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Intelligent Networks and Applications for a Digitally Connected World Intelligent Networks and Applications for a Digitally Connected World Intelligent Networks and Applications for a Digitally Connected World Intelligent Networks and Applications for a Digitally Connected World
Paper Submission Deadline
1 August 2026
Acceptance Notification
1 October 2026
Conference Dates
25–27 November 2026
IEEE ITNAC 2026 will support 10 student grants IEEE ITNAC 2026 will support 10 student grants IEEE ITNAC 2026 will support 10 student grants IEEE ITNAC 2026 will support 10 student grants

Keynotes

Digital Manufacturing Advancing industrial productivity and resilience via digital twins, physical dependency-aware AI, and co-creation with the industry. 
Professor Dimitrios Georgakopoulos 

Swinburne University of Technology

Adversarial Time Series Threats Adversarial Time Series Threats in Cyber-Physical Sensor Networks. 
Professor Salil Kanhere 

University of New South Wales

AI and the Internet of Things When Artificial Intelligence Meets the Internet of Things: Motivations, Challenges, and Applications. 
Distinguished Professor Wei Xiang 

La Trobe University

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ITNAC Focus Topics

Over the years, IEEE ITNAC has established itself as a leading international conference in information technology, networking, and telecommunications, attracting high-quality contributions from researchers from around the world. Under the theme “Intelligent Networks and Applications for a Digitally Connected World,” ITNAC 2026 invites original research that addresses emerging challenges and advances the future of intelligent and connected digital systems. Research contributions are welcomed across a broad range of topics, including but not limited to:

Next-Generation Wireless Networks

  • 5G and Beyond Wireless Networks
  • 6G Communication Systems and Architectures
  • Green and Sustainable Wireless Communications
  • Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC)
  • Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine Communications
  • Massive MIMO and Beamforming Technologies
  • Network Slicing and Virtualized Wireless Networks
  • Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS)
  • Satellite, UAV, and Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN)
  • Terahertz and Millimeter-Wave Communications
  • Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications (URLLC)

Next-Generation Optical Networks

  • Energy-efficient and green optical networks
  • Large capacity optical transmission (WDM and OTDM)
  • OFDM and advanced modulation formats in photonics
  • Optical Ethernet, EPON/GPON, and 100Gb/s+ Ethernet
  • Optical Network on Chips (ONoCs)
  • Optical switching and routing
  • Optical-wireless access networks and Radio-over-Fibre (RoF)
  • Visible Light Communication (VLC) / Li-Fi
  • WDM Access Networks and WDM-PON
  • Wired/wireless and telecom/broadcast convergence (IPTV)

Resilient Network Security

  • AI and Machine Learning for Cyber Security
  • Autonomous and Self-Healing Network Security
  • Blockchain-Based Trust and Identity Management
  • Cyber Resilience for Critical Digital Infrastructure
  • Cyber Threat Intelligence and Digital Forensics
  • Federated security and homomorphic encryption
  • IoT and Smart Device Security
  • Key distribution and management
  • Network security policy, theory, and administrative tools
  • Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC)
  • Quantum Key Distribution (QKD)
  • Secure Cloud and Edge Computing
  • Security in 5G/6G and Next Generation Networks
  • Zero Trust Networks (ZTN)

Future Internet Architectures

  • Content Delivery Networking (CDN)
  • Datacentre networks and cloud computing
  • High-performance network virtualisation
  • Intelligent Networks
  • IoT and cyber-physical systems
  • Network digital twins
  • Network Service Orchestration (NSO)
  • Networking standards, policies, and regulations
  • Peer-to-peer networks and overlays
  • QoS/QoE provisioning and resource management
  • Quantum internet
  • Smart Cities and Smart Grids
  • Software Defined networking (SDN)
  • Sustainable networking
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