The 2026 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster Management
(ICT-DM 2026), in its 10th edition, will be held at Zayed University, Dubai, UAE, from November 9 to
11th, 2026, and is inviting applicants to submit proposals for high-quality workshops contributing to the
scientific program of the main conference. The workshop program seeks to provide venues for specialist
groups, researchers, and industrials to meet and hold a focused discussion on specific sub-areas within
the ICT-DM main theme of the conference, "emergency services, ad hoc planning, disaster recovery", or in
emerging areas of research.
Important dates
Workshops submission: May 15, 2026
Notifications of Acceptance: May 21, 2026
Workshops Proposals Submission
Workshop proposals should be submitted to Workshop Co-chairs and should include the following information:
Workshop title
Name, affiliation, postal, and e-mail addresses of each (proposed) workshop chair
A brief (1-page) CV for each (proposed) workshop chair, highlighting prior experience in organizing similar forums
A brief description of the topic of the workshop and its relevance to the conference (not exceeding 500 words)
Proposed duration of the workshop (full-day or half-day)
An initial list of likely program committee members
An estimate of the number of submissions that will be attracted on the basis of workshops held in previous years or any other information
Plans for Invited Talks, if any
A commitment as to whether or not the workshop organizers would like the post-proceedings to appear in ICT-DM proceedings together with the other workshops
Any further information deemed relevant, e.g., previous workshops held on similar themes
Accepted Workshops
For the accepted workshops, the organizers will be responsible for the following:
Constituting the workshop program committee
Setting up a workshop website
Advertising the workshop
Managing the paper review and selection process
Ensuring that at least one author of each accepted paper attends to present the paper (this may require announcing regulations that stipulate this as a prerequisite for the publication of the paper in the workshop proceedings)
Ensuring that the workshop delivers useful scholarly/research value via active discussion/debate
Workshops may be held for a full day or for half a day (depending on the co-chair preferences and/or the number of accepted papers)
At least one author for each paper accepted to a workshop will need to register for the workshop program
Workshops, not managing the minimum number of accepted papers, will be suggested to join together or canceled
In addition, all the accepted workshops should assume the following schedule for the main deadlines:
Workshop Papers Submission Deadline: June 16, 2026
Authors Notification Deadline: July 26, 2026
Camera Ready Paper: August 20, 2026
Pre-registration: August 27, 2026
Workshops: November 11, 2026
Submission Guidelines
All submissions must be written in English
Please use this IEEE template in MS Word format for your submission. Your submission must be a full paper of 5-8 pages, formatted using the IEEE template.
Workshops Publication
ICT-DM'26 provides workshop organizers with the opportunity to publish accepted papers in its dedicated
post-workshop proceedings, which will be included in IEEE Xplore.