ICAART 2026: Call for Papers

The International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART 2026) aims to bring together researchers, engineers, and practitioners interested in the theory and applications of Agents and Artificial Intelligence. The conference focuses on fostering new ideas for further progress, covering areas such as Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, Software Platforms, Distributed Problem Solving, Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Representation, Planning, Learning, Scheduling, and Perception, with applications including Natural Language Processing (NLP), Large Language Models (LLMs), Legal Technologies, and Quantum Computing.

ICAART 2026 will be held from March 5 - 7, 2026, at the Barceló Marbella hotel, located in the heart of the Costa del Sol, Spain. The conference is organized by INSTICC and is held in conjunction with MODELSWARD 2026, ICISSP 2026, and PHOTOPTICS 2026. Registration to ICAART allows free access to the co-located conferences as a non-speaker. Speakers unable to travel to the venue are allowed to present remotely (hybrid support).

SCOPE

The scientific goal of ICAART is to stimulate the development of new ideas for further progress in Agents and Artificial Intelligence. The conference covers theoretical and applied aspects, including current advanced research work.

CONFERENCE AREAS

Papers may address one or more of the following main topic areas, with sub-topics that are not exhaustive:

AREA 1: AGENTS

• Agent Communication and Languages
• Agent Models and Architectures
• Agent Models in Economics and Finance
• Agent Oriented Software Engineering
• Artificial Life
• Legal Technologies
• Bias
• Cognitive Robotics
• Conversational Agents
• Distributed Problem Solving
• Emotional Intelligence
• Fairness and Reliability
• Group Decision Making (with cooperation, coordination, negotiation, interaction protocols)
• Intelligent Auctions and Markets
• Mobile Agents
• Multi-Agent Systems
• Programming Environments and Agent Platforms
• Robot and Multi-Robot Systems
• Self Organizing Systems
• Simulation
• Swarm Intelligence and Collective Intelligence
• Task Planning and Execution
• Web Intelligence and Semantic Web

AREA 2: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

• AI and Creativity
• Ambient Intelligence
• Bayesian Networks
• Big Data
• Case-Based Reasoning
• Cognitive Systems
• Constraint Satisfaction
• Data Mining
• Data Science
• Deep Learning
• e-Discovery
• Evolutionary Computing
• Explainable Artificial Intelligence
• Fuzzy Systems
• Hybrid Intelligent Systems
• Industrial and Societal Applications of AI
• Intelligence and Cybersecurity
• Intelligent User Interfaces
• Interpretable Artificial Intelligence
• Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
• Knowledge-Based Systems
• Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Legal Technologies
• Machine Learning
• Model-Based Reasoning
• Natural Language Processing
• Neural Networks
• Ontologies
• Planning and Scheduling
• Privacy, Safety, Security, and Ethical Issues
• Quantum Artificial Intelligence
• Social Network Analysis
• Soft Computing
• State Space Search
• Transparency
• Uncertainty in AI
• Validity
• Valorisation
• Vision and Perception
• Visualization

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

• Sarit Kraus, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
• Frank van Harmelen, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

IMPORTANT DATES

• Conference Date: March 5 - 7, 2026

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• Regular Papers

  • Paper Submission: October 22, 2025 (expired)
  • Authors Notification: December 4, 2025 (expired)
  • Camera Ready and Registration: December 19, 2025 (expired)

• Position Papers / Regular Papers

  • Paper Submission: November 20, 2025 (expired)
  • Authors Notification: December 19, 2025 (expired)
  • Camera Ready and Registration: January 13, 2026

• Workshops

  • Workshop Proposal: October 29, 2025 (expired)
  • Paper Submission: December 17, 2025 (expired)
  • Authors Notification: January 14, 2026
  • Camera Ready and Registration: January 22, 2026

• Special Sessions

  • Special Session Proposal: October 29, 2025 (expired)

  • Special Session STP-LRL

    • Paper Submission: December 17, 2025 (expired)
    • Authors Notification: January 14, 2026
    • Camera Ready and Registration: January 22, 2026

  • Special Session FIS-AI

    • Paper Submission: January 2, 2026
    • Authors Notification: January 14, 2026
    • Camera Ready and Registration: January 22, 2026

  • Special Session EAA

    • Paper Submission: December 17, 2025 (expired)
    • Authors Notification: January 14, 2026
    • Camera Ready and Registration: January 22, 2026

  • Special Session SPIKE

    • Paper Submission: January 7, 2026
    • Authors Notification: January 14, 2026
    • Camera Ready and Registration: January 22, 2026

• Tutorials

  • Tutorial Proposal: January 23, 2026

• Demos

  • Demo Proposal: January 23, 2026

• Panels

  • Panel Proposal: January 23, 2026

• Abstracts Track

  • Abstract Submission: December 17, 2025 (expired)
  • Authors Notification: January 14, 2026
  • Camera Ready and Registration: January 22, 2026

Note: All dates refer to AOE time, i.e. "Anywhere on Earth".

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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Authors are invited to submit original work in the form of a complete paper or an abstract. Accepted abstracts will be presented but not published in the conference proceedings.

• Language: Papers must be in English, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling.
• Originality: Only original papers should be submitted. Submissions must not substantially overlap with work already published or simultaneously submitted to a journal or another conference. Papers with plagiarism will be rejected without review. Authors should avoid excessive self-citations and co-authors.
• Anonymization: For the double-blind evaluation method, authors are requested to provide papers WITHOUT any reference to authors' personal details, acknowledgments, or any other identifying information.
• Submission Platform: All papers must be submitted through the online submission platform PRIMORIS.
• Templates: Instructions and templates can be found on the conference website under Guidelines and Templates. Authors will receive an automatic confirmation email upon successful submission.

PUBLICATION

• All accepted complete papers will be published in the conference proceedings with an ISBN and on digital support.
• SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef, and each paper on our digital library is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier).
• The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by SCOPUS, Google Scholar, DBLP, Semantic Scholar, EI, and Web of Science/Conference Proceedings Citation Index.
• A short list of revised and extended versions of presented papers will be considered for publication with Springer in an LNAI Series book (final approval pending).
• A short list of best papers will be invited for a post-conference special issue of the Springer Nature Computer Science Journal.

CONTRIBUTION TYPES

• Regular Paper: Represents completed and validated research. Published in proceedings.
• Position Paper: A short report of work in progress or an arguable opinion about an issue. Published in proceedings.
• Abstracts: Presented at the conference but NOT published in the proceedings.
• Workshops: Dedicated to technical/scientific topics.
• Special Sessions: Dedicated to case-studies and commercial presentations.
• Tutorials: Technical/scientific topics.
• Demos: Presentation of products/methodologies.
• Panels: Discussions on challenging areas.

SECRETARIAT

• ICAART Secretariat
• Address: Avenida de S. Francisco Xavier, Lote 7 Cv. C, 2900-616 Setúbal - Portugal
• Tel.: +351 265 520 185
• Fax: +351 265 520 186
• Email: icaart.secretariat@insticc.org
• Web: https://icaart.scitevents.org

VENUE

The conference will take place at the Barceló Marbella hotel, located in the heart of the Costa del Sol, Spain.

CHAIRS

• Conference Chair: H. Jaap van den Herik, Leiden University, Netherlands
• Program Co-Chairs:
  • Ana Paula Rocha, University of Porto, Portugal
  • Mattias Wahde, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

LOGISTICS

• ICAART 2026 will be held in conjunction with MODELSWARD 2026, ICISSP 2026 and PHOTOPTICS 2026.
• Registration to ICAART allows free access to the co-located conferences (as a non-speaker).
• Speakers are allowed to present remotely if unable to travel to the venue (hybrid support).

SPONSORSHIP

• Sponsored by: INSTICC