The International Conference on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR) brings
together researchers, developers, and students in order to advance the
theory of concurrency and promote its applications. CONCUR solicits high
quality papers reporting research results and/or experience related to
semantics, logics, verification and analysis of concurrent systems.

The 2026 edition will be co-located with QEST+FORMATS, FMICS and a
number of workshops under the joint name CONFEST 2026, which will take
place September 1-5, 2026 at the University of Liverpool, UK.

Important dates

- Abstracts: 20 April, 2026 (AoE)
- Submissions: 27 April, 2026 (AoE)
- Rebuttal: 1 – 3 June, 2026 (AoE)
- Notification: 15 June, 2026 (AoE)
- Camera Ready: 29 June, 2026 (AoE)
- Conference: 1 – 4 September, 2026
- Workshops: 5 September, 2026

Topics

Submissions are solicited in the theory and practice of concurrent
systems. The principal topics include (but are not limited to):

- Basic models of concurrency such as abstract machines,
domain-theoretic models, categorical and coalgebraic models,
game-theoretic models, parametric models, process algebras, graph
transformation systems, Petri nets, hybrid systems, mobile and
collaborative systems, probabilistic systems, real-time systems,
quantum systems, biology-inspired systems, and synchronous systems;

- Logics for concurrency such as modal logics, program logics,
probabilistic and stochastic logics, temporal logics, multi-agent
logics, and resource logics;

- Verification and analysis techniques for concurrent systems such as
abstract interpretation, atomicity checking, model checking, race
detection, pre-order and equivalence checking, run-time
verification, state-space exploration, static analysis, synthesis,
testing, theorem proving, type systems, and security analysis;

- Distributed/parallel algorithms and concurrent data structures:
design, analysis, complexity, correctness, fault tolerance,
reliability, availability, consistency, self-organization,
self-stabilization, commitment schemes, communication protocols;

- Theoretical foundations, tools, and empirical evaluations of
architectures, execution environments, and software development for
concurrent systems such as geo-replicated systems, distributed
ledgers, communication networks, multiprocessor and multi-core
architectures, quantum computing, quantum communication, shared and
transactional memory, resource management and awareness, compilers
and tools for concurrent programming, programming models such as
component-based, object- and service-oriented.

Paper submission

- All papers must be original, unpublished, and not submitted for
publication elsewhere.
- Each paper will undergo a thorough review process.
- Papers must be submitted electronically as PDF files via EasyChair
(https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=concur2026).
- Proceedings will be published by LIPIcs, please use their style
files (https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/series/LIPIcs#author) when
preparing your submission.
- Submissions follow a single blind review process.
- Papers must not exceed 15 pages (excluding references and
appendices, LIPIcs style)
- An appendix may provide additional material and proofs, but cannot
be expected to be scrutinized by the reviewers and will not be
published in the proceedings.

Program Committee Chairs

- Ana Sokolova, University of Salzburg, Austria
- Patrick Totzke, University of Liverpool, UK

Program Committee

- Parosh Abdulla, Uppsala University, Sweden
- Giorgio Bacci, Aalborg University, Denmark
- Christel Baier, TU Dresden, Germany
- Paolo Baldan, University of Padova, Italy
- Nathalie Bertrand, INRIA Rennes, France
- Laura Bocchi, University of Kent, UK
- Filippo Bonchi, University of Pisa, Italy
- Valentina Castiglioni, Eindhoven University of Technology, The
Netherlands
- Dmitry Chistikov, University of Warwick, UK
- Corina Cirstea, University of Southampton, UK
- Wojciech Czerwiński, University of Warsaw, Poland
- Javier Esparza, TU Munich, Germany
- Benjamin Kaminski, Saarland University and UCL, Germany/UK
- Tobias Kappé, Leiden University, Netherlands
- Stefan Kiefer, University of Oxford, UK
- Barbara König, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- Antonín Kucera, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
- Yong Li, SKLCS Beijing, China
- Nicolas Mazzocchi, STU Bratislava, Slovakia
- Roland Meyer, TU Braunschweig, Germany
- Pierre Ohlmann, CNRS, LIS Marseille, France
- Prakash Panangaden, McGill and University of Edinburgh, Canada/UK
- Kirstin Peters, University of Augsburg, Germany
- Guillermo A. Pérez, University of Antwerp, Belgium
- Damien Pous, CNRS, ENS Lyon, France
- Karin Quaas, University of Leipzig, Germany
- Ege Saraç, CISPA, Germany
- Sylvain Schmitz, Université Paris Cité, France
- Henning Urbat, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
- Viktor Vafeiadis, MPI-SWS, Germany
- Franck van Breugel, York University, Canada
- Rob van Glabbeek, University of Edinburgh, UK
- Pierre Vandenhove, Université de Mons, Belgium
- Kazuki Watanabe, NII, Tokyo, Japan
- Sarah Winter, Université Paris Cité, France
- Nisansala Yatapanage, Australian National University, Australia
- Florian Zuleger, TU Wien, Austria

Steering Committee

- Luca Aceto, Reykjavik University, Iceland
- Christel Baier, TU Dresden, Germany
- Pedro R. D’Argenio, National University of Córdoba, Argentina
- Wan Fokkink, VU Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Catuscia Palamidessi, INRIA Saclay and LIX, France
- Jiri Srba, Aalborg University, Denmark

Questions on submissions should be directed to the PC chairs.