There are two levels of submissions: short abstracts (mandatory) and extended abstracts/short paper (encouraged but optional).
Short abstracts:
In order to give a presentation at ICMS 2026 you will need to submit a short abstract by March 16, 2026 by emailing a session chair. The meeting will consist of many specialised session and a general session (see list of sessions). Choose a specialised session that fits your work, or the general session if there is no suitable specialised session. If accepted, you will be scheduled to give a talk at ICMS and your talk will be listed on the session web page. We encourage that you submit your abstract as soon as possible. The earlier you submit, the earlier you get the decision.
Extended abstract/full article:
Speakers are encouraged to submit an extended contribution between 6 and 8 pages, (up to 10 pages is acceptable but not more) by April 18, 2026.
Submissions are made via the link
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icms26.
If accepted, the contribution will enter the conference proceedings, which will appear in the Springer series Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). Contributions should contain original research that has neither been published nor submitted for publication elsewhere. It should follow the Springer's Guidelines for Authors. In particular, it should use the latex template and the LNCS latex style.
The decision of the programme committee will be communicated by June 2nd, 2026.
Submission of the final version for the proceedings: If your submission has been selected for inclusion in the proceedings, we kindly ask you to revise your work according to the reviews and provide us the sources by July 2nd, 2026. The final acceptance is subject to the condition that you implement the changes requested (if any). You may go beyond 8 pages in your revision, but not beyond 10 pages.
It should follow the Springer's Guidelines for Authors and use the latex template with the LNCS latex style. The sources must include one LaTeX file with the final version of your paper, one bib file with the references, and one PDF created from the source. Please include any TikZ graphics into the LaTeX source. Additional graphics files may be added to the zip file as PNG or JPG.
A compressed folder (e.g. .ZIP) containing all these files of your final version should be sent to icms26-submit@inria.fr
In addition to the usual presentations, there will be an opportunity to submit posters in a poster session. If you want to combine your poster with a software demonstration, please let us know and we will try to arrange a standing table for you. The posters abstracts must be submitted to icms26-submit@inria.fr (with the subject containing "ICMS26 poster" if possible).
Note that posters are independent of the sessions, i.e., giving a talk at ICMS 2026 neither is a prerequisite for submitting a poster, nor are speakers excluded from (additionally) submitting a poster.