International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT)
20-22 May 2026, Thessaloniki, Greece
Welcome to ICT 2026!
The famous International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT) returns after 10 years to Thessaloniki, the beautiful city that hosted the landmark ICT 2016, widely remembered for its exceptional organization, vibrant scientific exchange, and strong industry–academia engagement.
ICT 2026 aims to continue the conference’s long successful tradition of facilitating collaborations, discussions and knowledge exchange while revealing the latest trends and innovations in telecommunications. We invite submissions in all areas of telecommunication and electrical engineering research!
ICT 2026 is technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Communication Society! Accepted and presented papers will be published into IEEE Xplore, subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements.
ICT 2026 is technically supported and endorsed by the one6G Association
🏆 Congratulations to the ICT 2026 Award Winners!
We are proud to officially announce the recipients of the ICT 2026 Awards, presented during the Closing Ceremony on Friday, May 22, 2026. Congratulations to all the authors for their outstanding contributions!
Best Paper Award
“RAG-Driven Multi-Agent LLM Framework with Task Decomposition for Beyond 5G Auto-Configuration”
Irsat Emin Saridas (TUBITAK BILGEM, Turkiye), Onur Salan (TUBITAK BILGEM & Istanbul Technical University, Turkiye), Ali Gorcin (Istanbul Technical University, Turkiye), Ibrahim Hokelek (Tubitak Bilgem, Turkiye), and Hakan A. Cirpan (Istanbul Technical University, Turkiye)
Best Poster / PhD Symposium Paper Award
“MARE: Building a Programmable, Modular and Secure Foundation for 6G Ecosystems”
Xavi Masip-Bruin (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) & Advanced Network Architectures Lab (CRAAX), Spain), Andreas Zalonis (Space Hellas SA, Greece), and Stelios Erotokritou (Eight Bells Ltd, Cyprus)
Best Student Paper Award
“Waveform Index Modulation for Backscatter Communications in RIS-Based MIMO Radars”
Mehri Nikzad (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy), Luca Venturino (Universita’ degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale & Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni (CNIT), Italy), Emanuele Grossi (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio & Consorzio Nazionale Inter-Universitario per Le Telecomunicazioni (CNIT), Italy), and Xiaodong Wang (Columbia University, USA)
Important Dates
Submission (main Track, long/short papers): April 1, 2026 (extended, firm)
Submission (Special Session on SNS JU Projects): April 5, 2026 (extended, firm)
Submission (Workshop/Special Session papers): April 5, 2026 (extended, firm)
Submission (Demos/Posters): April 5, 2026 (extended, firm)
Submission (PhD Symposium): April 5, 2026 (extended, firm)
—Paper acceptance notification: April 21, 2026 (postponed)
Camera-Ready papers: April 30, 2026 (extended)
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Technical co-Sponsors
