The IEEE International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC) is a premier annual conference series aiming to provide a platform for researchers from both academia and industry to present discoveries and high-quality contributions in the broad area of Cloud, Edge, and Computing Continuum utility computing and applications. The conference features keynotes, posters, workshops, and a student symposium.

UCC 2026 will be held in conjunction with the 13th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies (BDCAT 2026) in Florianópolis, Brazil.

The UCC 2026 Organizing Committee invites proposals for half-day or one-day workshops to be held prior to or immediately after the main conference. The workshops aim to spark discussions on cutting-edge, emerging, visionary, and sometimes controversial topics. Workshops should be designed to encourage lively interaction and discussion, and a plan to achieve this must be clearly outlined in the workshop proposals.

The organizers of accepted workshops are responsible for promoting the workshop by distributing the call for papers, soliciting submissions, managing the reviewing processes, and finalizing the workshop program. At least one organizer should plan to be physically present at the workshop to ensure highly interactive participation and discussions. Workshop organizers must ensure at least 3 high-quality reviews per paper and an acceptance rate no higher than 50%.

We encourage workshops on both established research topics to promote newly developed ideas, as well as workshops on emerging topics with a sufficient body of research being carried out cross-cutting across utility and cloud research. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Applied Cloud Technology for Scientific Computing, IoT/Cyber-Physical/Robotics, AI/ML Domains, e-Health, Smart City, Digital Twins, Earth Observation, etc.
• Architectural, Programming, and Deployment Models for Clouds and the Cloud-Edge Continuum.
• Artificial Intelligence in the Cloud-Edge Continuum, Edge Intelligence, and Cognitive Computing Continuum.
• Enablers: Serverless Computing, Advanced Containerization, Virtualization Technologies, and Trusted Computing Environments.
• Cloud-Edge Continuum Management: Autonomic, Adaptive, Self-*, SLAs, Performance Models, Monitoring, Sustainability, and Legal/Compliance.
• Cloud-Edge Continuum Middleware, Stacks, Tools, Delivery Networks, and Services at All Layers (XaaS) as well as Mobile Edge Computing.
• Utility-Driven Models and Mechanisms for Cloud Federations and Hybrid Clouds.
• Principles and Theoretical Foundations of Utility Computing, Including Pricing and Service Models.
• Scalability and Resource Management: Brokering, Scheduling, Capacity Planning, Parallelism, and Elasticity.
• Ultrascale Clouds, Deep Learning, LLMs, Agentic, HPC, and further Frontiers.

The page limit for accepted regular workshop papers is 6 pages, including all figures, tables, and references. Each paper should be presented in person at the workshop.

Context 6 Scope

Proposals for workshops should be submitted in PDF format, must not exceed 4 pages (font 11pt) in length, and contain the following information:

• The name and acronym of the workshop.
• An abstract of the workshop and how it is aligned with/complements the topics of UCC.
• A brief description of why and to whom the workshop is of interest.
• The names, affiliations, email, and short bio (up to 10 lines) of the workshop organizers.
• A list of potential program committee members, program committee chairs, and their prior experience with organizing workshops/conferences. This international committee should comprise at least 10 people knowledgeable about the technical issues to be addressed, with a balanced background, and preferably with no more than 2 members from the same institution.
• A list of topics of interest.
• A description of the expected structure of the workshop (papers, invited talks, panel discussions, etc.) specifying the desired/planned length of the workshop (half day or full day).
• Estimation of the audience size.
• History of previous occurrences of the workshop, including attendance, the number of papers or presentations submitted and accepted, and the links to the corresponding websites (if any).
• A publicity plan for attracting submissions and attendees. Please also include the expected number of submissions, accepted papers, and attendees that you anticipate for a successful workshop.
• Possible related special issues of indexed journals.
• A preliminary call for papers with deadlines (see “Important Dates” sections)

Submit your workshop proposal by e-mail to the chairs: lcarnevale@unime.it and roger@imd.ufrn.br

Workshop Proposals Due:	June 15, 2026
Notification of Acceptance:	June 22, 2026
Paper Submission:	September, 2026
Camera-ready & Registration:	October 15, 2026
Workshops Dates:	TBD (December 1-4), 2026

Note: Workshops may be approved and announced early based on the quality of the proposal and the track record of their previous editions.

Workshop organizers will be responsible for:

• Setting up the submission system of their choice.
• Inviting TPC members.
• Producing a website and a “Call for Papers/Participation” for their workshop. The URL should be sent to the UCC Workshops chairs. The call must clearly state that the workshop is open to all members of the Cloud, Edge, Fog, Big Data, Grid, and Cluster Computing communities.
• Ensuring that all workshop papers are a maximum of 6 pages in length, following the main conference format. Additional pages may be purchased (in some circumstances), subject to approval b/y the proceedings chair.
• Providing a brief description of the workshop for the conference web page and program.
• Selecting participants and determining the workshop format.
• Advertising the workshop beyond the conference web page.
• Assisting in producing a camera-ready version of the workshop proceedings.
• Ensuring that at least one workshop organizer attends the conference in person to manage the workshop sessions.

The UCC 2026 Conference Organizing Committee will be responsible for:

• Providing a link to the workshop’s website on the main conference site.
• Providing logistics support and a meeting place for the workshop.
• Determining the workshop date and time in conjunction with the organizers.
• Providing copies of the workshop proceedings to attendees. Workshop proceedings will be published by IEEE following the UCC conference proceedings for the current year.

• If the workshop does not attract enough submissions, the UCC 2026 Organizing Committee may merge it with another workshop or cancel it.
• Workshop organizers must ensure high-quality reviews with at least 3 reviews per paper and an acceptance rate no higher than 50%.
• Workshops are not automatically endorsed by IEEE and should not use these organizations’ names in their titles.