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ICADL 2026
The 26th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL 2026)
2-4 December 2026 at Khon Kaen University, Thailand.
Conference Theme is: “Empowering Digital Knowledge Ecosystems through Data, AI, and Human Intelligence.”
sub-themes:– DIK and Digital Libraries
– AI, Data Science, and Analytics
– Sustainable Computing
– Social Analytics

The International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL), which started in Hong Kong in 1998 and over the years traveled many countries in the Asia-Pacific region, is a major digital library conference. Along with JCDL and TPDL, ICADL is held annually as one of the three top venues for connecting digital library, computer science, and library and information science communities. This year, ICADL 2026 will be held from November 23rd to 25th, 2026 at the Khon Kaen University in Khon kaen, Thailand as an onsite face-to-face conference; however, for those who cannot attend, ICADL 2026 will allow them to present their papers online and join sessions.

The theme for ICADL 2026 is “Empowering Digital Knowledge Ecosystems through Data, AI, and Human Intelligence“. As generative artificial intelligence (AI) is gaining widespread use, it has the potential to positively and negatively impact digital libraries and their stakeholders. This conference welcomes papers that explores the role of generative AI in digital libraries and other information intensive environments.

Proceedings of ICADL 2026 are going to be published by Springer as an LNCS volume, which is indexed by Scopus. This year, we have the following four submission categories: full papers, short papers, practice papers, and demo/poster papers.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Call for paper and submission link are available at the conference’s …

Proceedings of ICADL 2026 are going to be published by Springer as an LNCS volume, which is indexed by Scopus. This year, we have the following four submission categories: full papers, short papers, practice papers, and demo/poster papers.

If there is any interest for organizing workshops, tutorial, and panel sessions with ICADL 2026, we will consider them on request. Please contact conference organizers (To: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kanyarat Kwiecien (kandad@kku.ac.th) Khon Kaen University) with your proposal. The information about the accepted events will put on the conference website and we will encourage attendees to join the events.

The review for practice paper submissions will put less emphasis on the novelty and more on real world practices and applications of DL technologies in institutions or companies.

TOPICS

To be announced

SUBMISSION

All submissions must be in English, in PDF format. Papers should follow Springer Computer Science Proceedings guidelines .

01.

Formatting & Submission Lengths

The lengths of submissions should be as follows:

  • Full papers: 12-14 pages + references
  • Short papers: 6-8 pages + references
  • Practice papers: 6-8 pages + references
  • Demo/poster papers: 4-6 pages + references
02.

Review Process & Presentation Policy

The review process is double-blind. At least 3 Program Committee members will review each submission. The review for practice paper submissions will put less emphasis on the novelty and more on real world practices and applications of DL technologies in institutions or companies. Sufficient time will be given to the oral presentation for accepted papers in all submission categories either in-person or using an online presentation platform to be chosen later (e.g., WebEx). Each accepted paper must be presented by at least one of the co-authors.

IMPORTANT DATES

The schedule is shown below. All the dates are Anywhere on GMT+7 time zone:

Full, Short Research and Practice Papers Submission
July 24, 2026
AP iConference
27-31 July 2026
Acceptance Notification
September 8, 2026
Camera Ready Copy of Papers
October 1, 2026
Conference
2-4 Dec. 2026

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

Conference Chair

  • Assoc Prof Kanyarat Kwiecien, Khon Kaen University (KKU), Thailand.

ICADL Program Committee Co-Chairs

  • Professor Fabio Crestani (Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Switzerland)
  • Assoc Prof. Shuntaro Yada (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
  • Assistant Prof. Yi Bu (Peking University, China)

AP iConference Co-Chairs

  • Professor Jie Ma (Jilin University, China)
  • Assistant Prof. Naya Sucha-xaya (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)

Publicity Co-Chairs

  • Prof. Chei Sian Lee (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
  • Prof. Lihong Zhao (Wuhan University, China)

Workshop Co-Chair

  • Assoc Prof. Songphan Choemprayong (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
  • Assoc Prof Kanyarat Kwiecien, Khon Kaen University (KKU), Thailand
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University logo
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Prince of Songkla University logo
College of Computing, Khon Kaen University logo
Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University logo

ACCOMMODATION & CONFERENCE VENUES

Conference Venue

The conference will be held at Khon Kaen University, Thailand, during 2-4 December 2026.

Accommodation

Recommended accommodation can be listed here, such as Bayasita Hotel and other nearby options. You can also add maps, links, and room booking information later in this same file.