The International Conference on the Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systemsand Services (GECON)
builds upon a successful series of conferences since 2003. The conference focuses on
interdisciplinary research combining economic and business perspectives with engineering
and computer science aspects of distributed computing infrastructures and digital service
ecosystems.
As global markets for infrastructures, platforms and software services continue to expand,
understanding their economic implications and technological challenges becomes increasingly
important. GECON provides a forum for researchers and practitioners working at the intersection
of distributed systems, cloud computing, edge infrastructures and digital markets.

TOPICS
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Submissions combining economic or legal aspects with technological perspectives are particularly
encouraged. Topics include, but are not limited to:

Economics
- Trustworthiness of services
- Ecosystem economics- Switching costs
- Incentive design and strategic behaviour
- Market mechanisms and auction models
- Pricing schemes and revenue models
- Metering, accounting and billing
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Trust, reputation and risk management
- Performance monitoring and prediction
- Economics of open data
- Sustainability and energy efficiency
- Business models and strategies
- Decision support and network effects

Law and Legal Aspects
- Standardisation and interoperability
- Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
- Negotiation, monitoring and enforcement
- Governance of ecosystems
- Privacy
- Data sovereignty

Clouds, Grids, Systems and Services
- IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and federation of resources
- Resource allocation, sharing and scheduling
- Capacity planning
- Virtualization and containers
- Service science, management and engineering
- Software engineering
- Security

Applications and Technologies Transforming the Economy
- Generative AI and its economic impact
- AI-enabled cloud-to-edge computing continuum
- AI and power demand
- Smart grids, smart cities and smart buildings
- Energy-aware infrastructures and services
- Edge, fog and cloud computing
- Microservices and serverless computing
- Internet of Things- Blockchain technologies
- Community networks and social computing
- Big data and data stream processing
- Open source ecosystems
- Modelling and simulation of distributed systems
- Interoperability and portability

SUBMISSION
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Paper submissions are managed through EasyChair at:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gecon2026

Original full papers and short papers (work-in-progress) are invited.
Submissions must be original and not under consideration elsewhere.
Full papers: maximum 12 pagesShort papers: maximum 8 pages
All submissions must follow the Springer LNCS format.

Papers will be reviewed based on technical merit, originality and relevance.
Accepted papers will be published in the Springer LNCS proceedings.

SPECIAL TOPIC SESSION PROPOSALS
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GECON invites proposals for special topic sessions aimed at fostering focused discussions
on emerging or specialised research areas related to the economics of distributed systems.
Special sessions provide an opportunity for researchers to discuss new ideas, present
intermediate results of projects, and build research communities around specific themes.

Proposals should briefly describe the objectives and relevance of the topic, and outline
strategies to encourage participation and discussion.Participants may submit either
individual papers or a joint paper for the conference proceedings.

TUTORIAL PROPOSALS
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GECON welcomes tutorial proposals on topics relevant to the conference.Tutorials are
particularly intended to provide PhD students and early career researchers with an
overview of key concepts, challenges and future research directions.

Tutorial proposals should include a title, an abstract, and a table of contents
outlining the tutorial structure.
POSTERS
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Poster presentations provide an opportunity for PhD students and young
researchers to present ongoing work and receive feedback from the community. Authors
of accepted papers are also welcome to present a poster to increase the visibility of
their work.

SPECIAL ISSUES
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Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for submission to special issues
of international journals, including:

- Elsevier Journal of Future Generation Computer Systems
- Elsevier Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
- Springer Electronic Markets- Springer Electronic Commerce Research

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