The 2026 International Conference on Automation in Manufacturing, Transportation and Logistics will be held in Hangzhou, a beautiful city in China. It will feature plenary speeches, panel sessions, tutorials, workshops, interactive sessions, and invited/special sessions. Contributions are expected from academia, industry, and management agencies.

Conference Theme: AI-Driven Systems for Next-Generation Industrial Automation

Technical topics of the conference are focused on advanced automation methods and technologies on Manufacturing, Transportation and Logistics, including but not limited to: Industrial Large Models (ILMs)、Model transfer and distillation、Model compression and acceleration、Federated and privacy-preserving learning、Prompt engineering and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)、Explainable and verifiable AI、Sim-to-real transfer、Reinforcement learning for control、Data-driven scheduling、Multi-objective optimization、Simulation-based optimization、Digital twins、Real-time inference and low-latency systems、Automated inspection and non-destructive testing (NDT)、Predictive maintenance and prognostics、Robotics and collaborative robots (cobots)、Mobile robots, AGV and AMR、Automated warehousing and robotic picking、Autonomous freight systems and remote driving、V2X and vehicular networks、Intermodal and multimodal transport、Physical Internet concepts and implementations、Smart ports and terminal automation、Supply chain resilience and risk management、Container routing and vehicle routing problems、Demand forecasting and inventory optimization、Green logistics and decarbonization strategies、Circular economy and lifecycle optimization、Blockchain for supply chain provenance and trust、Cyber-physical security for industrial systems、Human–machine interaction and operator augmentation、Energy harvesting and self-powered sensing、Generative design and topology optimization、Benchmarks, datasets and testbeds for manufacturing, transportation and logistics。

Conference History & Achievements
iCaMaL has been successfully convened multiple times. Some of the earlier editions were organized primarily as high-level academic events without paper submissions.
The subsequent conferences held in Wuhan and Hong Kong introduced a paper track and achieved impressive academic outcomes. All accepted papers from these two editions have been indexed by EI Compendex. Moreover, several outstanding contributions were recommended for publication in reputable special issues.

Call for Special Sessions/ Workshop
Interested attendees are encouraged to propose special sessions/workshops, each of which consists of five papers providing a focused discussion of new or innovative topics. Each proposal must include the session/workshop title, description, organizers and affiliations. Proposals should be sent to icamal.2026@gmail.com.

Contact Email for Inquires
Email：icamal.2026@gmail.com
Special session papers will undergo the same intense review process and submission is not a guarantee for acceptance. Special session papers must be clearly indicated when submitted with a copy sent to the designated special session organizer.

Paper Submission & Publication
Complete manuscripts must be electronically submitted through the conference submission website: https://www.icamal2026.com/index/page.html?id=1826
Submitted manuscripts should be within six (6) pages, including figures, tables, and references. All submissions MUST be in PDF format.
Accepted papers will be included into the conference proceedings according to the presentation and the authors’ choice, which will be published to the third party publisher and would be indexed by EI (Compendex), etc. Authors of selected qualified papers will be invited to submit revised and expanded version of their papers to special issues of international journals (SCI), such as IEEE T-ITS, T-ASE, FSMJ.

Important Dates
March 31, 2026 Regular paper submission due
April 15, 2026 Special session paper submission due
May 15, 2026 Notification of acceptance
June 15, 2026 Camera-ready copy due
August 12-14, 2026 Conference