- Web Chair: Douglas Yueming Lai
- Logistics Coordinators: Additional members will be announced soon.
We thank our support team for their dedication and behind-the-scenes work that made this workshop possible.
Date: Sat Dec 6th | Location: San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, USA
The development of intelligent agents – particularly those powered by large language models (LLMs) – has emphasized the critical role of environments in shaping agent behavior and capabilities, especially for achieving end-to-end autonomy. Environments are not merely testing grounds; they are dynamic, interactive contexts that serve as the essential "data" for agents to learn adaptive behavior, complex reasoning, and long-term decision-making skills. Just as scaling the model size, dataset size, and training computation has led to emergent capabilities in LLMs, scaling the structure, fidelity, and diversity of environments is one of the crucial dimensions in advancing agent intelligence. Moreover, recent advances in end-to-end reinforcement learning (RL), particularly when paired with LLM-based agents, have made it increasingly viable to train agents through sustained interaction. These agents can now acquire skills, strategies, and planning abilities through environmental feedback, rather than relying solely on imitation learning or static prompt engineering. As we move toward more autonomous, general-purpose agents, the need for scalable, richly interactive, and diverse environments has become both urgent and foundational.
We invite contributions in Topics of Interest that are central to the theme of the workshop. However, we emphasize that the topic list is not exhaustive and welcome submissions in related areas.
We manage paper submissions through OpenReview. The review process is double‑blind, so submissions must be anonymized. We welcome work that is (1) original and unpublished, (2) recently published, or (3) work‑in‑progress. By default, submissions will not have archival proceedings. However, if you would like your paper to be indexed, please inform us upon acceptance.
Please use the NeurIPS 2025 LaTeX style file; it includes a
preprint
option for non‑anonymous preprints posted online (see additional formatting details here).
Submissions
should be PDFs of ≤ 9 pages (excluding references and appendices).
We will select outstanding papers for lightning talks. The award for best paper will be announced at the workshop.
Paper Submission Deadline | |
Notification of Acceptance | |
Camera‑ready Paper Submission | |
Workshop at NeurIPS |
Time | Session | Duration |
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08:15 - 08:30 | Opening Remarks | 15 min |
08:30 - 09:00 | Invited Talk 1 | 25 min + 5 min Q&A |
09:00 - 09:30 | Invited Talk 2 | 25 min + 5 min Q&A |
09:30 - 10:00 | Morning Break | 30 min |
10:00 - 10:30 | Invited Talk 3 | 25 min + 5 min Q&A |
10:30 - 11:00 | Lightning Oral (6 talks) | 30 min (3 min + 2 min Q&A per talk) |
11:00 - 11:30 | Invited Talk 4 | 25 min + 5 min Q&A |
11:30 - 12:00 | Invited Talk 5 | 25 min + 5 min Q&A |
12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch Break | 90 min |
12:30 - 13:30 | Poster Session 1 | 60 min |
13:30 - 13:50 | Lightning Oral (4 talks) | 20 min (3 min + 2 min Q&A per talk) |
13:50 - 14:20 | Invited Talk 6 | 25 min + 5 min Q&A |
14:20 - 14:50 | Invited Talk 7 | 25 min + 5 min Q&A |
14:50 - 15:10 | Afternoon Break | 20 min |
15:10 - 15:40 | Invited Talk 8 | 25 min + 5 min Q&A |
15:40 - 16:25 | Panel Discussion | 45 min |
16:25 - 16:35 | Closing Remarks | 10 min |
16:35 - 17:30 | Poster Session 2 | 55 min |
We thank our support team for their dedication and behind-the-scenes work that made this workshop possible.