2026 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM)
Dec 7 - 12, 2026
Macau, China
Dec 7 - 12, 2026
Macau, China

About the Conference

IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), a flagship IEEE Communications Society event, gathers top experts to drive innovation and advance nearly every aspect of communications technology. Each year, thousands of the most groundbreaking contributions are selected for this conference program. This premier event features technical papers, tutorials, workshops, and industry sessions designed to push the boundaries of telecommunications technologies, systems, and infrastructure. GLOBECOM continues to shape the future of communications technologies, enabling high-speed, seamless, and cost-effective global telecommunications services globally for all.

Subject Areas

Cognitive Radio and AI-Enabled Networks Communication and Information System Security Communication QoS, Reliability and Modeling Communication Software and Multimedia Communication Theory Green Communications Systems and Networks IoT and Sensor Networks Mobile and Wireless Networks Next-Generation Networking and Internet Optical Networks and Systems Signal Processing for Communications Wireless Communications SAC: Aerial Communications SAC: Big Data SAC: Cloud Computing and Networking SAC: E-Health SAC: Integrated Sensing and Communication SAC: Machine Learning for Communications and Networking SAC: Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications SAC: Quantum Communications and Information Technology SAC: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces and Smart Environments SAC: Satellite and Space Communications SAC: Smart Grid Communications SAC: Social Networks SAC: Next Generation Multiple Access

Important Dates

2026-05-03 Paper Submission Deadline · Firm Deadline CLOSED
2026-03-15 Tutorial Proposals CLOSED
2026-03-01 Workshop Proposals · Deadline Extended CLOSED
2026-05-15 IF&E Proposals CLOSED
2026-08-01 Notification Date CLOSED
2026-09-01 Final Paper Upload and Registration Deadline NEXT
2026-11-06 Early Bird Registration Deadline

Publication & Indexing

PublisherIEEE
ProceedingsIEEE GLOBECOM 2026 Conference Proceedings
IndexingIEEE Xplore

Conference Organization

Organized by

IEEE Communications Society IEEE

Committee

Honorary General Chair

Yonghua Song

University of Macau, China

General Chair

Jiangzhou Wang

Southeast University, China

Executive Co-Chair

Chi-Ming Chen

AT&T Labs, USA

Shaodan Ma

University of Macau, China

Technical Program Chair

Lin Dai

City University of Hong Kong, China

Technical Program Co-Chair

Matthew Valenti

West Virginia University, USA

Huiling Zhu

University of Kent, UK

Operations Co-Chair

Fen Hou

University of Macau, China

Jules Mouatcho Moualeu

University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Finance Chair

Yuan Wu

University of Macau, China

GITC Advisor

Christos Verikoukis

University of Patras, Greece

GIMS Advisor

Fambirai Takawira

University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Treasurer

Bruce Worthman

IEEE ComSoc, USA

Project Manager

Jimmy Le

IEEE ComSoc, USA

Tutorial Co-Chair

Henk Wymeersch

Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Wenchi Cheng

Xidian University, China

Workshop Co-Chair

Jingxian Wu

University of Arkansas, USA

Sofie Pollin

University of Leuven, Belgium

Guangyi Liu

China Mobile Research Institute, China

Award Chair

Tony Quek

Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore

Publication Co-Chair

Koichi Adachi

Keio University, Japan

Junyuan Wang

Tongji University, China

Travel Grant Co-Chair

Janise McNair

University of Florida, USA

Qasim Ahmed

University of Huddersfield, UK

Keynote Chair

Shiwen Mao

Auburn University, USA

EDAS Lead

Yue Zhang

Shantou University, China

Symposium Co-Chair, Cognitive Radio and AI-Enabled Networks

Fatemeh Afghah

Clemson University, USA

Shuoyao Wang

Shenzhen University, China

Symposium Co-Chair, Communication and Information System Security

Shui Yu

University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Shengjie Xu

University of Arizona, USA

Yanming Gong

Texas A&M University, USA

Deepak Mishra

University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Australia

Symposium Co-Chair, Communication QoS, Reliability, and Modeling

Eiji Oki

Kyoto University, Japan

Petros Spachos

University of Guelph, Canada

Zheng Shi

Jinan University, China

Symposium Co-Chair, Communication Software and Multimedia

Abd-Elhamid M. Taha

Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia

Panagiotis Papadimitriou

University of Macedonia, Greece

Symposium Co-Chair, Communication Theory

Mark Flanagan

University College Dublin, Ireland

Hei Victor Cheng

Aarhus University, Denmark

Melda Yuksel

Middle East Technical University, Turkey

Symposium Co-Chair, Green Communication Systems and Networks

Ender Ayanoglu

University of California, Irvine, USA

Zhaolong Ning

Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Symposium Co-Chair, IoT and Sensor Networks

Eric Renault

University Gustave Eiffel, France

M. Fátima Domingues

Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE

Noura Aljeri

Kuwait University, Kuwait

Lu Bai

Queen's University Belfast, UK

Symposium Co-Chair, Mobile and Wireless Networks

Mohammed Atiquzzaman

University of Oklahoma, USA

Qiang Ye

Dalhousie University, Canada

Nikolaos Pappas

Linköping University, Sweden

Symposium Co-Chair, Next-Generation Networking and Internet

Dola Saha

SUNY Albany, USA

Biao Han

National University of Defense Technology, China

Giang T. Nguyen

Technical University of Dresden, Germany

Symposium Co-Chair, Optical Networks and Systems

Fen Zhou

University of Avignon, France

Abdelmoula Bekkali

Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC), Spain

Symposium Co-Chair, Signal Processing for Communications

Xiangyun Zhou

Australian National University, Australia

Li You

Southeast University, China

Taejoon Kim

Arizona State University, USA

Symposium Co-Chair, Wireless Communications

Ioannis Krikidis

University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Han Hu

Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Shu Sun

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Jemin Lee

Yonsei University, Korea

SAC - Aerial Communications

Fabrizio Granelli

University of Trento, Italy

Ismail Guvenc

NC State University, USA

SAC - Big Data

Qiang (John) Ye

University of Calgary, Canada

SAC - Cloud Computing & Networking

Hacène Fouchal

Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France

Ling Liu

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

SAC - E-Health

Igor Bisio

University of Genoa, Italy

SAC - Integrated Sensing & Communications

Hong Ren

Southeast University, China

Marwa Chafii

NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE

SAC - Machine Learning for Communications & Networking

José Mairton Barros da Silva Júnior

Uppsala University, Sweden

Hoang Dinh

University of Technology Sydney, Australia

SAC - Molecular, Biological, & Multi-Scale Communications

Jorge Torres Gómez

Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

SAC - Quantum Communications & Information Technology

Ivan Djordjevic

Florida State University, USA

SAC - Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces & Smart Environments

Andrea Abrardo

University of Siena, Italy

SAC - Satellite & Space Communications

Hongliang Zhang

Peking University, China

Aryan Kaushik

OUF Innovative, UK, and RakFort, Ireland

SAC - Smart Grid Networks and Power Line Communications

Daisuke Mashima

Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore

SAC - Social Networks

Barbara Guidi

University of Pisa, Italy

SAC - Next Generation Multiple Access

Wei Chen

Beijing Jiaotong University, China

Publicity Co-Chair (Asia Pacific & China)

Shanpu Shen

University of Macau, China

Cunhua Pan

Southeast University

Publicity Co-Chair (EMEA)

Ming Xiao

Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, Sweden

Stefano Giordano

University of Piza

Publicity Co-Chair (the Americas - Canada)

Afsoon Alidadi Shamsabadi

Carleton University, Canada

Publicity Co-Chair (the Americas and AP - India)

Ashutosh Dutta

Johns Hopkins University

Local Arrangement Chair

Hang Liu

University of Macau, China

Webmaster

Xianda Wu

South China Normal University, China

Qian Wan

University of Macau, China

Collocated Events / Conferences Technical Program Co-Chair

Ranga Venkatesha Prasad

TU Delft, Netherlands

Paulina Chan

Hong Kong Fund Manager, IEEE Foundation

Afsoon Alidadi Shamsabadi

Carleton University, Canada

Industrial Forum & Exhibition Co-Chair

Nim Cheung

Alphotonics Limited, China

Paulina Chan

Hong Kong Fund Manager, IEEE Foundation

Chonggang Wang

InterDigital Communications, USA

Industry Executive Forum Co-Chair

Yin Gao

ZTE Corporation, China

Paulina Chan

Hong Kong Fund Manager, IEEE Foundation

Industry Presentation Co-Chair

Lijun Dong

AT&T Inc., USA

Sheeba Backia Mary Baskaran

Lenovo, Germany

Industry Panel Co-Chair

Yuanqiu Luo

Futurewei, USA

Rath Vannithamby

Intel, USA

Xu Xia

China Telecom, China

Industry Demo & Pitches Co-Chair

Anwer AI-Dulaimi

Veltris, Canada

Meilong Jiang

Qualcomm, USA

JaeSeung Song

Sejong University, Korea

Patronage Co-Chair

Richard Li

Southeast University, China

Vivian Ye

AT&T Inc., USA

Innovation Exhibition and Forum Co-Chair

Yang Yang

HKUST-Guangzhou, China

Zaichen Zhang

Southeast University, China

Dong Li

Macau University of Science & Technology, China

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