The 2026 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) will be held in the vibrant city of Macau, China from 7 to 11 December 2026. Themed “Communications, Innovation, Inspiration, Intelligence”, this flagship conference of IEEE Communications society will feature a comprehensive high-quality technical program including 12 Symposia and 13 SAC Tracks, and a number of Tutorials and Workshops. IEEE GLOBECOM 2026 will also include an attractive Industry Forum & Exhibition Program with Keynotes from prominent research and industry leaders, business and industry panels, and vendor exhibits.

TECHNICAL SYMPOSIA

Original technical papers are sought in the following areas:

Cognitive Radio and AI-Enabled Networks (EDAS)
Fatemeh Afghah (Clemson University, USA)
Shuoyao Wang (Shenzhen University, China)

Communication and Information System Security (EDAS)
Shui Yu (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
Shengjie Xu (University of Arizona, USA)
Yanming Gong (Texas A&M University, USA)
Deepak Mishra (University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Australia)

Communication QoS, Reliability and Modeling (EDAS)
Eiji Oki (Kyoto University, Japan)
Petros Spachos (University of Guelph, Canada)\
Zheng Shi (Jinan University, China)

Communication Software and Multimedia (EDAS)
Abd-Elhamid M. Taha (Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia)
Panagiotis Papadimitriou (University of Macedonia, Greece)

Communication Theory (EDAS)
Mark Flanagan, University College Dublin, Ireland
Hei Victor Cheng, Aarhus University, Denmark
Melda Yuksel, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

Green Communications Systems and Networks (EDAS)
Ender Ayanoglu (University of California, Irvine, USA)
Zhaolong Ning (Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China)

IoT and Sensor Networks (EDAS)
Eric Renault (University Gustave Eiffel, France)
M. Fatima Domingues (Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE)
Noura Aljeri (Kuwait University, Kuwait)
Lu Bai (Queen's University Belfast, UK)

Mobile and Wireless Networks (EDAS)
Mohammed Atiquzzaman (University of Oklahoma, USA)
Qiang Ye (Dalhousie University, Canada)
Nikolaos Pappas (Linköping University, Sweden)

Next-Generation Networking and Internet (EDAS)
Dola Saha (University at Albany, SUNY, USA)
Biao Han (National University of Defense Technology, China)
Giang Nguyen (Dresden University of Technology, Germany)

Optical Networks and Systems (EDAS)
Fen Zhou (University of Avignon, France)
Abdelmoula Bekkali (Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, Spain)

Signal Processing for Communications (EDAS)
Xiangyun Zhou (Australian National University, Australia)
Li You (Southeast University, China)
Taejoon Kim (Arizona State University, USA)

Wireless Communications (EDAS)
Ioannis Krikidis (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)
Han Hu (Beijing Institute of Technology, China)
Shu Sun (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
Jemin Lee (Yonsei University, Korea)

SELECTED AREAS IN COMMUNICATIONS

SAC: Aerial Communications (EDAS)
Fabrizio Granelli (University of Trento, Italy)
Ismail Guvenc (North Carolina State University, USA)

SAC: Big Data (EDAS)
Qiang (John) Ye (University of Calgary, Canada)

SAC: Cloud Computing and Networking (EDAS)
Hacène Fouchal (Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France)
Ling Liu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

SAC: E-Health (EDAS)
Igor Bisio (University of Genoa, Italy)

SAC: Integrated Sensing and Communication (EDAS)
Hong Ren (Southeast University, China)
Marwa Chafii (NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE)

SAC: Machine Learning for Communications and Networking (EDAS)
José Mairton Barros da Silva Júnior (Uppsala University, Sweden)
Hoang Dinh (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)

SAC: Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications (EDAS)
Jorge Torres Gómez (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)

SAC: Quantum Communications and Information Technology (EDAS)
Ivan B. Djordjevic (Florida State University, USA)

SAC: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces and Smart Environments (EDAS)
Andrea Abrardo (University of Siena, Italy)

SAC: Satellite and Space Communications (EDAS)
Hongliang Zhang (Peking University, China)
Aryan Kaushik (OUF Innovative, UK, and RakFort, Ireland)

SAC: Smart Grid Communications (EDAS)
Daisuke Mashima (Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore)

SAC: Social Networks (EDAS)
Barbara Guidi (University of Pisa, Italy)

SAC: Next Generation Multiple Access (EDAS)
Wei Chen (Beijing Jiaotong University, China)