SAGT 2026: Final Call for Papers + Invited Speakers + Pre-Conference Workshop

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19th International Symposium on Algorithmic Game Theory (SAGT) 2026

     15th-18th September 2026, University of Augsburg, Germany

https://www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet/fai/conferences/sagt-2026/
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***  Accompanied by a Workshop on Mechanisms with Predictions  ***
***            by Vasilis Gkatzelis and Guido Schäfer  ***
***       14th-15th September 2026, University of Augsburg ***

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The purpose of SAGT is to bring together researchers from Computer 
Science, Economics, Mathematics, Operations Research, and related fields 
to present and discuss original research at the intersection of 
Algorithms and Game Theory.

Foundational work is solicited on topics including but not limited to:

     Solution Concepts in Game Theory
     Efficiency of Equilibria and Price of Anarchy
     Computational Aspects of Equilibria
     Learning and Dynamics in Games
     Game-Theoretic Aspects of Networks
     Auction Design and Analysis
     Algorithmic Contract Design
     Mechanism Design and Pricing
     Internet Economics and Computational Advertising
     Reputation, Recommendation and Trust Systems
     Economic Aspects of Distributed Computing
     Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
     Decision Theory and Information Design
     Computational Social Choice and Fair Division
     Market Design and Matching Markets
     Cooperative Game Theory

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INVITED SPEAKERS
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We will have invited talks by

     Martin Bichler, TU Munich, Germany
     Tim Roughgarden, Columbia University, USA
     Tami Tamir, Reichman University, Israel


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IMPORTANT DATES
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Abstract Submission: 20 May 2026, anywhere on Earth
Full-Paper Submission: 26 May 2026, anywhere on Earth
Notification: 09 July 2026
Camera-Ready Submission: 15 July 2026
Pre-Conference Workshop: 14 - 15 September 2026
Conference: 15 - 18 September 2026

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SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
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Authors are invited to submit original research for possible 
presentation at the conference. Each paper will be evaluated on 
significance, originality, technical quality, and exposition. It should 
clearly establish the research contribution, its relevance, and its 
relation to prior research.

*** Where to Submit ***

SAGT 2026 uses Easychair.
Submission server: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sagt2026

*** Submission Guidelines ***

Submissions must be anonymous. SAGT 2026 will use double-blind reviewing 
like WINE, EC, and all other major conferences. Submissions should not 
reveal the identity of the authors in any way. In particular, authors’ 
names, affiliations, and email addresses should not appear anywhere in 
the submission. (In LNCS, \author{} and \institute{} fields should not 
be included.) Authors should refer to their prior work in a neutral 
manner (for example, say “XYZ showed” instead of “we showed”). 
Submissions may include work that has been publicly presented (as long 
as it has not appeared in published proceedings) or posted on arXiv or 
similar online repositories, provided that the submission itself is 
properly anonymized.

Submissions may be up to 18 pages long (including title page and 
references) in LNCS format. Note that SAGT 2026 requires submissions in 
LNCS format (provided as part of Springer's LaTeX2e package). In 
addition, an appendix may be included at the end of the paper and will 
be read at the discretion of the reviewers. Submissions deviating from 
these guidelines may be rejected without review.

Authors are strongly encouraged to structure their paper in a way that 
includes a clear presentation of the merits of the paper and a 
discussion of the importance of the results, as well as an exposition of 
the key conceptual and technical ideas.

*** Author Guidelines ***

The symposium proceedings will be published by Springer as a Lecture 
Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) proceedings volume. Accepted papers 
will be allocated at most 18 pages (including title page and references) 
in LNCS format in the proceedings. Please refer to Springer's 
Information for Authors for detailed guidelines on how to prepare the 
final manuscript.

To accommodate the publishing traditions of different fields, authors of 
accepted papers can choose to publish a one-page abstract of their paper 
in the proceedings. The paper must then provide a URL referring to the 
full version of the paper; authors should guarantee the link to be 
reliable for at least two years. Such papers must be formatted and 
submitted just like regular papers (as described above).

Results previously published or presented at another archival conference 
prior to SAGT, or published (or accepted for publication) at a journal 
prior to the submission deadline, will not be considered for 
publication. Simultaneous submission to WINE 2026 is explicitly allowed. 
In case the paper is accepted for publication at SAGT, the authors have 
to withdraw the paper from WINE 2026. Simultaneous submission to other 
conferences with published proceedings is not allowed. Simultaneous 
submission of results to a journal is allowed only if the authors 
publish the paper as a one-page abstract in SAGT 2026.

*** Proceedings and Special Issue ***

Conference participants will have free access to the online conference 
proceedings of SAGT 2026.

SAGT 2026 will extend invitations to a selection of accepted papers for 
publication in a dedicated special issue of the ACM Transactions on 
Economics and Computation (TEAC) (details will be communicated in due 
course).

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CONTACT
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The conference is organized by Pascal Lenzner (University of Augsburg) 
and Daniel Schmand (University of Bremen).

Contact: [email protected]

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