2026 IEEE World Congress on SERVICES
(SERVICES 2026)

13-18 July 2026, Sydney, Australia

2026 IEEE World Congress on SERVICES – Organizing Committee

Congress Steering Committee
Rong N. Chang, IBM Research, Yorktown (Chair)
Carl K. Chang, Iowa State University (Chair Emeritus)
Elisa Bertino, Purdue University
Peter Chen, Carnegie Mellon University
Ernesto Damiani, University of Milan
Sumi Helal, University of Bologna
Hong Mei, Peking University
Dejan Milojicic, Hewlett Packard Labs
Dennis Gannon, Indiana University
Frank Leymann, University of Stuttgart
Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University

2026 TCSVC Chair
Shangguang Wang, BUPT

2026 Congress Honorary Chair
Carl K. Chang, Iowa State University
Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University

2026 Congress General Chairs
Michael Sheng, Macquarie University
Xiaofei Xu, Harbin Institute of Technology

2026 Congress Program Chairs
Boualem Benataliah, Dublin City University
Zhongjie Wang, Harbin Institute of Technology

2026 Finance Committee
Wensheng Zhang, Iowa State University (Chair)
Carl K. Chang, Iowa State University
Rong N. Chang, IBM Research, Yorktown
Michael Sheng, Macquarie University
Xiaofei Xu, 
Harbin Institute of Technology

2026 Congress Local Committee
Xuyun Zhang, Macquarie University
Adnan Mahmood, Macquarie University

2026 Chair’s Papers Committee Chair
Rong N. Chang, IBM Research, Yorktown

2026 Congress Symposia Chairs
Claudio Ardagna, University of Milan
Jian Yang, Macquarie University
Jianwei Yin, Zhejiang University

2026 Congress Workshops Chairs
Yan Wang, Macquarie University
Jian Yu, Auckland University of Technology
Xiaolin Zheng, Zhejiang University

WISC Scholarship Chair
Lorraine Herger, IBM Research, Yorktown

2026 Congress Publication Chairs
Nimanthi Atukorala (Senior Publication Chair), Augsburg University
Mingyi Liu, Harbin Institute of Technology
Sira Yongchareon, Auckland University of Technology

2026 Publicity Chairs
Xiang He, Harbin Institute of Technology
Sajib Mistry, Curtin University
Flavia Monti, Sapienza University of Rome
Yacine Sam, University of Tours
Xiaoyu Shaw Xia, RMIT
 

2026 Web Chairs
Boyu Fan, University of Helsinki
Venus Haghighi, Macquarie University

2026 Congress Review Governance Committee

Marco Aiello, University of Stuttgart

Madhushi Bandara, University of Technology Sydney

Abdelkarim Ben Sada, Dublin City University (Submission Compliance Coordinator)

Jian Cao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Cinzia Cappiello, Politecnico di Milano

Sahraoui Dhelim, Dublin City University

Zhijun Ding, Tongji University

Zhiyong Feng, Tianjin University

Massimiliano Garda, University of Brescia

Azadeh Ghari-Neiat, University of Queensland

Daniela Grigori, LAMSADE, University Paris-Dauphine

Bing Li, Wuhan University

Mingyi Liu, Harbin Institute of Technology (Submission Compliance Coordinator)

Shijun Liu, Shandong University

Salvador de la Puente, IBM Research

Yacine Sam, University of Tours

Siwei Tan, Zhejiang University

Farouk Toumani, ISIMA / University of Clermont Auvergne

Hongbing Wang, Guizhou Normal University

Xianzhi Wang, University of Technology Sydney

Bo Wen, Digital Health

Zhuofeng Zhao, North China University of Technology

IEEE-CS Technical Communities Activities

Silvia Ceballos (Director)
Tricia Yamaguchi (Registration)
Kathy Park
Laura Perry-Edmonson
 

IEEE-CS CPS

Patrick Kellenberger (Associate Director)
Lisa O’Conner

2026 IEEE World Congress on SERVICES – Conference Committees

IEEE CLOUD 2026

General Chair
Hubertus Franke, IBM Research, Yorktown
Xuanzhe Liu, Peking University

Program Chairs
Yehia Elkhatib, University of Glasgow
Adel N. Toosi, University of Melbourne
Zhiying Tu, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai

IEEE EDGE 2026

General Chairs
Aaron Ding, TU Delft
Surya Nepal, CSIRO Data61
Zibin Zheng, Sun Yat-Sen University

Program Chairs
Hai Dong, RMIT
Zhizhong Liu, Yantai University
Pengcheng Zhang, Hohai University

IEEE ICDH 2026

General Chair
Karuna Pande Joshi, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Weiping Li, Peking University
Jeff Rogers, Yale University

Program Chairs
Yutao Ma, Central China Normal University
Katsunori Oyama, Nihon University
Lina Yao, UNSW Sydney

IEEE ICWS 2026

General Chairs
Amin Beheshti, Macquarie University
Xiaoping Li, Gungdong University of Technology

Program Chairs
Walid Gaaloul, Telecom SudParis
Zhihui Lu, Fudan University
Jia Wu, Macquarie University

IEEE QSW 2026

General Chairs
Johanna Barzen, University of Stuttgart
Frank Leymann, University of Stuttgart

Program Chairs
Sebastian Feld, Delft University of Technology
Elisabetta Di Nitto, Politecnico Milano
Manuel Wimmer, University of Linz

IEEE SSE 2026

General Chairs
Tiberiu Seceleanu, Mälardalen University
Jun Shen, University of Wollongong
Shangguang Wang, BUPT

Program Chairs
Xiao Liu, Deakin University
Yingjie Wang, Yantai University
Sami Yangui, LAAS-CNRS

SSE Symposium on Software Services Engineering Education

Symposium Chairs

Carl K. Chang, Iowa State University

Sumi Helal, University of Bologna

Zhiying Tu, Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai)

Program Chairs

Shijun Liu, Shandong University

Stephan Reiff-Marganiec, University of Derby

WISC Symposium

General Chairs

Manar Abu Talib, University of Sharjah

Jing Fan, Zhejiang University of Technology

Lorraine Herger, [email protected] (WISC Scholarship)

Program Chairs

Qinghua Lu, CSIRO Data61

Jordan Murray, IBM Research, New York

Chen Wang, [email protected] (WISC Scholarship)

Wei Zhang, Adelaide University