[hpc-announce] 1st CFP GECON 2026- 21st Intl. Conf. on Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems and Services

[Jose Angel Bañares]

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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://urldefense.us/v3/__https://gecon2026.di.unipi.it/__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!cjkw7n0Wx4VZA_GAZ-fzJ4aSEYUFMWRSyRbRZ0HdbGxeS_p_zoyfW2iDWODLFFipxWui4kdBNQtI00aImfbCqpPR$ 
Submission site: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gecon2026__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!cjkw7n0Wx4VZA_GAZ-fzJ4aSEYUFMWRSyRbRZ0HdbGxeS_p_zoyfW2iDWODLFFipxWui4kdBNQtI00aImVtWbMbC$ 
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, Systemsand
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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Paper submissions are managed through EasyChair at:
 https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gecon2026__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!cjkw7n0Wx4VZA_GAZ-fzJ4aSEYUFMWRSyRbRZ0HdbGxeS_p_zoyfW2iDWODLFFipxWui4kdBNQtI00aImVtWbMbC$ 

Original full papers and short papers (work-in-progress) are invited.
Submissions must be original and not under consideration elsewhere.
Full papers:  maximum 12 pagesShort 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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- JOSE ANGEL BAÑARES BAÑARES
- Dpto. de Informática e Ingeniería de Sistemas
- EINA. Universidad de Zaragoza
- Instituto de Investigación en Ingeniería de Aragón (I3A)
- María de Luna 1, 50018-Zaragoza. Spain.
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