For 2026, all events will be held in a hybrid mode with five options: on site or virtual choices (live, prerecorded videos, voiced presentation slides, and .pdf slides).

SoftNet 2026 Congress

Conference will be mixed online and on location at

NOVOTEL BARCELONA CORNELLÀ
Avenida Maresme 78
08940, CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT
BARCELONA

Phone: +34 934 74 70 00
Email: H3667@accor.com

Note: This event is a mix of online and on site participation. All contributions are posted below; those presenting onsite have their own schedule, as a subset of the entire program.

Opening Welcome

On Site Program

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Open Discussions

Open Discussion 1 - Monday
Title: Bridging Human Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence
Moderators:
Dr. Juliette Mattioli, Thales Group, France 
Prof. Dr. Sc. Ivana Semanjski, Universiteit Gent, Belgium 
Prof. Dr. Herwig Mannaert, University of Antwerp, Belgium
- presentation slides

Open Discussion 2 - Thursday
Title: Challenges and Innovation on AI Competencies
Moderators:
Prof. Dr. Lasse Berntzen, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway 
Dr. Oguz Bektas, University of Luxembourg (SnT), Luxembourg (pending)
Dr.  Andrew Lauziere, Galois, Inc. USA     
- presentation slides

Keynote Speeches

Sunday, September 27

K1. From Connectivity to Service-Oriented Networking: Value-of-Service Driven Resource Allocation for Integrated Sensing and Communications
Prof. Dr. Biwei Li, Southeast University - Nanjing, China
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K2. Uncovering the Social Role of Everyday Mobility beyond Trip Purpose through AI and Data Analytics
Prof. Dr. Sc. Ivana Semanjski, Universiteit Gent, Belgium
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K3. Model‐Driven Software Engineering: An NST Architecture
Prof. Dr. Herwig Mannaert, University of Antwerp, Belgium
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Monday, September 28

K4. How can we Assess the Trustworthiness of AI-based Systems?
Dr. Juliette Mattioli, Thales Group, France
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K5. On to the Next Level! Methodological and Technical Integration of Process Simulation with Artificial Intelligence
Prof. Dr. Carlo Simon, Hochschule Worms - University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Tuesday, September 29

K6. Critical Design and Performance Considerations for Deep Space Communications
Chief Syst. Eng. Timothy T Pham, NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) - Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K7. Sculpting Cyber Utopia: Carving Order Out of Chaos
Prof. Dr. Joshua Sipper, Air University, Air Command and Staff College, USA
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Wednesday, September 30

K8. Verifiable Security for Cyber-Physical Systems: Solutions and Challenges
Prof. Dr. Sibylle Fröschle, TU Hamburg, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K9. Language Model-Driven Software Engineering: Towards Integrating Natural Language with Formal Models
Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Sehring, NORDAKADEMIE gAG Hochschule der Wirtschaft, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

K10. Building Digital Wildfire Resilience: How AI, Drones and Community Resources Can Transform Fire Response
Prof. Dr. Lasse Berntzen, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Thursday, October 1

K11. Beyond Technology: Modeling the Human Side of Energy Transition
Prof. Dr. Mart Verhoog, IU International University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- presentation slides
- video presentation
- short bio

Panels

Panel 1 - Monday, Sep 28, 18:30
Theme: Building and Testing AI-supported Systems
Moderator:
Prof. Dr. Carlo Simon, Hochschule Worms - University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Panelists:
Dipl. Ing.  Yoann Randon, IRT SYSTEMX, France
Prof.   Yasutaka Uchida, Teikyo University of Science, Japan
Dr. Juliette Mattioli, Thales Group, France
Prof.  Dr. Hiroki Takakura, National Instiute of Informatics,  Japan (pending)
Prof. Dr. Joshua Sipper, Air University, Air Command and Staff College, USA
- presentation slides

Panel 2 - Tuesday, Sep 29, 18:45
Theme: Trends in Human-Machine Interaction and Coexistence
Moderator:
Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Sehring, NORDAKADEMIE gAG Hochschule der Wirtschaft, Germany
Panelists:
Prof. Dr.  Samer Al-khateeb, Creighton University, USA 
Prof. Dr. Michael Massoth, Department of Computer Science, Hochschule Darmstadt (h_da) University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, Germany
Prof.  Dr. Fernando Ribeiro, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal (pending)
Dr. Marco Franke, BIBA - Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH, Deutschland (pending)
- presentation slides

Panel 3 - Thursday, Oct 1, 10:15am
Theme: Perspectives on Decision-making in Intelligent Systems
Moderator:
Prof. Dr. Lasse Berntzen, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
Panelists:
Prof. Dr. Mart Verhoog, IU International University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Prof. Dr, Saikat Das, Utah Valley University, USA
Dr. Majdi Abdellateif, Arab Open University, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Dr. Marko Jäntti, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Prof. Dr. Radek Koci, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic (pending)
- presentation slides

Regular Sessions - Hybrid (On Site, Virtual)

(to be posted once registration concludes)

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