The multi-volume set LNCS 16812-16827 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, ICPR 2026, held in Lyon, France, during August 17-21, 2026. 

The total of 714 full papers included in the proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 1362 submissions. They focus on topics such as Artificial Intelligence, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning; Computer and Robot Vision; Image, Speech, Signal and Video Processing; Biometrics and Human  Computer Interaction; Document Analysis and Recognition; and Biomedical Imaging and Bioinformatics.