In addition to exciting technical session tracks, tutorials, industry panels, and exhibitions, IEEE WCNC 2026 will feature a series of half and full-day workshops and invites the submission of workshop proposals.
The aim of the conference workshops is to emphasize emerging topics of particular interest to the wireless community. Each workshop should include a mix of regular papers, invited presentations, and panels that encourage the participation of attendees in active discussions.
Priority will be given to proposals that not only address an exciting topic but also promise a creative format likely to generate lively interactions and foster new ideas. Examples include bringing practitioners and researchers together, as well as facilitating multi-disciplinary discussions that can lead to high impact and transformative research. All accepted workshops should implement peer-reviews of submitted papers. Accepted and presented papers will appear in the Conference Proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore.
Workshop Proposal Format
Each workshop proposal (maximum 5 pages) must include:
- Title of the workshop.
- Description of the technical scope covered, emphasizing the timeliness of the proposed workshop (1 page maximum).
- Workshop organizers (names, affiliation, and contact information).
- A short biography of the organizers (up to 200 words).
- Names of potential participants, such as program committee members and invited/ featured speakers (invited speakers must have accepted to participate).
- Planned format of the workshop, including:
- Duration of the workshop: Half-day, Full-day, and tentative schedule.
- Number of refereed papers, hot topic sessions, featured/invited talks, panels (and panel formats), etc.
- Plan for the review of the refereed papers according to the ComSoc's academic best practices.
- Draft Call for Papers.
- A description of the publicity and promotion plan.
- The workshop's potential website address (if available at the time of the proposal - will be required later if the workshop proposal is accepted.)
- If appropriate, a description of past versions of the workshop, including number of submitted and accepted papers, number of attendees, etc.
Workshop Proposal Submission
Please submit your workshop proposals to Workshop Co-Chairs, Prof. Yacine Ghamri-Doudane (University of La Rochelle, France), Prof. Derrick Wing Kwan Ng (New South Wales University, Australia), and Prof. Mohamad Yusof Alias (Multimedia University, Malaysia), via emails: yacine.ghamri@univ-lr.fr, w.k.ng@unsw.edu.au, yusoff@mmu.edu.my.
KEY DATES:
- Workshop Proposal Submission Deadline: 10 September 2025
- Notification of Selection: 15 October 2025
- Deadline for Workshop Paper Submission: 20 November 2025
- Notification of Acceptance: 15 January 2026
- Final Workshop Papers Due: 1 February 2026
Questions
Please feel free to contact the Workshop Co-Chairs. Prof. Yacine Ghamri-Doudane (yacine.ghamri@univ-lr.fr), Prof. Derrick Wing Kwan Ng (w.k.ng@unsw.edu.au), and Prof. Mohamad Yusof Alias (yusoff@mmu.edu.my)