# DAC 2026: Call for Contributions

DAC 2026 will be held 26-29 July 2026 in Long Beach, CA, USA.

We invite you to submit your work to The Chips to Systems Conference (DAC) 2026, which will take place from July 26 to 29, 2026, in a new venue: Long Beach, California. This year's conference provides a premier platform for sharing innovative research, best practices, and visionary ideas across the electronic design ecosystem, with a special focus on low-power, chiplet, and cloud technologies.

## Submission Tracks

DAC 2026 encourages contributions across several tracks, catering to a wide range of expertise:
- Research: Seeking cutting-edge manuscripts on topics like AI, design, systems, and EDA, with an acceptance rate of 20-25%.
- Research Panel Proposals: Encourage engaging and informative panels on timely topics of broad interest within AI Design, EDA, and Systems.
- Engineering Tracks Special Sessions: Welcoming proposals highlighting timely and emerging topics such as AI, quantum computing, and chiplets.
- IP Track and Front-End/Back-End Design Tracks: These tracks encourage practitioners to submit their work on best practices and solutions for real-world challenges in areas such as design verification, physical synthesis, security, and cloud adoption.
- Systems and Software Track: Specifically targeting submissions on hardware-aware software development and system-level integration.
- DAC Pavilion: Call for proposals for panels, SKYTalks, and TechTalks for the exhibit floor, focusing on content that appeals to technical and business audiences.
- Exhibitor Forum: A venue for DAC exhibiting companies to deliver technical deep-dives on topics such as AI, Design, EDA, Security, and Systems, as well as vertical markets like Aerospace and Defense and Automotive.
- DAC Tutorials: Seeking proposals for 1.5- or 3-hour hands-on sessions on topics including traditional EDA, Chiplets, autonomous systems, ML, security, and cloud. Tutorials require speakers from multiple organizations.
- DAC Workshops: Invites proposals for focused meetings (2 to 9 hours) on emerging topics in design, methodologies, and automation, including automotive electronics, hardware/embedded system security, AI, and cloud computing.

## Important Dates
- Research Manuscript Abstract - November 11, 2025
- DAC Workshop Proposals - November 24, 2025
- DAC Tutorial Proposals - November 24, 2025
- Research Panel Proposals - November 24, 2025
- DAC Pavilion Proposals - January 12, 2026
- Engineering Special Session Proposal - January 12, 2026
- Systems and Software Track - January 12, 2026
- Back - End Design Track - January 12, 2026
- Front - End Design Track - January 12, 2026
- IP Track - January 12, 2026
- Exhibitor Forum Proposals - February 15, 2026

Learn more: https://www.dac.com/