The 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2026): Last Call for Blue Sky Ideas
George Angelos Papadopoulos
*** Last Call for Blue Sky Ideas ***
The 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent
Systems (AAMAS 2026)
May 25-29, 2026, 5* Coral Beach Hotel & Resort, Paphos, Cyprus
https://cyprusconferences.org/aamas2026/
AAMAS 2026 received 1455 full paper submissions for the Main Track, after an initial
submission of 1800 abstracts. This is by far the highest number of submissions (around
50% more than the previous highest number) in the 25 years of AAMAS.
The Blue Sky Ideas Special Track is intended to present and provoke visionary ideas, long-
term challenges, new research opportunities, and debate. It serves as an incubator for
innovative, risky, and provocative research directions, and aims to provide a forum for
publishing and presenting these without being constrained by the result-oriented
standards followed in the review process of the main track of the conference. Research
visions and ideas can cross disciplines, envisioning new directions relevant for Agents and
advancing Multi-Agent Systems research through interdisciplinary viewpoints.
We encourage papers to reflect on the future of the research area and its community
within the broader AI and computing landscape. We invite submissions that focus on
novel, overlooked, or under-represented application areas to which agent research may
contribute; potential paths for agent research to contribute to the state of the art in other
AI and computing areas and the other way around; unexplored theoretical grounds for
agent research. Overall, we aim at papers that help guide the agent community to achieve
in the coming years a leading position within AI and computing research.
Evaluation Criteria
Reviewers will assess papers based on the following criteria:
Relevance and Advancement (level of future-thinking)
• Are the ideas presented of interest to members of the Agents and MAS research
communities?
• Do the ideas push forward the envelope of Agents/MAS application into the future?
Novelty and Vision (level of “Blue Sky”-ness)
• How much the ideas are visionary (vs. next step w.r.t. state of the art), novel, or out of
the box.
Background and Foundation (level of grounded-ness)
• Are the ideas motivated and grounded in a solid understanding of the existing state-of-
the-art and older foundational research/theory?
• Do the ideas consider relatively new research ideas (e.g. published in the last 3 years)?
Impact and Practicality (level of real-world applicability)
• How deep and wide is the envisioned impact of the ideas on the research agenda in the
Agents and MAS communities?
• How deep and wide is the envisioned impact on the intended beneficiaries of the ideas
presented, including practical considerations?
Rigour and Clarity (level of strength of contribution)
• Are the ideas presented in a clear and rigorous way?
• How strong is the level of critical reflection applied in the exploration of these ideas?
Submission
Submissions are limited to 4 pages in length in the AAMAS 2026 format, with any
additional pages containing only bibliographic references. The formatting instructions are
the same as for the AAMAS 2026 main track. Accepted papers will appear in the
conference proceedings and will be presented orally at the conference.
The Blue Sky Ideas Special Track follows the same policies as the main track. Submissions
must be original, reviewing is double-blind, and at least one author of each accepted
paper will be required to register for the conference by the early registration deadline with
the intention of presenting the paper at the conference. See the Call for Papers (Main
Technical Track) and Submission Instructions for details (information on the conference
website).
Important Dates
• Abstract Submission: December 3, 2025
• Paper Submission: December 8, 2025
• Rebuttal Period: January 10-15, 2026
• Author Notification: January 31, 2026
• Camera-Ready Submission: February 19, 2026
• Author Registration: March 31, 2026
All deadlines are at the end of the specified day, Anywhere on Earth (UTC-12).
Contact
AAMAS 2026 Blue Sky Ideas Track Co-Chairs
• Ann Nowé, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
• Michael Winikoff, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Organizing Committee
AAMAS 2026 General Chairs
• Viviana Mascardi, University of Genova, Italy
• John Thangarajah, RMIT University, Australia
AAMAS 2026 Program Chairs
• Chris Amato, Northeastern University, United States of America
• Louise Dennis, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
AAMAS 2026 Local Chairs
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (Chair)
• Panayiotis Kolios, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (Vice Chair)