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About The Symposium

The 3rd Symposium on Smart, Sustainable, and Secure IoT (S4IoT’26) is co-located this year with The 3rd IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & GREEN ENERGY (ICAIGE26) to bring together researchers, academics, scientists, and professionals from around the world to present and discuss their latest findings and innovative ideas in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Green Energy, and the Internet of Things (IoT).

The conference will feature world-class keynote speakers who will share their expertise and insights on cutting-edge developments, innovations, and future research trends in AI applications, renewable energy conversion and management, electric vehicles, embedded systems, IoT, and related areas. The event will take place from October 13–15, 2026, at the Kuwait College of Science & Technology (KCST), Kuwait. I will serve as a global platform for knowledge exchange and scientific collaboration between academia and industry. The event will foster discussions on emerging technologies, share best practices, and encourage partnerships that contribute to sustainable development and innovation in AI, IoT, and Green Energy.

Workshops, tutorials, and panel discussions will complement the technical sessions, enhancing the learning and networking experience for all participants.

Researchers are invited to submit their original, unpublished 6-page research papers.

All accepted, registered, and presented papers will be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore, subject to meeting IEEE’s scope and quality standards.

COMMITTEE

Honorary Chairs

Name Affiliation Country
Khalid Al-Begain KCST Kuwait
Juan José Rodríguez-Andina IEEE IES President Spain
Kamal Al-Haddad Ecole de Technologie supérieure Canada
Mahmoud Hammouda University of Sousse Tunisia

ADVISORY BOARD

Name Country
Haitham Abu-Rub Qatar
Abdullah Alqallaf Kuwait
Sertan Bayhan Qatar
Gianluca Gatto Italy
Fei Gao France
Huijun Gao China
Habib M. Kammoun Tunisia
Morgan Kiani USA

GENERAL CHAIRS

Name Country
Olfa Bel Hadj Brahim Tunisia
Carlo Cecati Italy
Hadi Y. Kanaan Lebanon
Mohamed Trabelsi Kuwait
Hani Vahedi Netherlands

TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIRS

Name Country
Zied Bouida Kuwait
Concettina Buccella Italy
Murad Khan Kuwait
Taoufik Ladhari Tunisia
M. Murugappan Kuwait

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Name Country
Olfa Jemai Tunisia
Azadeh Kermansaravi Netherlands
Anis Koubaa Saudi Arabia
Mohamed Naji Kuwait
Alfredo Vaccaro Italy
Boudour Ammar Tunisia
M. Murugappan Kuwait
Chi-Seng Lam China
Sagar Mahajan Saudi Arabia
Issam Salhi France
Yijie Wang China
Alfonso Damiano Italy
Miguel de Simón Martín Spain
Wesam Rohouma Qatar
Roberto Saletti Italy
Imene Yahyaoui Spain
Xibo Yuan China
Wajih Hadj Youssef Tunisia
Jean Sawma Lebanon
Ismaeel Al Ridhawi Kuwait
Giancarlo Iannizzotto Italy
Aymen Omri Qatar
Hiba Al Sheikh Lebanon
Shady Khalil UK
Salim Hadj Said Tunisia
Bin Zhang USA
Shen Yin Norway

SPECIAL SESSION CHAIRS

Name Country
Meshari S. Al-Mutairi Kuwait
Hady H. Fayek Egypt
Amit Kumar Italy
Sobhan Mohamadian Italy

LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIRS

Name Country
Omer Adam Kuwait
Ahmed Arafa Kuwait
Al Markeza Al Qunneh Kuwait
Ousama Shamout Kuwait

PUBLICATION CHAIRS

Name Country
Mohamed Ali Belaid Tunisia
Amir Ghasemian Italy

PUBLICITY CHAIRS

Name Country
Ali Alfayly Kuwait
Fahad M. Alhuwaishel Kuwait
Hafedh Nouir Kuwait
Majdi Mansouri Oman
Mohamed Amine Fnaiech Bahrain
Nataliia Kochkina Italy

FINANCE CHAIRS

Name Country
Brahim Attia Tunisia
Olfa Bel Hadj Brahim Tunisia

Scopes and Topics of Interest

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TRACK 1
Artificial Intelligence and Related Applications
  • Artificial Intelligence for Automation of Energy Systems
  • Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Applications
  • Artificial Intelligence for Biomedical, Bioinformatics and Bioprocess
TRACK 2
Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles
  • Artificial Intelligence for Automation of Energy Systems
  • Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Applications
  • Artificial Intelligence for Biomedical, Bioinformatics and Bioprocess
TRACK 3
Digital Transformation for Green Energy
  • Cloud-Edge Computing and Digital Twins
  • IoT-Enabled Green Energy Systems and Smart Infrastructure
TRACK 4
Fault diagnosis and fault tolerant operation of renewable energy systems and electric vehicles
  • Fault detection of power converters
  • Fault detection of PV modules and wind turbines
  • Fault tolerant control techniques

TOPICS

TRACK 1 - Artificial Intelligence and Related Applications
  • Artificial Intelligence for Automation and Energy Systems—Chairs: Olfa Jemai, Tunisia; Azadeh Kermansaravi, Netherlands
    Energy conversion and management systems; AI in power grids and in electric vehicles; intelligent transportation, IoT-based energy technologies;
  • Artificial Intelligence for Energy Distribution—Chairs: Anis Koubaa, Saudi Arabia; Mohammed Naji, Kuwait; Alfredo Vaccaro, Italy

    Industry 4.0 and 5.0; load and renewable energy forecasting; machine learning methods for proactive power system control; deep learning and internet of things (IoT); robotic and automation systems; neural networks and fuzzy logic applications; smart agriculture; metaheuristic algorithms; computer vision; big data; enabling technologies for stability enhancement of low-inertia power systems; optimal placement of flexible distributed resources for enhanced grid management; AI-enabled tools for decarbonized power systems operation; AI power demand: data centers as flexible grid sources.

  • Artificial Intelligence for Biomedical, Bioinformatics and Bioprocess—Chairs: Boudour Ammar, Tunisia; Abdullatif Baba, Kuwait
    AI Biomedical Data Processing, Intelligent Biosignal Processing, AI for healthcare monitoring systems, AI systems for biomedical processing.

TRACK 2 : Renewable Energy, Distributed generation and smart grids
  • Renewable Energy, Distributed Generation, and Smart Grids—Chairs: Chi-Seng Lam, Macau, China; Sagar Mahajan, Saudi Arabia; Issam Salhi, France; Yijie Wang, China

    Photovoltaic energy, wind energy, hydroelectricity, wave energy, and other renewable energy sources (RES); distributed generation (DG); smart grids (SG); power quality in RES and smart grids; energy efficiency; energy planning; self-organizing V2G vehicles (EVs) providing grid ancillary services; optimal placement of flexible distributed resources for enhanced grid management.

  • Power converters and energy storage systems—Chairs: Alfonso Damiano, Italy; Miguel De Simón Martín, Spain; Wesam Rohouma, Qatar; Roberto Saletti, Italy; Imene Yahyaoui, Spain; Xibo Yuan, China

    Advanced and innovative power converters for RES, DG, SG and EVs: topologies, modeling, control and modulations; hardware-in-the-loop systems and FPGA-based real-time simulation of power converters, DG, SG and EVs; battery modeling; energy storage and battery management systems: topologies, control and management techniques (SoC, SoH, etc.); AI techniques for battery modeling, control and management; decentralized methods for energy storage systems orchestration.


TRACK 3 : Digital Transformation for Green Energy

  • Cloud-Edge Computing and Digital Twins—Chairs: Wajih El Hadj Youssef, Tunisia; Jean Sawma, Lebanon

    Cloud and edge computing architectures for energy systems, Distributed computing for real-time data processing and control, Digital twin modeling, simulation, and synchronization of energy assets; AI-driven predictive analytics and optimization using digital twins; Cybersecurity and interoperability in cloud-edge energy platforms, High-performance computing for large-scale energy data management, Integration of digital twins with control and decision-support systems.

  • IoT-Enabled Green Energy Systems and Smart Infrastructure—Chairs: Ismaeel Al Ridhawi, Kuwait; Giancarlo Iannizzotto, Italy; Aymen Omri, Qatar

    IoT architectures for renewable and distributed energy systems, Smart grids and intelligent urban energy networks, Wireless sensor networks for monitoring and automation, IoT-based predictive maintenance and fault detection, Integration of renewable energy sources into smart buildings and cities, Data analytics and embedded systems for energy efficiency, Sustainable and resilient operation of industrial and urban infrastructures.


TRACK 4- Fault diagnosis and fault tolerant operation of renewable energy systems and electric vehicles
  • Chairs: Hiba Al Sheikh, Lebanon; Shady Khalil, UK; Salim Hadj Said, Tunisia; Bin Zhang, USA; Shen Yin, Norway

    Fault detection of power converters, electric machines and sensors used in renewable energy systems and electric vehicles; Fault detection of PV modules and wind turbines, Fault tolerant control techniques, Signal processing and machine learning techniques for fault detection and isolation, Aging techniques of power semiconductors


Call For Papers

All papers must be written in English and should describe original work.

The length of the paper is limited to a maximum of 6 pages (in the standard IEEE conference double column format). Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements. Papers will be refereed through a blind process for technical merit and content. To be eligible for publication in the Conference proceedings, an accepted paper must be presented at the Conference by one of the authors. You can send your work as a regular paper or send it to one of the accepted special sessions. Papers should be submitted before May 31st, 2026 .

Templates for Authors

The submitted papers should follow the usual IEEE paper format for conferences (two-columns, 10 point, Times New Roman). For your convenience, templates are available for : LaTeX and MS Word All submitted papers undergo the same review process, and submission to proposed sessions is not a guarantee of acceptance. The proposals should be submitted before : May 31st, 2026.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Important Dates

  • Calendar

    Submission site opening

    January 1 st, 2026

  • Calendar

    Papers submission deadline

    May 31 st, 2026

  • Calendar

    Authors notification

    July 31 st, 2026

  • Calendar

    Camera Ready paper and Registration deadline

    September 10 th, 2026


Submission Guidelines

Paper Submission Guidelines

The IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Green Energy (ICAIGE26) — co-located with the 3rd Symposium on Smart, Sustainable, and Secure IoT (S4IoT’26) — invites original research papers presenting significant contributions in the fields of artificial intelligence, renewable energy, smart grids, electric vehicles, and intelligent energy management systems.

All regular papers must be prepared in the standard IEEE double-column conference format, limited to a maximum of 6 pages.

Only registered and presented papers will be submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. All submissions must be made online through the official submission platform. First-time users are required to create an account before uploading their manuscripts. Authors of accepted papers must carefully address all reviewers’ comments before submitting their camera-ready versions. Final manuscripts should be prepared and uploaded in accordance with the camera-ready submission guidelines provided on the conference website.

3 Steps to Submit Your Paper

STEP 01

Prepare your original research paper in the IEEE double-column conference format, with a maximum of 6 pages, focusing on AI for green energy, smart grids, electric vehicles, or related fields.

STEP 02

Submit your manuscript online through the official submission platform. If you are a first-time user, create an account before uploading your paper.

STEP 03

If your paper is accepted, address all reviewers’ comments carefully and upload the final camera-ready version following the conference’s submission guidelines.

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Event Venue

Kuwait College of Science and Technology (KCST) is a private university located in Doha District of the Al Asimah Governate in Kuwait with a state-of-the-art-campus. It has a current capacity sufficient for about 1800 students with outstanding facilities such as 520 seater distinguished auditorium, two 250-seater lecture theatres, mini theatres and smart classrooms.

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KCST Campus , Kuwait

KCST Kuwait College of Science and Technology

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Kuwait is a small, yet rich country located in the Middle East. It boasts a rich cultural heritage, deeply rooted in its history as a trading hub and center of commerce, which visitors can experience by visiting museums such as the Kuwait National Museum and the Scientific Center, as well as historic sites like the Al-Seif Palace and the Grand Mosque. The modern and vibrant city of Kuwait City, the capital, offers an array of shopping, dining, and entertainment options, including numerous shopping malls like the 360 Mall and the Avenues, as well as a variety of international and local cuisine. Kuwait is also home to stunning natural landscapes like the Kuwait Bay and the Kuwait Oasis, as well as wildlife reserves where visitors can see native species like the Arabian Oryx and the Nubian ibex. For adventure and sports enthusiasts, Kuwait offers activities such as dune bashing, sandboarding, and water sports. The country also loves to celebrate, with many festivals and events throughout the year, including the Kuwait International Film Festival, the Kuwait Food Festival, and the Kuwait Shopping Festival. Kuwait offers a unique blend of traditional cultural heritage, modern city life, and natural beauty, making it an ideal destination for visitors looking for an unforgettable experience.

The official language of Kuwait is Arabic, but English is widely spoken and used as a second language in business and daily life. The currency of Kuwait is the Kuwaiti Dinar (KWD), which is divided into 1000 fils. The Kuwaiti Dinar is one of the highest-valued currencies in the world and is widely accepted for international transactions.

KCST will provide back and forth transportation for the summit and conference participants a number of times daily.

Getting around Kuwait is easy, and taxis are reasonably priced and plentiful. They can be flagged down at the roadside, booked by phone, or through ride sharing apps.

There are various amazing applications that help you book your ride seamlessly. Let’s have a look at the top five applications that are quite renowned amongst the people when it comes to hiring a ride!

RideRove: A luxury taxi rental company which provides a booking app that is compatible with both iPhone and Android.

Q8 Taxi services: This application provides one of the best rated taxis when it comes to renting a taxi in Kuwait.

Careem: This application provides the option of renting a taxi in Kuwait. It is one of the quickest service providers.

Araba Ho: This online taxi service in Kuwait is best known to serve tourists.

BIM BIM Bikes: This rental company provides various types of bikes for your perfect and personalized travel time.

Holders of passports from 53 countries are granted visa upon arrival to Kuwait international airport. The countries include:
The United States of America - The United Kingdom - France - Italy - Germany - Canada - Australia - New Zealand - Japan - Netherlands - Belgium - Luxembourg - Switzerland - Austria - Sweden - Norway - Denmark - Portugal - Greece - Ireland - Finland - Spain - Monaco - Vatican -Iceland - Andorra - San Marino – Liechtenstein - Brunei - Singapore - Malaysia - Hong Kong - South Korea - Bhutan - Poland - Georgia - Ukraine - Slovenia - Estonia - Czech - Turkey - Bulgaria - Romania - Cyprus - Serbia - Slovakia - Cambodia - Latvia- Laos - Lithuania - Malta – Croatia - Hungary.

The holders of those passports can also request an e-visa by visiting the following website:

https://evisa.moi.gov.kw/evisa/home_e.do

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) residents are also granted visa upon arrival to Kuwait international airport.

All other nationalities must apply for a visa from the nearest Kuwaiti embassy in their country of residence.

Letter of Invitation

A letter of invitation is provided only after you have completed registration for the summit or conferences and paid the conference registration fee. Such a letter may be needed to obtain a visa or permission to attend the meeting. If you require an invitation letter please contact us at S4iot@kcst.edu.kw. The letter will be provided by email. In your email, provide the following information:

  • Complete Name
  • Mailing Address
  • Accepted Paper Number (if applicable)
  • Accepted Paper Title (if applicable)
  • Any other details that your country of residence requires for your visa application

The summit and conferences cannot contact or intervene with any Embassy or Consulate office abroad on your behalf so please begin your visa application process as soon as you determine that you want to attend the summit or the conferences. Please provide as much information as possible to avoid delays in receiving your letter.

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