• Please align your paper with the topics of subcommittees SC1 to SC11.
• Using the ECOC 2026 paper template is mandatory. You may use either the provided Word or LaTeX template to prepare your manuscript in PDF format. The LaTeX template is compatible with Overleaf.
• The maximum paper length is 3 pages plus one extra page for acknowledgements (optional) and references. The abstract is limited to 45 words.
• We encourage you to submit the conditional license agreement with your paper. If you do not submit the license agreement with your paper, we will request it within 7 days after the submission deadline.

To submit your paper:

• If you have not already done so, sign-up via the “My Account” menu.
• Once logged in, click on “Submit Paper(s)” in the “My Congress” menu. Only choose the Invited/Tutorial speaker option if you have received an invitation from the TPC chairs.
• Follow the steps of the submission system, which include:
  • Selecting the sub-committee (from SC1 to SC11) that best describes the technical scope and content of your paper.
• Acknowledgement of the submission will be sent to the submitting author only. If you do not receive the email within 24 hours, please contact us at: ecoc2026@viajeseci.es.
• Revised versions of the paper can be uploaded until the submission deadline
• Submitted papers must be “camera-ready” and cannot be changed prior to publication.
• By submitting your abstract, you agree that your abstract and contact details may be shared with the ECOC 2026 Technical Programm Committee reviewers (including those outside the EU), and the conference organizing company for conference preparation.

• Authors will be notified of the acceptance or rejection of their post-deadline papers on Monday, 21 September. The results will also be published on the ECOC 2026 website and displayed on the conference notice boards.
   
• Accepted and presented post-deadline papers will be published and archived by the Optica Publishing Group, with an ISBN reference and Digital Object Identifier (DOI), and submitted for indexing in Scopus, Google Scholar, and Web of Science.
   
• Authors of selected contributions will also have the opportunity to submit an extended version of their work as an invited paper to Special Issues of either the IEEE/Optica Journal of Lightwave Technology or the IEEE/Optica Journal of Optical Communications and Networking.
   
• Accepted post-deadline papers will be presented during the dedicated sessions on Thursday, 24 September, in the afternoon. If a post-deadline paper is accepted but no registered author is available to present it, the paper will be considered withdrawn.

• Comply fully with the official template.
• Adhere to the rules of good scientific conduct.
• In the title, are concise and avoid abbreviations and acronyms.
• In the 45-word abstract, briefly identify the field, the novelty and relevance of the work.
• In the introduction, clearly state:
  • the research topic and its relevance to the community.
  • the state-of-the art
    • Correctly identify the nearest prior state-of-the-art and acknowledge the contributions of other groups through citations.
    • Avoid unnecessary self-citations.
  • the technical/scientific problem and what is missing to solve it.
  • the novelty or what is solved/shown, giving numbers whenever possible.
• In the main text,
  • provide an original solution not previously published in or submitted to journals or other conferences.
  • clearly justify implementation choices in consideration of the application requirements.
  • provide sufficient details to enable the work to be reproduced by others, including a clear description of structure and principle in addition to the results.
  • include quantitative claims, and fair and unbiased comparisons to previous work.
  • include quantities with the relevant number of significant digits, units, and errors.
  • use the International System of Units (SI), symbols and abbreviations.
  • provide a comprehensive discussion of the results.
  • directly support the claimed novelty with the presented results and go beyond a simple iteration of previous work.
• Use figures, which are:
  • either single-column or double-column. Follow the examples in the template as a guideline.
  • clear and legible, even after printing in black and white (the use of a vector format is recommended).
  • self-explanatory and do not require a reference to the main text to be understood.
  • showing graphics or schematics of the investigated devices, setups or configurations.
  • correctly labelled on all axes with correct units where applicable.
• Use tables, which are either single-column or double-column. Follow the examples in the template as a guideline.
• In the conclusions, summarise the key ideas and the novelty, and support them by numbers.
• In the reference section,
  • provide citations following the style in the examples given in the template.
  • give full reference details including all authors, title and full journal or conference name.
  • include a reasonable list of references to put your work into context.