[fg-arc] [CFP] GECON 2026: 21st International Conference on the Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems and Services

[Matteo Della Bartola]

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GECON 2026: 21st International Conference on the Economics of Grids,

Clouds, Systems and Services


September 9-11, 2026, Pisa, Italy


Conference site: https://gecon2026.di.unipi.it/

Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gecon2026

Contact: gecon2026 at easychair.org

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IMPORTANT DATES

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- May 01, 2026: Special topic session proposals

- May 01, 2026: Tutorial proposals

- May 08, 2026: Paper abstract submission

- May 08, 2026: Notification for special sessions and tutorials

- May 15, 2026: Full and short paper submission

- June 12, 2026: Poster submission (abstract + poster)

- June 12, 2026: Notification of acceptance

- June 26, 2026: Camera-ready papers

- June 26, 2026: Poster submission for accepted papers


OVERVIEW

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The International Conference on the Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems

and Services (GECON) builds upon a successful series of conferences

since 2003. The conference focuses on interdisciplinary research

combining economic and business perspectives with engineering and

computer science aspects of distributed computing infrastructures and

digital service ecosystems.


As global markets for infrastructures, platforms and software services

continue to expand, understanding their economic implications and

technological challenges becomes increasingly important. GECON provides

a forum for researchers and practitioners working at the intersection of

distributed systems, cloud computing, edge infrastructures and digital

markets.


TOPICS

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Submissions combining economic or legal aspects with technological

perspectives are particularly encouraged. Topics include, but are not

limited to:


Economics

- Trustworthiness of services

- Ecosystem economics

- Switching costs

- Incentive design and strategic behaviour

- Market mechanisms and auction models

- Pricing schemes and revenue models

- Metering, accounting and billing

- Cost-benefit analysis

- Trust, reputation and risk management

- Performance monitoring and prediction

- Economics of open data

- Sustainability and energy efficiency

- Business models and strategies

- Decision support and network effects


Law and Legal Aspects

- Standardisation and interoperability

- Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

- Negotiation, monitoring and enforcement

- Governance of ecosystems

- Privacy

- Data sovereignty


Clouds, Grids, Systems and Services

- IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and federation of resources

- Resource allocation, sharing and scheduling

- Capacity planning

- Virtualization and containers

- Service science, management and engineering

- Software engineering

- Security


Applications and Technologies Transforming the Economy

- Generative AI and its economic impact

- AI-enabled cloud-to-edge computing continuum

- AI and power demand

- Smart grids, smart cities and smart buildings

- Energy-aware infrastructures and services

- Edge, fog and cloud computing

- Microservices and serverless computing

- Internet of Things

- Blockchain technologies

- Community networks and social computing

- Big data and data stream processing

- Open source ecosystems

- Modelling and simulation of distributed systems

- Interoperability and portability


SUBMISSION

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LINK: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gecon2026


Original full papers and short papers (work-in-progress) are invited.

Submissions must be original and not under consideration elsewhere.


Full papers:  maximum 12 pages

Short papers: maximum 8 pages


All submissions must follow the Springer LNCS format. Papers will be

reviewed based on technical merit, originality and relevance.


Accepted papers will be published in the Springer LNCS proceedings.


SPECIAL TOPIC SESSION PROPOSALS

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GECON invites proposals for special topic sessions aimed at fostering

focused discussions on emerging or specialised research areas related

to the economics of distributed systems.


Special sessions provide an opportunity for researchers to discuss new

ideas, present intermediate results of projects, and build research

communities around specific themes.


Proposals should briefly describe the objectives and relevance of the

topic, and outline strategies to encourage participation and discussion.

Participants may submit either individual papers or a joint paper for

the conference proceedings.


TUTORIAL PROPOSALS

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GECON welcomes tutorial proposals on topics relevant to the conference.

Tutorials are particularly intended to provide PhD students and early

career researchers with an overview of key concepts, challenges and

future research directions.


Tutorial proposals should include a title, an abstract, and a table of

contents outlining the tutorial structure.


POSTERS

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Poster presentations provide an opportunity for PhD students and young

researchers to present ongoing work and receive feedback from the

community. Authors of accepted papers are also welcome to present a

poster to increase the visibility of their work.


SPECIAL ISSUES

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Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for submission to

special issues of international journals, including:


- Elsevier Journal of Future Generation Computer Systems

- Elsevier Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

- Springer Electronic Markets

- Springer Electronic Commerce Research

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