IAIL 2026 - The Fifth Workshop on IMAGINING THE AI LANDSCAPE AFTER THE AI ACT: Bridging Innovation and Regulation
http://iail2026.isti.cnr.it/

OVERVIEW OF THE WORKSHOP

The regulation of Artificial Intelligence is at an important stage, with the European Union taking the lead through key legislative frameworks to create a safer and more accountable digital environment while safeguarding fundamental rights. However, while the European Union has outlined a clear direction in terms of regulations, their practical implementation remains an open challenge.

The primary objective of this workshop is to provide the community with a deeper understanding of the AIA and other digital laws (including the proposed simplification package with the Digital Omnibus), their implications for AI development and deployment, and their alignment with human rights principles. Through dedicated discussion sessions and keynote speakers, we aim to critically analyze what these regulations achieve and the new challenges they pose from an implementation perspective. A key focus of the workshop will be to explore how these regulations can be made operational, identifying the tools and technologies required to support their implementation and defining the objectives these tools should address.
Submitted applications can include regular papers, short papers, working papers and/or extended abstracts.


LOCATION
This will be an in-person, single-track workshop, as part of the HHAI 2026 conference held in Brussels, Belgium, on July 7, at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES
Accepted regular papers will be published on CEUR Workshop Proceedings.

SUBMISSION DETAILS
Type of contributions of interest: we encourage authors to submit both research papers and position papers. Research papers present completed and validated research, whereas position papers present an arguable opinion about one of the workshop topics of interest. Both types of contribution can be of regular (12+ pages) or short length (5-11 pages) and should be original, previously unpublished work. We also encourage authors to submit extended abstracts that present a very early stage of research or previously published work. This latter type of contributions will not be published in the proceedings.
Online submission: Electronic submissions will be handled via Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=iail2026
Review format: All submitted papers will be peer reviewed using double-blind peer review. We accept both LaTeX and Word files formatted according to these guidelines. You can find the latex template at the page: https://www.overleaf.com/read/gwhxnqcghhdt
Anonymization: Please ensure that your submission is double blind. Papers that violate the anonymization policy will be desk rejected.
Archives: Papers will be published as workshop proceedings on CEUR Workshop Proceedings. The papers must be written in English.
At least 1 author of the accepted papers should attend the conference in person.

TOPICS OF INTEREST
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- The AI Act
- The Digital Omnibus
- Applications of AI in the legal domain
- The operationalization of law requirements in AI systems
- Ethical and legal issues of AI technology and its application
- Ethical and legal issues in Online Social Media
- AI and trustworthiness
- Accountability and Liability of AI
- Algorithmic bias, discrimination, and inequality
- Safety, reliance and trust in human-AI interactions
- Transparent AI, Explainability metrics and evaluation
- AI and individual rights
- AI and fundamental rights
- AI risk assessment
- The impact of AI and automatic decision-making on rule of law
- AI, democracy, and freedom of expression
- Federated learning
- Generative AI

Manuscripts must be submitted as PDF files via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=iail2026


IMPORTANT DATES
- Paper Submission: May 1, 2026
- Acceptance Notification: May 29, 2026
- Camera-ready submission: June 20, 2026
- Workshop: July 7, 2026


All deadlines are at the end of the day specified, anywhere on Earth (UTC-12).
Special inquiry can be directed to Francesca Pratesi sending an email with tag [IAIL2026] to francesca [dot] pratesi [at] isti [dot] cnr [dot] it

ORGANIZERS


This workshop is organized by Francesca Pratesi (ISTI - CNR), Francesca Naretto (Unipi), Lorenzo Mannocci (Unipi), and Roberta Savella (Unipi, ISTI - CNR).
We look forward to seeing you in Brussels in 7 July 2026.