8th IEEE International Workshop on

Smart Circular Economy

Reykjavik, Iceland

June 22-24, 2026

To be held in conjunction with IEEE DCOSS-IoT 2026

Supported by 3D Circular

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Important Dates

Paper Submission Deadline:
April 7, 2026 AoE

Acceptance Notification:

May 14, 2026 AoE

Camera Ready Deadline:

May 21, 2026 AoE (firm)

Early registration deadline: TBA

Scope

Circular Economy is a paradigm for sustainable growth that envisions the transformation of how modern societies design, produce and consume goods and services towards a regenerative economic cycle. Future and emerging technologies, such as 5G and 6G networks, Distributed Ledger Technologies, and crowdsourcing systems, along with innovative models and paradigms, such as the Internet of Things, Industry 5.0, and community networks, will play an important role in the transition to Circular Economy. The development of relevant international standards and policy-making initiatives, such as the European Green Deal, will also facilitate the transition.

Smart Circular Economy is an international workshop focusing on the role of ICT as an enabler for Digital Circular Economy. This workshop brings together scientists, researchers, as well as relevant stakeholders from the industry and local communities to share and exchange their experiences, discuss challenges, and report state-of-the-art and in-progress research lying in the intersection of ICT and Circular Economy.

SmaCE'26 accepted and presented papers will appear in IEEE Xplore and all major publication indexes (DBLP, Scopus, etc.).
DCOSS-IoT 2026 and its satellite events are technically co-sponsored by IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP).
SmaCE'26 is sponsored by 3D Circular.

Topics of Interest

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Applications of Smart Circular Economy technologies in verticals such as healthcare, transportation, energy, citizen safety, and other.
Architectures for collecting and curating data generated by distributed, heterogeneous smart assets.
Crowdsensing, Internet of Things and Participatory Sensing, Crowdsourced Systems and Architectures
Data-driven business models, Open Innovation, Co-creation and shared value creation
Experiences and lessons learnt from real-life case studies and deployments.
Interdependency between Digital and Physical Networks; e.g. communication and utility networks.
Low-Power Networks - LoRa, SigFox, NB-IoT, IPv6-enabled IoT, Industrial IoT
Requirements engineering for Circular Economy
RFID, NFC and other technologies for asset management
Security, Privacy and Trust for Smart Circular Economy
Skills Development and Workforce Reskilling; e.g. educational approaches, curricula design, certification pathways, and professional development in digital circular economy; integration of circular economy and digital skills in higher education and vocational training.
Smart Infrastructure - Smart Grid, Utility Networks (water, gas, waste, etc.), Transport Networks and other.
Smart services and service provisioning
Technology enablers for Circular Economy - Internet of Things, 5G and 6G, Software Defined Networks, Big Data, Analytics, Machine Learning and other.
The Blockchain and other Distributed Ledger Technologies for Smart Circular Economy - asset tracking, smart contracts, micro-transactions, etc.