CALL FOR PAPERS – DAI 2026
The 8th International Conference on Distributed Artificial Intelligence

Theme: Agentic AI Goes Live — Science, Systems, and Societies
Location: Hong Kong, China (Hosted by City University of Hong Kong)
Date: November 29 – December 2, 2026
CCF Rank: C (CCF Recommended International Conference on Artificial Intelligence)

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SUBMISSION TRACKS
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1. Research Track
- Original academic research on distributed AI, agents, multi-agent systems
- 8 pages, double-blind review

2. Industry Track (NEW)
- Real-world systems, deployment, case studies, benchmarks
- 6 pages, single-blind review

3. AI Paper Track (Experimental – Agent as First-Author)
- AI-authored or human-AI collaborative papers
- Requires ARM Bundle: Trace + Execution + Skill
- Two dimensions:
• AI for AI | AI for X (science / discovery)
• Fully Autonomous | Human-in-the-loop
- Hybrid review: automated + human + PC Judge

4. Sister Conference Track (Non-archival, rolling basis)
- High-quality work already accepted at related top conferences
- Proposal only, no new paper

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TOPICS (include but not limited to)
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Academic:
- Agent engineering, AgentOps, observability
- Multi-agent RL, self-evolution, embodied agents
- Coordination, negotiation, markets, cooperation
- AI for science, safety, governance, human-agent societies

Industrial:
- Real-world architecture, deployment, operations
- Case studies, reliability, monitoring, recovery
- Human-AI workflows, open-source toolkits, cloud/edge AI

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IMPORTANT DATES (AoE, UTC-12)
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Workshop proposal : June 30, 2026
Sister track opens : July 1, 2026 (rolling)
Abstract registration : July 27, 2026 (mandatory)
Research / Industry : August 3, 2026
AI Paper Track : August 10, 2026
Notification : September 16, 2026
Camera ready : October 16, 2026
Conference : November 29 – December 2, 2026

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (partial)
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General Co-Chairs:
- Minming Li (City University of Hong Kong)
- Francesca Rossi (IBM Research)
- Michael Wellman (University of Michigan)

PC Co-Chairs:
- Ian Gemp (Google DeepMind)
- Ying Wen (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

Industry Track Co-Chairs:
- Weiwen Liu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

AI Paper Track Co-Chairs:
- Siheng Chen (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

Local Co-Chairs:
- Shuang Qiu (City University of Hong Kong)
- Youzhi Zhang (CAS Hong Kong)

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SUBMISSION & CONTACT
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Website: https://www.adai.ai/dai/2026/
Full CFP (detailed version) will be released in mid-June 2026.
Abstract registration is required before full paper submission.