EPIA 2026

25th EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence
September 2–4, 2026
University of Madeira, Portugal
https://epia2026.web.uma.pt/

The EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a
well-established European conference dedicated to promoting research
in all areas of AI, spanning theoretical foundations, methodological
advances, and real-world applications. The conference fosters
scientific exchange among researchers, engineers, and practitioners
working in AI and related disciplines.
The 25th edition, EPIA 2026, will take place in Funchal, Madeira,
Portugal, from September 2 to 4, 2026. As in previous editions, the
conference is organized under the patronage of the Portuguese
Association for Artificial Intelligence (APPIA).

# Important Dates

- Abstract submission deadline: May 15, 2026 (AoE)
- Paper submission deadline: May 22, 2026 (AoE)
- Notification of acceptance: July 3, 2026
- Camera-ready papers due: July 13, 2026 (AoE)
- Conference dates: September 2–4, 2026

# Thematic Tracks
EPIA 2026 will feature the following thematic tracks, covering a broad
spectrum of AI topics:
- AI for Architecture, Engineering and Conservation (AI4AEC)
- Ambient Intelligence and Affective Environments (AmIA Environments)
- Artificial Intelligence and Law (AIL)
- Artificial Intelligence for Industry and Society (AI4IS)
- Artificial Intelligence for Time-dependent Data (AITD)
- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM)
- Artificial Intelligence in Transportation Systems (AITS)
- Artificial Intelligence: Theory, Methods, and Applications (AITMA)
- Ethics and Responsibility in AI (ERAI)
- Generative and Agentic Artificial Intelligence (GAAI)
- Human-Centered AI (HCAI)
- Knowledge Discovery and Business Intelligence (KDBI)
- Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KRR)
- Natural Language Processing, Text Mining and Applications (NLP-TeMA)
- Sustainable and Neuromorphic AI (SNAI)

Additional information on each track is available at
https://epia2026.web.uma.pt/tracks.html

# Submission and Reviewing

- Papers must be submitted in PDF format via the EPIA 2026 EasyChair
submission page:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=epia2026
- Authors should select the thematic track most appropriate for their
submission. Papers may be reassigned to a different track at the
discretion of the Program Chairs if deemed more suitable.
- All submissions will undergo a double-blind peer review process and
will be reviewed by at least three members of the EPIA Program
Committee. Authors are responsible for anonymizing their submissions
by removing names, affiliations, and any other identifying
information, and for taking reasonable steps to preserve anonymity
throughout the review process.
- Papers must follow the Springer LNAI format and may not exceed 12
pages. Authors should also take into account any additional
track-specific submission requirements.
- Authors are encouraged to consult Springer’s author guidelines when
preparing their manuscripts. Springer also encourages authors to
include their ORCID identifiers in their papers. In addition, the
corresponding author of each accepted paper, acting on behalf of all
co-authors, must complete and sign a Consent-to-Publish form. The
corresponding author signing this form must match the corresponding
author identified in the paper. Once the final files have been
submitted to Springer, changes to authorship will not be permitted.
- EPIA 2026 will not accept any paper that, at the time of submission,
is under review for, has already been published in, or has already
been accepted for publication in a journal or another venue with
formally published proceedings. During the EPIA 2026 review period,
authors may not submit the same work to a journal or another venue
with formally published proceedings. As a general rule, publications
associated with a DOI, ISBN, or ISSN should be considered formal
publications. Questions regarding submission eligibility should be
addressed to the Program Chairs at epia2026@easychair.org before the
submission deadline. These restrictions do not apply to workshops and
similar specialized presentations without formally published
proceedings.
- Generative AI tools do not qualify for authorship of papers
submitted to EPIA 2026. Authors who use large language models or other
generative AI tools at any stage of the writing process remain fully
responsible for the entire content of the submission, including its
correctness, originality, and compliance with plagiarism policies. The
use of AI-generated text as part of the paper’s methodology or
experimental analysis is permitted, provided that it is clearly
documented and appropriately described in the paper.

# Proceedings and Presentations

At least one co-author of each accepted paper must register for EPIA
2026 by the early registration deadline.
Each accepted paper must be presented in person by one of its authors.
APPIA will provide limited travel support to co-authors who are
student members of APPIA.
Accepted and presented papers will be included in the conference
proceedings, published in Springer’s LNAI – Lecture Notes in
Artificial Intelligence series.
EPIA proceedings are indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DBLP, and
Google Scholar.

#Awards

EPIA 2026 will present the following awards:
- Best Paper Award – for the best research paper presented at the conference
- Best Application Paper Award – for the best application-oriented
paper presented at the conference
- Best Student Paper Award – for the best research paper presented at
the conference whose first author is a student

#EPIA 2026 Committees
Conference Chair
Eduardo Fermé (University of Madeira)

Program Chairs
João Leite (NOVA University Lisbon)
Nuno Lourenço (University of Coimbra)
Penousal Machado (University of Coimbra)

Organization Chairs
Morgado Dias (University of Madeira)
Maurício Reis (University of Madeira)
Marco Garapa (University of Madeira)
Fábio Mendonça (University of Madeira)
Diogo Freitas (University of Madeira)