CIES 2026 plans to hold a number of industry forums (also known as industry workshops) and invites the submission of industry forum proposals. Industry Forum emphasizes on recent topics of technical and business issues in communications and networking of particular interests to the community. Industry Forum will include industry focused presentations for practicing engineers, technical managers, as well as researchers in academia and industries who may highly interest in both the technical and practical aspects of emerging topics.
STRUCTURE OF INDUSTRY FORUM
- An Industry Forum may include talks, invited presentations, panels, or demonstrations around a targeted topic.
- Proposers are encouraged to organize half-day (two 1.5-hour timeslots) or full-day (four 1.5-hour timeslots) Industry Forum
TOPICS OF INTEREST (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO)
- 5G/6G Services, Implementations and Standards for Computing-Enabled Engineering Systems
- Internet of Things and Big Data Analytics for Intelligent Engineering Applications
- Smart Cities and Healthcare Systems Driven by Computing Innovation
- Emerging Computing Technologies for Public Safety Engineering
- Industry Organization and Digital Transformation via Engineering Systems
- SDN, Virtualization, and Network Architectures for High-Efficiency Computing Systems
- Body Area and Wearable Networks in Engineering-Enabled Healthcare
- Industrial and Medical Robots: Computing Innovation and Engineering Integration
- Drone/V2X Applications and Technologies for Intelligent Engineering Scenarios
- Tactile Internet and Its Integration with Engineering Computing Systems
- AI and Machine Learning for Engineering System Optimization and Innovation
- Social Networking and Computing Technologies for Engineering Collaboration
- Cloud and Fog/Edge Computing, Networking and Storage for Engineering Systems
- Electronic Commerce and Blockchain Applications in Engineering Management
- Security and Privacy in Computing-Intensive Engineering Systems
- Intelligent Radios for Engineering Communication and Computing Integration
- Quantum ICT and Its Applications in Next-Generation Engineering Computing
PREPARATION OF INDUSTRY FORUM PROPOSALS
The length of each proposal should not exceed 5 pages in total, and a proposal should include:
- Title of the forum
- Length of the forum (half day or full day)
- Name, affiliation, contact information of the organizer(s)
- Motivation and scope of the forum (aligned with CIES 2026’s theme of Computing Innovation and Engineering System)
- A brief description of the technical issues that the forum will address (focusing on computing innovation and engineering system-related topics)
- If appropriate, a description of past Industry Forum organized by the proposer, including number of attendees, etc.
- Tentative program of the forum
- If appropriate, a description of how to advertise/promote this Industry Forum
- Biographies of organizer(s)
- One page of Call for Participation for this Industry Foru
IMPORTANT DATES
Proposal Submission Deadline: May 12, 2026
Proposal Acceptance Notification: May 12, 2026
SUBMISSION OF INDUSTRY FORUM PROPOSALS
- A proposal should be submitted email: academic.China@outlook.com
