The 59th CIRP CMS 2026 conference aims to provide researchers and industry specialists in production technology with a global venue for exchanging ideas and discussing innovations, while disseminating cutting-edge research under the main conference theme of Driving the Future of Manufacturing Systems with AI and Sustainability.
Scope & Submissions
Topics
Specifically, the topics welcome at the CMS2026 include, but are not limited to:
- Additive and digital manufacturing
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
- Cybersecurity in manufacturing systems
- Design and optimization of supply chains and layouts in networked manufacturing
- Digital Twin functionalities and strategies in manufacturing systems
- Energy efficiency and resource optimization
- Ethics, trust, and governance in manufacturing systems
- Generative AI in manufacturing systems
- Human-machine cooperation
- Industry 4.0, Industry 5.0 and beyond
- Industrial Internet of Things and Smart Sensing
- Responsiveness and resilience in manufacturing systems
- Robotics in manufacturing systems
- Sustainable and circular manufacturing
- Workforce transformation and skills development
Abstracts
Submission of abstract is not required to submit a full paper.
Send abstracts to the email address cirp.cms.2026.abstracts@gmail.com. Subject line should be “CIRP CMS 2026 Abstract - Last Name of the First Author"
Acceptance will be sent via email.
Friday, September 12, 2025
Abstracts due. Submission of abstract is not required to submit a full paper.
Friday, September 19, 2025
Notification of abstract acceptance
Full Paper Templates
- Full paper should be in line with the overarching topics of the conference.
- The length of the full paper is strictly restricted to 6 pages, including references.
- Full paper should be prepared using the official template provided by Elsevier, which can be downloaded via the button below.
- During the final submission, Elsevier requires a PDF version of your full paper as well as a .doc/.docx or .tex version.
- Please note: for every separate publication, one registration is required.
Full Paper Deadlines
The review of the full paper is done by the members of the Scientific Committee, under auspices of the Organizing Committee and CIRP STC O.
Monday, December 1, 2025
Full Paper submission
due at 5 p.m. CST
Friday, February 20, 2026
Notification of full paper acceptance
Friday, March 20, 2026
Final camera-ready paper version due