Join us at the 20th IEEE International Conference on Vehicular Electronics and Safety (ICVES) 2026, an annual forum proudly sponsored by the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society (ITSS). ICVES is the premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to present and discuss the latest advances and research results in intelligent vehicular electronics and safety. The 2026 edition will take place in Cochabamba, Bolivia, a vibrant city at the heart of Latin America, highlighting regional innovations and fostering global collaborations to advance safe and sustainable mobility worldwide.

Topics

Authors are encouraged to submit papers related to vehicular electronics and safety.  Accepted papers will be published in IEEE Xplore and may be delivered as either long or short interactive presentations, including poster sessions. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

Vehicular Safety

    Accident prevention technologies and crash analysis
    Driving assistance systems for unstructured environments
    Cybersecurity and safety protocols for intelligent vehicles

ITS Emerging Technologies and Applications

    Frugal technologies for sustainable ITS applications
    Smart infrastructure and connected vehicles
    AI and machine learning for traffic management
    Vehicle-To-Everything (V2X) and Cellular V2X

Vehicular Electronics

    Embedded systems and automotive software
    Sensor fusion and electronic control units (ECUs)
    Vehicle architectures for AI enabled systems

Electric and Autonomous Vehicles

    Battery management systems (BMS)
    Power electronics for electric vehicles
    Metrics, verification and validation of intelligent vehicles

Cyber-Physical Systems

    Safety-critical hardware/software systems
    IoT-based vehicular networks
    Blockchain and secure vehicular communication

Datasets

    Automotive: Northern and Southern hemispheres
    Synthetic datasets
    Tools (curation, labelling, …)