Conference program
SNAI 2026 · 7–9 December 2026 · Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary program, subject to change.
Preliminary program. Final session assignments and timings will be confirmed after author notifications in October 2026. Last updated 21 July 2026.
Day 1 — Monday, 7 December 2026
| Time | Session |
|---|
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration & coffee |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Opening remarks — Marta Ribó (General Chair) |
| 09:15 – 10:15 | Keynote 1: “Self-Driving Networks Are Not Self-Driving Yet” — Ingrid Sørensen (ETH Zürich) |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Coffee break |
| 10:45 – 12:15 | Session 1A — Track 1 (AI-Native 6G) · 3 papers |
| 10:45 – 12:15 | Session 1B — Track 2 (LLM Agents) · 3 papers |
| 12:15 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Session 2A — Track 3 (Edge & In-Network) · 3 papers |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Session 2B — Track 4 (Distributed & Federated) · 3 papers |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:30 – 17:00 | Session 3A — Track 5 (ML for Security) · 3 papers |
| 17:00 – 19:00 | Welcome reception · UPC Campus Nord atrium |
Day 2 — Tuesday, 8 December 2026
| Time | Session |
|---|
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Keynote 2: “Fabrics for Trillion-Parameter Training” — Rafael Costa |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Session 4A — Track 6 (Networking for AI Training) · 3 papers |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Session 4B — Track 7 (Datasets & Reproducibility) · 3 papers |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch & poster session |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Session 5A — Track 1 · 3 papers |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Session 5B — Track 2 · 3 papers |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:30 – 17:00 | Panel: “AI-Native 6G: Where Research Meets Deployment” · moderated discussion |
| 19:00 – 22:00 | Conference banquet · Museu Marítim de Barcelona |
Day 3 — Wednesday, 9 December 2026
| Time | Session |
|---|
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Keynote 3: (to be announced) |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Session 6A — Track 3 · 3 papers |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Session 6B — Track 4 · 3 papers |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Best paper talks · award-winning papers (short oral presentations) |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Closing panel: “What the Third Edition Taught Us” · Steering Committee |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Closing remarks & best paper announcement |
Workshops and tutorials · Sunday, 6 December 2026
A pre-conference workshop and tutorial day precedes the main conference. Separate registration is required. The workshop programme is finalised after the workshop proposal deadline (26 June 2026).