About us

IWAC is the premier venue for exchanging the latest information with professionals in Air Traffic Management, Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance (ATM/CNS). IWAC2026 will feature a special topic on Next-Generation Airport Operations, alongside general ATM/CNS topics. ENRI provides an opportunity for all participants — including policy makers, operators, industry stakeholders, researchers, and academics — to review and discuss their R&D strategies across the aviation spectrum.

Important Dates

Fri, May 15, 2026
Submission deadline

Paper Submission

Research Paper Submission Tracks

Human Factors
Others
Advanced surface movement guidance and control system
Remote Tower
Improvement of Runway Throughput
Reduction of Environmental Impact around the Airport
Vertiports
Advanced Air Traffic Operations and Management
Trajectory Prediction and Modeling
Airport Operations and Management
ATM Weather and Environment
System Wide Information Management (SWIM)
Wired/Wireless Aeronautical Communications
Surveillance Systems(SSR, WAM/MLAT, ADS-B)
GNSS
Space Weather
Radar System, Data and Applications
Aviation Safety, Security and Resilience
Autonomous/Intelligent Systems
Information and Data Sharing Technologies
Virtual and Remote Technologies
Future Radio/Sensing Technologies
Emerging Aerial Vehicles(Drones, AAM/UAM, HAPS)

Call for Papers Description

IWAC invites papers in two categories — Academic and Interchange. Academic Category requires 4-8 pages, includes peer review, and is for Regular and Student divisions. Interchange Category welcomes non-academic presentations, project or product introductions, or proposals for aircraft operations with a draft manuscript of 1-8 pages. All papers must be written in English and formatted in two columns on A4 size pages.