Call for Papers - AINOW 2026 - The Second International Conference on Advances in AI-based Systems and Applications

AINOW 2026 - The Second International Conference on Advances in AI-based Systems and Applications

Join us in Lisbon, Portugal

November 1 - 5, 2026

https://www.dtrsociety.org/ainow2026/

The Second International Conference on Advances in AI-based Systems and Applications (AINOW 2026) serves as a meeting point for AI-adopters and practitioners to present and analyze various practical achievements and forecast the next trends.

Professionals from industry, government, and academia, researchers, engineers, practitioners, and students are invited to contribute. AINOW welcomes 1) full papers presenting significant research, development, application, position, or survey, 2) short papers on work-in-progress, 3) posters, 4) contributed talk presentations, as well as workshops, thematic sessions, and demos.

Prospective authors are invited to submit original, unpublished works, which are not under review in any other conference or journal.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Submission deadline: August 21, 2026
Notification: September 15, 2026
Registration: October 1, 2026
Camera Ready: October 10, 2026

Themes of interest include, but are not limited to:

AI Analytics on Advanced Solutions
Generative-AI basics and beyond
Experiences with Generative-AI Core Activities
AI-based support for new approaches
AI-based complex systems and services
Embodied-AI and Embedded-AI solutions
AI-based specialized Applications and Systems
Emerging AI social facets (sticky wicket)

For more information on topics, submission types, satellite events, etc., please visit the conference website at https://www.dtrsociety.org/ainow2026/

Conference Chairs
Prof. Dr. Clement Leung The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
Prof. Dr. Bogdan Oancea, The University of Bucharest, Romania
Dalmo Cirne Workday, Inc., USA

Advisory Board
Prof. Dr. Ping Wang, Robert Morris University, USA
Prof. Dr. Thomas Zöller, IU International University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Prof. Dr. DeJiu Chen, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

DTRS Scientific Advisors: https://www.dtrsociety.org/organization/
Dr. Steve Chan Decision Engineering Analysis Laboratory, VTIRL, VT, USA
Prof. Dr. Herwig Mannaert University of Antwerp, Belgium
CEO Dr.-Ing. Vladimir Sulc MICRORISC, Jičín, Czech Republic
Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Sehring NORDAKADEMIE Hochschule der Wirtschaft, Hamburg, Germany
CEO PhD MBA Sarfraz Khokhar Rasimo Systems, Raleigh, NC, USA
Assist. Prof. Dr. Oren Gal University of Haifa, Israel
Prof. Dr. Pascal Lorenz University of Haute Alsace, France
Prof. Dr. Jaime Lloret Mauri Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Prof. Ing. Luigi Lavazza Università dell'Insubria - Varese, Italy
Prof. Dr. Erik Buchmann Universität Leipzig, Germany
Prof. Dr. Monika Maria Möhring Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, Germany
Prof. Dr. Carlos Becker Westphall Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Prof. Dr. Alexander Lawall IU International University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Prof. Dr. Lasse Berntzen University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway

Regards,
Liz Wilson, liz.wilson@dtrsociety.org
Scientific Coordinator
Digital Transformation Research Society
https://www.dtrsociety.org/