lunch

Provided by RLC

📍 B-2294_532

2 PM – 3 PM

Keynote: Danijar Hafner

📍 532B

3 PM – 6 PM

Poster session

60 posters

📍 Poster area

Tuesday, August 18

All-day coffee and tea (8am-5pm) · Light breakfast (8am-10am) · Lunch provided

9 AM – 10 AM

Keynote: Rika Antonova

📍 B-0245 and B-2245

20 min break

10:20 AM – 11:10 AM

Presentation schedule

4 parallel tracks: B-2305, B-0325, B-2325, B-0305

📍 Parallel track rooms

30 min break

11:40 AM – 12:30 PM

Presentation schedule

4 parallel tracks: B-2305, B-0325, B-2325, B-0305

📍 Parallel track rooms

12:30 PM – 2 PM

Lunch

Provided by RLC

📍 B-2294_532

1 PM – 2 PM

Townhall

📍 Salle Claude-Champagne

2 PM – 3 PM

Keynote: Balaraman Ravindran

📍 B-0245 and B-2245

3 PM – 6 PM

Poster session

60 posters

📍 Poster area