Schedule
Conference Schedule
Time mentioned in the schedule is in IST (GMT + 5.30).
Venue: Chancery Pavilion Hotel, Residency Road, Bangalore
COMSNETS 2026 All Hands Meeting
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM Monday, 5 January 2026
Participants: All organizing committee members, All volunteers, All sponsors, Event Management Team, Hotel Staff
Tuesday, 6 January 2026COMSNETS’26 WORKSHOPS |
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9:30 AM – 6:00 PM |
9:30 AM – 6:00 PM |
9:30 AM – 6:00 PM |
COMSNETS |
9:30 AM – 6:00 PM Workshop on Machine Intelligence in Networked Data and Systems (MINDS) |
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ESQUIRE HALL (Basement) |
INDIAN AFFAIRS |
SIGMA 1 |
SIGMA 2 |
SIGMA 3 |
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Workshop Session #19:30 AM – 11:00 AM |
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Tea/Coffee Break 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM |
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Workshop Session #211:30 AM – 1:00 PM |
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Lunch Break Pool Side1:00 PM – 2:00 PM |
Workshop Session #32:00 PM – 4:00 PM |
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Tea/Coffee Break 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM |
Workshop Session #44:30 PM – 6:00 PM |
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Research Café & COMSJOB: Industry perspectives
Participating Organizations: All Sponsoring Organizations 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM |
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COMSNETS 2026 WELCOME RECEPTION
Pool Side, Chancery Pavilion Hotel 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM |
*Please refer to the individual workshop schedules for exact timings of the events.
Wednesday, 7 January 2026COMSNETS’26 Day 1: Main Conference |
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CELEBRATING 18 YEARS OF COMSNETS General Co-Chairs; TPC Co-Chairs; Steering Committee Co-Chairs |
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Keynote Talk #1Speaker: Prof. Alexandre Proutiere
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Tea/Coffee Break 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM GROUP PHOTOGRAPH @SIGMA HALL |
Paper Sessions (11:30 AM – 1:00 PM) |
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Session T1-1: (Security I)
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Session T2-1: (Learning & Communication)
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SIGMA 1 |
SIGMA 3 |
INDIAN AFFAIRS |
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Lunch Break 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM |
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Session T2-2 (6G I)
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(1:00 PM - 4:00 PM) |
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SIGMA 1 |
SIGMA 3 |
Pool Side |
INDIAN AFFAIRS |
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Tea/Coffee Break 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM |
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Paper Sessions (3:30 PM – 5:00 PM) |
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Session T2-3 (IoT/Sensors I):
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SIGMA 1 |
SIGMA 3 |
INDIAN AFFAIRS |
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COMSNETS Panel Discussion #1
Topic: 6G and WiFi8 Meets Generative AI: Reimagining the Future of Intelligent Connectivity 5:15 PM – 6:45 PM Venue: SIGMA Hall |
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COMSNETS Association Meeting
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM SIGMA Hall Dinner for Organizing Committee and Association Members Only8:30 PM – 10:00 PM [SIGMA HALL FOYER] |
*Please refer to the individual workshop schedules for exact timings of the events.
Thursday, 8 January 2026COMSNETS’26 Day 2: Main Conference |
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Keynote Talk #2Speaker: Prof. Stefano Salsano
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Tea/Coffee Break 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM |
Paper Sessions (10:45 AM – 1:15 PM) |
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Session T3-1 (Security II):
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SIGMA 1 |
Esquire Hall (Basement) |
Indian Affairs |
SIGMA 3 |
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Lunch Break 1:15 PM – 2:00 PM |
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Session T3-3 (Network Performance):
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(1:00 PM - 4:00 PM) |
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SIGMA 1 |
ESQUIRE HALL (Basement) |
Pool Side |
INDIAN AFFAIRS |
SIGMA 3 |
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Tea/Coffee Break 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM |
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Paper Sessions (4:00 PM – 5:30 PM) |
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Session T3-4 (Multimedia):
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SIGMA 1 |
ESQUIRE HALL (Basement) |
INDIAN AFFAIRS |
SIGMA 3 |
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COMSNETS Panel Discussion #2
5:45 PM – 7:00 PM Venue: SIGMA HALL |
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COMSNETS 2025 BANQUET TALK
7:15 PM – 8:00 PM |
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COMSNETS 2026 Award Ceremony [8:00 PM - 8:15 PM]
Best Papers; Best Posters; Best Demos; Best Graduate Forum Handing over the Baton to the COMSNETS 2027 Committee GROUP PHOTOGRAPH |
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*Please refer to the individual workshop schedules for exact timings of the events.
Friday, 9 January 2026COMSNETS’26 Day 3: Main Conference |
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Keynote Talk #3
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Tea/Coffee Break 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM |
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Paper Sessions (11:00 AM – 1:00 PM) |
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Session T1-2 (Vehicular and Autonomous Networks)
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Session T2-4 (Networking)
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Entrepreneur Ignite Summit (EIS) | |||||||||
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SIGMA 1 |
SIGMA 3 |
INDIAN AFFAIRS |
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Lunch Break GROUP PHOTOGRAPH (Hotel Entrance) 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM |
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Paper Sessions2:00 PM – 4:00 PM |
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Session T1-3 (6G II)
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Session T2-5 (IoT/Sensors II)
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Entrepreneur Ignite Summit (EIS) | |||||||||
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SIGMA 1 |
SIGMA 3 |
INDIAN AFFAIRS |
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Tea/Coffee Break 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM |
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Keynote Talk #4
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COMSNETS Panel Discussion #3
Topic: Networking for a World Where AI Talks to AI: Autonomous Agents and Next-Gen Traffic 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Venue: SIGMA HALL |
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Main COMSNETS Conference Closure
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM |
*Please refer to the individual workshop schedules for exact timings of the events.
Saturday, 10 January 2026COMSNETS’26 WORKSHOPS |
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9:30 AM – 6:00 PM Advances in Autonomous Driving and Vehicular Networks (ADVnet) |
9:30 AM – 6:00 PM |
9:30 AM – 6:00 PM |
COMSNETS |
9:30 AM – 6:00 PM |
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INDIAN AFFAIRS |
ESQUIRE HALL (Basement) |
SIGMA 1 |
SIGMA 2 |
SIGMA 3 |
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Workshop Session #109:30 AM – 11:00 AM |
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Tea/Coffee Break 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM |
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Workshop Session #211:30 AM – 1:00 PM |
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Lunch Break Pool Side1:00 PM – 2:00 PM |
Workshop Session #32:00 PM – 4:00 PM |
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Tea/Coffee Break 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM |
Workshop Session #44:30 PM – 6:00 PM |
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| COMSNETS CONFERENCE & WORKSHOPS CLOSURE |
*Please refer to the individual workshop schedules for exact timings of the events.
