Call for Special Sessions, deadline Nov 17 2025
https://www.hs-offenburg.de/fileadmin/Einrichtungen/ivesk/IEEE_WFCS26/WFCS2026_CFP_SS_v1.pdf
Call for Papers, deadline Jan 11 2026
Call for Work in Progress Papers, deadline Feb 27 2026
https://www.hs-offenburg.de/fileadmin/Einrichtungen/ivesk/IEEE_WFCS26/WFCS2026_CFT_v6.pdf
Call for Demonstrators, deadline Feb 27 2026
https://www.hs-offenburg.de/fileadmin/Einrichtungen/ivesk/IEEE_WFCS26/WFCS2026_CFD.pdf
Call for Turtorials
https://www.hs-offenburg.de/fileadmin/Einrichtungen/ivesk/IEEE_WFCS26/WFCS2026_CFT_v6.pdf

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
General Co-Chairs:
Axel Sikora, Institute Reliable Embedded Systems and Communication Electronics (ivESK), Offenburg University, Germany
Stefano Scanzio, CNR-IEIIT, Italy
Technical Program Co-Chairs:
Tullio Facchinetti, University of Pavia, Italy
Henning Trsek, inIT / TH-OWL, Germany

DESCRIPTION
Research on factory communications has gained increasing relevance in recent years, with communication playing a fundamental role in automation systems. Advanced communication/ networking technologies and paradigms such as 5G/6G, WiFi7/WiFi8, Ethernet TSN, OPC UA, network softwarization, IIoT, have opened up a multitude of application possibilities in the industrial scenario. However, the availability of a variety of communication solutions, often employed in combination to meet the needs of different applications, have led to highly complex and heterogeneous factory communication systems. This complexity gives rise to new challenges that must be addressed to fully exploit the potential of these advancements towards a new generation of smart, autonomous, flexible and efficient automation systems.
The 22nd edition of the WFCS conference aims to focus on all forms of communication solutions to support automation within factories and other contexts, with special consideration given to recent developments, new trends and research insights and future perspectives. As the only IEEE conference exclusively dedicated to communication for automation, WFCS is the elected forum for researchers, developers, and practitioners to review and discuss the latest advances in the field. The conference, supported by the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IEEE-IES) and led by the IEEE-IES Technical Committee on Factory Automation (IEEE-IES TCFA), will be hosted by the Offenburg University (Germany) and organized in collaboration with Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering CNR-IEIIT (Italy).

FOCUS
The conference primarily focuses on (but is not limited to) the following areas:
• Wired and Wireless Industrial Communication Systems and Technologies
• Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
• Cloud/Fog/Edge Computing Architectures and Applications in Industrial Automation
• Machine Learning and Data Analytics for Industrial Communication Systems
• Security and Safety of Industrial Communication Systems
• Fault tolerance for reliability and availability of Industrial Communication Systems
• Communication Protocols, Standards, and emerging technologies for Real-Time and Networked
Embedded Systems (5G/B5G/6G, WiFi7/WiFi8, TSN, IEC 61850, IEC 62439, etc.)
• Communication in Cyber-Physical Systems and Distributed Control Systems
• Communication Challenges in Collaborative Robotics and Automation
• Traffic Scheduling and Application-Network Integration
• Case Studies, Industry Practices and Lesson Learned in Factory Communication
• Recent Advances in Communications in Research Domains with Similar Requirements/ Characteristics
(Smart Cities, Smart Grid, Smart Transportation, Smart Health, Ambient Assisted Living, Smart Building/
Smart Home, Smart Agriculture, etc.)
• Management aspects related to heterogeneous industrial Networks