The WWW/Internet 2026 conference provides an international forum for researchers, practitioners and industry experts to discuss current advances, emerging challenges and future directions in Web and Internet research. The conference focuses on the Web as a socio-technical ecosystem, addressing Web technologies, digital platforms, online communities, Web data, Internet governance, trust, safety and the societal impact of Internet-based innovation.
The conference welcomes theoretical, empirical, methodological and applied contributions, particularly interdisciplinary work connecting technological developments with organisational, social, ethical and policy implications.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
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Artificial Intelligence for the Web – Web intelligence |
Web Platforms and Ecosystems – Digital platforms |
Web Data and Knowledge – Web analytics |
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| Trust, Safety and Internet Governance
– Online trust |
Human-Centred Web
– User experience |
Digital Society and Internet Applications
– E-commerce |
The Conference will be composed of several types of contributions:
- Full Papers – These include mainly accomplished research results and have 8 pages at the maximum (5,000 words).
- Short Papers – These are mostly composed of work in progress reports or fresh developments and have 4 pages at maximum (2,500 words).
- Reflection Papers – These might review recent research literature pertaining to a particular problem or approach, indicate what the findings suggest, and/or provide a suggestion – with rationale and justification – for a different approach or perspective on that problem. Reflection papers might also analyze general trends or discuss important issues in topics related to Applied Computing. These have two pages at maximum (1500 words).
- Posters / Demonstrations – These have one page at the maximum (625 words) besides the poster itself (or demonstration) that will be exposed at the conference.
- Tutorials – Tutorials can be proposed by scholars or company representatives. A proposal of maximum 250 words is expected.
- Panels – Discussions on selected topics will be held. A proposal of maximum 250 words is expected.
- Invited Talks – These will be made of contributions from well-known scholars and company representatives. An abstract will be included in the conference proceedings.
- Doctoral Consortium – The Doctoral Consortium will discuss on going work of PhD students in an informal and formative atmosphere. Contributions to the consortium should take the form of either:
a critical literature review of the research topic providing the rationale for the relevance and interest of the research topic; or
a short paper discussing the research question(s), research objectives, research methodology and work done so far.
Doctoral Consortium Contributions should have a maximum 2,500 words (4 pages). - Corporate Showcases & Exhibitions – The former enables Companies to present recent developments and applications, inform a large and qualified audience of your future directions and showcase company’s noteworthy products and services. There will be a time slot for companies to make their presentation in a room. The latter enables companies the opportunity to display its latest offerings of hardware, software, tools, services and books, through an exhibit booth. For further details please contact the publicity chair – secretariat@internet-conf.org
This is a blind peer-reviewed conference.
Important Dates
– Submission Deadline (1st CFP):
– Notification to Authors (1st CFP):
– Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (1st CFP):
– Late Registration (1st CFP):
– Conference: 24 – 26 October 2026