The 51st IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN)
October 7-9, 2026 — Coimbra, Portugal
The IEEE LCN conference is the premier conference on theoretical and practical aspects of computer networking. LCN is highly interactive, enabling an effective interchange of results and ideas among researchers, users, and product developers. Major developments from high-speed networks to the global Internet to specialized sensor networks have been reported at past LCNs. Please join us for LCN 2026, our 51st annual meeting, in Coimbra, Portugal!
Important Dates
Paper Registration: April 13, 2026 (AoE)
Paper Submission: April 20, 2026 (AoE)
Paper Acceptance Notification: June 29, 2026 (AoE)
Final Paper Due: July 27, 2026 (AoE)
Announcements
February 4, 2026: The LCN 2026 Call for Papers has been released.
February 4, 2026: We are seeking members for the Technical Program Committee (TPC). If you are interested in joining the TPC, or know of a good TPC candidate, please complete the LCN 2026 TPC nomination form.
January 28, 2026: Please view the video invitation to LCN 2026 on the LCN YouTube channel.
January 9, 2026: The LCN 2026 Web site is live! Welcome to the 51st LCN! See you in Coimbra!!
Patrons
The LCN 2026 Committee would like to thank the IEEE Computer Society and the IEEE Computer Society Technical Community on Computer Communications (TCCC) for their continuing support of LCN.
Student participation grants are made possible by the financial contribution from the IEEE Computer Society TCCC.
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