2015
| September 1, 2015 | Online proposal submission opens. |
| September 30, 2015 | Deadline for proposals for formal papers, professional forums and how-to sessions. |
| October 2015 | Program Committee reviews conference proposals. |
| November 2015 | Lead authors notified if their proposal has been accepted by November 30. Rejected proposal authors will be notified in December. Volunteer and Scholarship applications open. |
| December 2015 | Preliminary conference program released. |
| December 1, 2015 | Early registration opens. Volunteer and Scholarship applications close. |
| December 15, 2015 | Scholarship recipients will be notified. |
| December 31, 2015 | At least one author of each accepted paper, how-to session and professional forum must have registered for the conference by this date or their presentation will be removed from the program. Deadline for proposals for demonstrations, lightning talks, and exhibitor briefing sessions.
Early registration closes. Exhibitor Briefing, Demo, and Lighting Talk proposals are due. |
2016
| January 2016 | Demo and Lightning Talk authors notified if their proposal has been accepted by January 20th. |
| January 31, 2016 | All written papers due for formal and how-to sessions. All AV requests due. At least one author of each demonstration and lightning talk must have registered for the conference by this date or their presentation will be removed from the program. Regular registration closes. |
| February 28, 2016 | Exhibitor descriptions due. Exhibitor program advertisements due. Exhibitor logos due for website. |
| March 16, 2016 | Deadline for discounted hotel reservations. |
| March 19, 2016 | Just in time registration closes. |
| March 20, 2016 | Last minute registration begins. |
| March 31, 2016 | Student Registration closes. Last day to propose projects for review in the Crit Rooms. |
| Tuesday, April 5, 2016 | Pre-conference Tours. |
| Wednesday, April 6, 2016 | MW2016 Pre-conference Workshops. MW2016 Welcome Reception. |
| Thursday, April 7, 2016 | MW2016 begins. MW2016 Exhibitors’ Reception. |
| Friday, April 8, 2016 | MW2016 continues. MW2016 Conference Reception. |
| Saturday, April 9, 2016 | MW2016 continues. Closing Plenary. MW2016 ends. |