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.