Sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation society, the 18th event of the ICIA conference series, the 2026 International Conference on Information and Automation (ICIA 2026) will be held in Yinchuan, China, August 5-8, 2026, which offers a medium for researchers and practitioners to exchange and explore the issues and opportunities of electrical and computer engineering research and development from China and around the world. All submitted papers will be peer reviewed and accepted ICIA 2026 papers will be indexed by EI and included in IEEE Xplore. The ICIA 2026 conference promises to offer the participants a great experience with excellent technical and social programs. High quality papers reporting original research results and innovations in all aspects of information, automation, artificial intelligence, robotics, image processing, computer vision, DSP, BME and related areas as well as their applications are invited.

The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society is committed to advancing diversity in Robotics and Automation, and to promoting an inclusive and equitable culture that welcomes, engages, and rewards all who contribute to the field, without regard to ethnicity, religion, gender, disability, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.

Important Dates