Workshops

Call for Workshops

The International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP) is the main conference and annual meeting of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS). This is a call for workshops to be affiliated with ICALP 2026, to be held in Egham, UK. We invite researchers to organize workshops on topics of interest to the ICALP community.

Format

In-person. (In exceptional cases, there may be support for remotely presenting a talk.)

At least one organizer of each workshop is expected to attend in person.

Important Dates

Workshop proposal deadline: 2 February 2026, 23:59 AoE

Workshop notification: 16 February 2026

Workshops: Monday 6 July 2026

We recommend that prospective workshop organizers contact the workshop chair before submitting a proposal, though this is not strictly required.

Submission Guidelines

Proposals must be limited to three pages and should be submitted via email to the workshop chair, Argyrios Deligkas (argyrios.deligkas@rhul.ac.uk).

Each submission should consist of the following.

  1. A short scientific justification of the proposed topic, its significance, and the particular benefits of the workshop to the community.
  2. An organizational part including:
    • Workshop name and URL if already available or from previous years;
    • Contact information for the workshop organizers (including their webpages);
    • Expected number of participants (if available. Please include the data of previous years, if applicable);
    • Proposed format and agenda (e.g. paper presentations, tutorials, see below for more details);
    • Potential invited speakers (please specify their expected number and, if possible, tentative names);
    • Procedures for selecting presentations (if you plan a call for contributed talks or papers followed by a selection procedure, the submission date should be scheduled after the affiliated conference’s notification date, while the notification should take place before the early registration deadline)
    • Plans for dissemination, if any (e.g. a journal special issue);
    • Intended format of the event (see below for more details).

As for the format, a standard option is a full one-day workshop consisting of invited talks by leading experts and of shorter contributed talks, either directly invited by the organizers or selected among presentation submissions.

Deviations from this standard are also welcome, including half-day workshops, open problem sessions, discussion panels, or working sessions.

Note that ICALP 2026 is not able to provide financial support for the organization of workshops. The conference can however provide a room, internet connection and help with some local organization. Refreshments will be served.

Committees

Workshop Chair: Argyrios Deligkas (argyrios.deligkas@rhul.ac.uk)

Workshop Selection Committee:

Contact Info

icalpworkshops2026@rhul.ac.uk