2026 Winter Simulation Conference
December 6-9, 2026
Scottish Event Campus Ltd & Crowne Plaza Glasgow, Scotland
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For the first time in its 55+ year history, the Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) will be held in the United Kingdom!
WSC2026 will take place in Glasgow, Scotland, UK, from December 6–9, 2026.
Submission Information
To support authors from the UK, some of whom may be attending WSC for the first time, we are pleased to share the indicative submission timeline below. Please note that WSC requires the submission of full papers in April 2026. The dates indicated below may be subject to minor adjustments.
· 5th April 2026: Contributed paper submission deadline
· 25th May 2026: Notification acceptance
· 19th June 2026: Final Submission (camera ready)
All submissions will be peer reviewed. Accepted full papers will be published in the digital version of the conference proceedings archived in IEEE and ACM repositories. The papers will be made open access on the WSC website.
The author kit for WSC2026 will be available in January 2026. In the meantime, prospective authors are encouraged to consult the Author Guide for this year’s conference (WSC2025, Seattle), available at https://www.wintersim.org.
WSC 2026 Points of Contact
Tillal Eldabi, UK Publicity
Steffen Strassburger, Chair of the Publicity Committee
Stephan Onggo, Program Chair
Nav Mustafee, General Chair