FLTA 2026 2nd Call For Papers

*The 4th IEEE International Conference on Federated Learning Technologies
and Applications (FLTA 2026)* <flta-conference.org/flta-2026>

27=E2=80=9329 October 2026 | Paris, France | Hybrid Conference

Technically Co-Sponsored by *IEEE France Section, IEEE Computer Chapter,
IEEE Computational Intelligence Chapter*

=F0=9F=93=85 *Submission Deadline:* 30 July * 5 August 2026 * (Final & Firm=
)

flta-conference.org/flta-2026/index.php

*FLTA 2026 is hosted by 4 leading institutes in Paris:*

   - Local host: ESIEA
   - In partnership with: Sorbonne University, CY Cergy Paris Universit=C3=
=A9,
   and Universit=C3=A9 Paris 8

*Leadership & Partners*

   - Honorary Chair: *Brendan McMahan* (Google)
   - General Chairs: *Virginia Smith*, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
and *Thippa
   Reddy Gadekallu*, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
   - Industry Chairs: *Holger Roth* (NVIDIA), *Nic Lane* (University of
   Cambridge / Flower Labs)

*Industry Partners:*

   - Flower Labs, UK
   - NVIDIA (FLARE), USA
   - Google Cloud, USA
   - Scaleout (FEDn framework)

The event will be hosted by: ESIEA Graduate School of Engineering
<esiea.fr/en/homepage>, Paris.

*Topics of Interest*

FLTA 2026 welcomes contributions that advance research and innovation in
distributed, collaborative, and secure AI systems. Submissions are
encouraged from a broad range of interdisciplinary topics, both theoretical
and application-driven, including but not limited to:

   - Federated Learning Technologies
   - Distributed and Collaborative Intelligence
   - Privacy-Preserving and Secure AI
   - Data Heterogeneity and Distribution Challenges
   - Communication Efficiency and Scalability
   - Edge-Cloud Continuum and Heterogeneous Systems
   - Fairness, Bias, and Anomaly Detection in Federated Learning
   - Real-world Applications and Domain-Specific Implementations
   - Cross-Disciplinary and Emerging Trends
   - FL Software Engineering and Architectural Approaches

We also encourage submissions exploring cross-sector collaborations, case
studies, and experimental results demonstrating distributed AI's
effectiveness in real-world scenarios.

=F0=9F=91=89 *SUBMIT YOUR PAPER NOW:* conferences.sparcly.ai/=E2=80=A6
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=F0=9F=93=85 *Important Dates*
Full Paper Submission Date: July 30 *August 5, 2026* (Final & Firm)
Notification to Authors: *August 29, 2026*
Camera Ready Submission: *September 15, 2026*

*Contact:*

Please send any inquiry on FLTA to *[email protected]
<[email protected]>*

*WHY SUBMIT TO FLTA 2026?*

   - =F0=9F=8E=AF *Focused Venue* =E2=80=94 The first and leading conferenc=
e dedicated
   entirely to Federated Learning and Distributed AI
   - =F0=9F=A4=9D *Academia + Industry* =E2=80=94 Strong collaboration with=
 leading companies
   - =F0=9F=8F=86 *Awards & Support* =E2=80=94 Best paper awards + GPU cred=
its (FLOWER and
   NVIDIA)
   - =F0=9F=93=88 Extended papers will be invited to Q1 Journals
   - =F0=9F=8C=8D *High Visibility* =E2=80=94 IEEE-indexed proceedings

Also consider these events:

   - *IEEE The International Conference on Agentic, Generative, and
   Cognitive AI Systems (AGCS 2026).* Paris France, 27=E2=80=9330 October 2=
026.
   agcs-conference.tech/index.php
   - The 4th *International Federated Learning Summer School.* 19=E2=80=932=
6
   October 2026, Paris France.
   school.flta-conference.org
   - *Winter School on Federated & Agentic Learning for Cybersecurity.*
   Alicante Spain, 18=E2=80=9322 January 2027.
   demo2.flta-conference.org/falconschool2027/index.php

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