https://www.euro-online.org/inoc2026/
INOC 2026, the International Network Optimization Conference, provides a forum for researchers in the broad field of network optimization to present and publish their latest results and ongoing research. INOC is the conference of the European Network Optimization Group (ENOG), a working group of EURO the Association of European Operational Research Societies. The aim of this conference is to provide conference of the European Network Optimization Group (ENOG), a working group of EURO. The conference has been held biennially since 2003, the latest in 2024 at the University College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland).
INOC 2026 is the 12th conference of this group and will take place at HEC Liège, the Management School of Liège University, Liège, Belgium, April 22-24, 2026.
INOC solicits contributions in the broad field of Network Optimization, from the areas of Mathematical Optimization, Operations Research, Artificial Intelligence and Graph Theory. Application-oriented network optimization from areas like Telecommunications, Routing, Smart Grids, and Logistics are most welcome. Topics include but are not restricted to:
INOC accepts both short papers to be published in the proceedings and extended abstracts to be published at the conference only:
All submissions must be formatted with the Latex templates provided and submitted to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=inoc2026.
For short papers, please use the template and style files in INOC_short_paper_template.zip.
For extended abstracts, use the simple template in INOC-ext-abstract-template.zip.
Contributions will be peer-reviewed by the Programme Committee. The proceedings will be published at OpenProceedings. After the conference, extended papers can be submitted to a special issue of the journal Networks.
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Short papers submission deadline | January 30 |
| Extended abstracts submission deadline | February 7 |
| Notification of acceptance - Short papers | February 13 |
| Notification of acceptance - Extended abstracts | February 20 |
| Registration deadline | March 6 |
| Final version of short papers deadline | March 6 |
| Conference | April 22-24 |
| Full paper for the special issue of Networks deadline | July 31 |
You will find information about the conference and venue on the INOC 2026 webpage. If you don't find the answer there, you can email your questions about INOC 2026 to inoc2026@euro-online.org.
We look forward to seeing you in Liège!