Re: EMAS 2026 @ AAMAS 2026: Call for Papers

Thank you, Joshua!

Dear all,

No need to wait until October!
EMAS 2026 will be held in conjunction with the 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2026) in Paphos, Cyprus, May 25–29, 2026 (https://cyprusconferences.org/aamas2026/).

My apologies for the mistake.
Kind regards,
Danai Vachtsevanou
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From: Joshua Cornejo <josh@marketdata.md>
Sent: 05 January 2026 15:03
To: Vachtsevanou, Danai <danai.vachtsevanou@unisg.ch>; public-webagents <public-webagents@w3.org>
Subject: Re: EMAS 2026 @ AAMAS 2026: Call for Papers


FYI, your email says October, the website says May.



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Joshua Cornejo

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From: "Vachtsevanou, Danai" <danai.vachtsevanou@unisg.ch>
Date: Monday, 5 January 2026 at 14:15
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Subject: EMAS 2026 @ AAMAS 2026: Call for Papers
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Dear CG participants,

In a previous meeting, we announced the organization of the 14th International Workshop on Engineering Multi-Agent Systems (EMAS 2026), to be held in conjunction with the 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2026) in Paphos, Cyprus, October 25–29, 2026 (https://cyprusconferences.org/aamas2026/).

I'm reaching out to all of you, as this workshop offers an opportunity for individual members to showcase and publish their latest work on (Web-based and not only) agents. This year's edition welcomes, among others, contributions that revisit, extend, or challenge established engineering approaches on Multi-Agent Systems (MAS), explore emerging generative agent architectures and agentic systems, or investigate how different approaches can be integrated into Hybrid Agent Architectures and Multi-Agent Systems<https://emas-workshop.github.io/2026/cfp/>. In addition to regular papers, the workshop welcomes student, short, and demo papers to support early-career researchers and to encourage all participants to disseminate and discuss early-stage ideas and prototypes.

Why Join EMAS 2026 (in brief)?

If you work with Language Agents, or are new to Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems:

  *   Showcase your work on language agents, augmented language models, agentic systems, and other emerging technologies through one of the most established international forums for researchers and practitioners in agent and multi-agent system engineering.

  *   Gain a structured overview of decades of MAS engineering, including foundational theories, architectures, languages, platforms, and methodologies, and see how these approaches can guide the specification, design, implementation, verification, and testing of agents and multi-agent systems.

  *   Discover how elements of classical MAS engineering can strengthen or complement your own work.

If you are already a member of the AAMAS/EMAS community:

  *   Address (once more) the challenge of advancing the state of the art in EMAS by presenting and discussing your latest research.

  *   Explore how advances in agentic technologies can drive the re-examination and extension of MAS principles, models, and languages, addressing emerging forms of generative agent interaction, coordination, and reasoning.

  *   Engage with researchers at the intersection of classical MAS and emerging agent-based system types to identify new directions for hybrid agent architectures and multi-agent systems.

For all CG members, EMAS 2026 also provides an opportunity to receive input and feedback relevant to the scope of the WebAgents CG, including ongoing efforts in our Task Forces:

  *   Explore approaches for enabling interoperability among agents of heterogeneous architectures (new or established) while supporting system-level design goals in Web-based MAS<https://w3c-cg.github.io/webagents/TaskForces/Interoperability/Reports/report-interoperability.html#design-goals>.

  *   Investigate how elements of established or emerging agent architectures can be combined to better address agent-level design goals in Web-based MAS<https://w3c-cg.github.io/webagents/TaskForces/Interoperability/Reports/report-interoperability.html#design-goals>.

  *   Identify new use cases<https://github.com/w3c-cg/webagents/tree/main/TaskForces/UseCases> of interest to researchers and practitioners where Web Agents could offer more efficient, effective, or sustainable solutions compared to alternative approaches.

For more information, please find below the call for papers and visit: https://emas-workshop.github.io/2026/

We welcome your contributions and look forward to seeing you in Paphos this May.

Kind regards,

Danai Vachtsevanou, Rem Collier, and Alessandro Ricci

EMAS 2026 Programme Chairs





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CALL FOR PAPERS – 14th International Workshop on Engineering Multi-Agent Systems (EMAS 2026)
in conjunction with the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS) 2026 -- Paphos, May 25-29, 2026

https://emas-workshop.github.io/2026/

## Workshop Description

EMAS 2026 builds on the long-standing tradition of the Workshop on Engineering Multi-Agent Systems, advancing the design, implementation, and deployment of autonomous agents and Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) through research on theories, architectures, languages, platforms, and methodologies. To build on decades of established MAS engineering approaches and engage with emerging augmented language models and agentic systems, this 14th edition focuses on Hybrid Agent Architectures and Multi-Agent Systems<https://emas-workshop.github.io/2026/cfp/>.

We invite contributions covering the diversity of approaches to engineering agents and MAS: submissions may focus on established or emerging approaches, as well as hybrid approaches that integrate the two, exploring, among others, questions<https://emas-workshop.github.io/2026/cfp/#topics> such as how different agent architectures can be combined to create more capable agents, and how MAS can be designed to ensure interoperability, coordination, and governance among heterogeneous agents.

## Important Dates



Abstract submission deadline: January 28, 2026

Paper submission deadline: February 4, 2026

Author notification: March 19, 2026

Camera-ready submission deadline: April 23, 2026

Workshop:  May 25–26, 2026

## Topics

Over decades, substantial knowledge and expertise have been developed in the engineering of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS), including theories, architectures, languages, platforms, and methodologies for designing, implementing, and deploying autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. Despite this strong foundation, the emergence and integration of augmented language models and generative agents into agentic and multi-agent systems, introduces new challenges and opportunities for MAS engineering to evolve and address this expanding landscape of autonomous agents.

In this context, EMAS 2026, with its special theme on Hybrid Agent Architectures and Multi-Agent Systems, welcomes contributions that revisit, extend, or challenge established MAS engineering approaches, explore emerging generative agent architectures and agentic systems, or examine the integration of different approaches into hybrid agent architectures and multi-agent systems. Submissions may address and extend foundational questions in MAS engineering, including but not limited to:

  *   How to specify, design, implement, verify, and test multi-agent systems in light of emerging technologies such as generative agent models, agentic systems, and neuro-symbolic Artificial Intelligence (AI), as well as modern application needs including explainability, interoperability, and flexible tool use.
  *   Which (multi-)agent architectures and languages are best suited to meet diverse design objectives and system requirements.
  *   How elements from established and emerging agent architectures can be combined to engineer hybrid architectures that leverage strengths while mitigating weaknesses of individual approaches.
  *   How established MAS principles can inform the design of generative and hybrid agent architectures.
  *   How advances in agentic technologies can drive the re-examination and extension of MAS principles, models, and languages, addressing emerging forms of generative agent interaction, coordination, and reasoning.
  *   How multi-agent systems can enable interoperability among agents of heterogeneous architectures while ensuring effective, governed coordination and collaboration.
  *   How to engineer agents and multi-agent systems that are verifiable, explainable, transparent, and accountable by design.
  *   Which processes and methodologies can integrate the above to provide a disciplined approach to MAS engineering.

EMAS 2026 provides a forum for researchers and practitioners in agent-oriented software engineering, multi-agent system programming, declarative agent languages and technologies, generative agents, and agentic systems to present and discuss research and emerging results in MAS engineering. The workshop aims to:

  *   Enhance knowledge of the theory and practice of engineering autonomous agents and multi-agent systems, advancing the state of the art.
  *   Demonstrate how MAS methodologies, architectures, languages, and tooling can be applied in the engineering of hybrid multi-agent systems and agents built on hybrid architectures.
  *   Define new directions for MAS engineering by combining established MAS approaches with insights from the Agentic AI community.
  *   Encourage PhD and Master’s students to engage with and contribute to the field.

## Submissions

We solicit four types of submissions:

  *   Regular papers should: (1) clearly describe innovative and original research; or (2) report a survey on a research topic in the field; or (3) explain how existing techniques have been applied to a real-world case. (16 pages, excluding references, in LNCS format).
  *   Short papers should: (1) describe novel and promising ideas and/or techniques that are in an early stage of development; or (2) present a vision for some part of the field, including challenges, and research opportunities (see the AAMAS Blue Sky Track CFP for more information on these sort of papers). (8 pages, excluding references, in LNCS format).
  *   Student papers should describe M.Sc. or Ph.D. research in the field of engineering multi-agent systems. The paper should clearly describe the problem tackled and why it is important, the research method, the (expected) contributions of the research, and the evaluation. The lead author on the paper should be the student. (6 pages, excluding references, in LNCS format).
  *   Tools, testbeds, and demo papers should describe a novel tool or demonstration in the field of engineering multi-agent systems. Submissions may range from early prototypes to in-house or pre-commercialised products. Authors of other EMAS 2026 papers are also welcome to submit an accompanying tool/demo paper. The paper should provide a link to supplementary material that allows the reviewers to evaluate the submission such as website or video (4 pages, excluding references, in LNCS format).

Submission policy: all papers should be original and not be submitted elsewhere. The review process is single blind: submissions should not be blind, reviewers will be.

Submissions should be formatted following the LNCS formatting style which is available via: http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines

?? Submit your paper via OpenReview: https://openreview.net/group?id=ifaamas.org/AAMAS/2026/Workshop/EMAS

## Post-proceedings

Papers accepted to the workshop may be considered for inclusion in the post-proceedings.

To support discussion of emerging ideas, provide opportunities for improvement, ensure a high-quality proceedings volume, and offer authors appropriate publication pathways, a two-stage process is employed: based on the reviewers’ assessments, some papers may be recommended for inclusion in the post-proceedings in their current form, while others may be invited to submit revised and extended versions. Subject to final arrangements, the post-proceedings are intended for publication in Springer’s Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) series.

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For more information about this Call for Papers, please visit: https://emas-workshop.github.io/2026/cfp/

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Danai Vachtsevanou

Postdoctoral Researcher
School of Computer Science
University of St.Gallen, Switzerland
https://interactions.ics.unisg.ch/