KI2026: Final Call for Papers

[Diedrich Wolter]

Final Call for Papers

KI 2026, August 11–14, 2026 in Bremen, Germany

(directly preceding IJCAI/ECAI 2026 in Bremen)

https://ki2026.gi.de

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ki2026

Dear colleagues,

we apologize for potential cross-posting. KI2026 is the annual international conference of the German AI society. It takes place August 11–14, immediately preceding IJCAI/ECAI 2026. As general AI conference, contributions from all areas of AI are welcome. KI will have very reasonable fees and feature a rich program, including

• keynotes by Randy Goebel, Steven Schockaert, and Lea Schönherr;
• an evening poster session;
• a conference dinner;
• workshops, tutorials, and a doctoral consortium.

Accepted, peer-reviewed papers will be published as Springer LNAI conference proceedings and outstanding papers will be invited to journal submissions for the KI journal.

For more detailed info on each call, please refer to:

• Call for Papers (Long, Short, Extended Abstracts), submit by 24th of March 2026: https://ki2026.gi.de/calls/call-for-papers 
• Call for Doctoral Consortium Contributions, submit by 15th of May: https://ki2026.gi.de/calls/call-for-doctoral-consortium-contributions 
• Calls for Contributions to Workshops: https://ki2026.gi.de/program/workshops-and-tutorials

Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ki2026

We are looking forward to your contributions!
Best regards

Gesina Schwalbe (University of Lübeck, Germany; PC co-chair)
Diedrich Wolter (University of Lübeck, Germany; PC co-chair)
Serge Autexier (Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI), Bremen, Germany; local organizer) 
Sirko Straube  (Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI), Bremen, Germany; local organizer)
Magnus Bender (Aarhus University, Denmark; workshop and tutorial co-chair) 
Tanya Braun (University of Münster, Germany; workshop and tutorial co-chair)
Alexander Steen (University of Greifswald, Germany; workshop and tutorial co-chair)
Isabelle Kuhlmann  (FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany; doctoral consortium co-chair)
Mena Leemhuis  (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy; doctoral consortium co-chair)