2026 International Conference on Future Communications and Networks (FCN) aims to provide a forum that brings together international researchers from academia and practitioners in industry to meet and exchange ideas and recent research work on all aspects of future communications and networks. The 4th edition of this event, FCN 2026, will be held in Bologna, Italy, on October 28 – November 1, 2026. FCN 2026 is co-organized by FuTURE Mobile Communication Forum, China, University of Bologna, Italy, and is technically sponsorerd by IEEE Communications Society (pending). The conference will feature keynote speeches, invited talks, technical symposia, and workshops.

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Conference

>> keynote

Reinaldo A. Valenzuela

IEEE Life Fellow, Member of the National Academy of Engineering, Director of Wireless Comms. Research Dept., Bell Labs.

Thomas Marzetta

IEEE Life Fellow, Member of the National Academy of Engineering, Professor, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Director of NYU WIRELESS

Geoffrey Li

IEEE Fellow, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Professor, Chair in Wireless Systems ITP Lab, Dept of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Imperial College London, UK

Tony Q.S. Quek

IEEE Fellow, WWRF Fellow, Fellow of Academy of Engineering Singapore Associate Provost (AI & Digital Innovation), Director, Future Comms R&D Programme, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore

Raymond Knopp

President of the OpenAirInterface Software Alliance, Head of the Communication Systems Department at EURECOM

Riccardo Guerzoni

Director of the Core Network Group at DOCOMO Euro-Labs

More keynote speakers to be announced

Conference Begins
Oct. 28 – Nov. 1, 2026

Important Dates

Submission deadline:
Jun. 15, 2026
Jun. 30, 2026
Jul. 20, 2026
Aug. 5, 2026（firm）

Acceptance notification:
Aug. 25, 2026

Camera-ready paper:
Sept. 25, 2026

Presentation submission:
Oct. 13, 2026

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