It is incredibly frustrating to navigate an academic landscape cluttered with predatory operators trying to exploit researchers' pressure to publish. Predatory conferences are profit-driven scams that offer no rigorous peer review, provide zero qualitative contribution to the academic community, and falsely claim prestigious indexing to steal registration fees. Protecting your research, funding, and academic reputation requires a sharp eye and strict vetting processes.
Before submitting your manuscript, check the conference against these common warning signs:
Unsolicited Flattery: Be highly suspicious of unsolicited emails that praise your past work and invite you to speak, especially if the topic falls outside your primary expertise. Legitimate organizers rely on society mailing lists and rarely recruit via generic spam.
Guaranteed Indexing: No legitimate conference can guarantee EI Compendex or Scopus indexing before a paper is properly reviewed and published.
Instant Peer Review: Rigorous peer review takes weeks or months. If a conference promises acceptance within 24 to 72 hours, it is a massive red flag that no actual review is taking place and your work will be automatically accepted.
Overly Broad Scope: Predatory events often combine entirely unrelated fields (e.g., "Engineering, Humanities, Medicine and Social Sciences") to cast the widest net possible for registration fees.
Vague Venue Details: If the website only lists a city but fails to provide a specific hotel, university, or floor plan, the physical event may not even exist.
To help you publish safely, here is a curated list of established Information Technology and Computer Science conferences scheduled for 2026. These events have clear organizational structures, specific thematic scopes, and target EI Compendex and Scopus indexing.
A highly focused event covering core computer science and communication engineering technologies.
Dates: August 14-16, 2026
Location: Taiyuan, China
Submission Deadline: July 10, 2026
Index Type: Ei Compendex, Scopus
Official Website: https://ccet.org/
This conference provides a reliable platform for researchers specializing in IT, signal processing, and communication networks.
Dates: September 18-20, 2026
Location: Shanghai, China
Submission Deadline: July 25, 2026
Index Type: Ei Compendex, Scopus
Official Website: http://www.icsp.org/
Organized by the City University of Macau, ICEMT is a safe venue for those working at the intersection of IT, computer science, and digital education.
Dates: September 26-28, 2026
Location: Macau, China
Submission Deadline: July 30, 2026
Index Type: Ei Compendex, Scopus
Official Website: https://www.icemt.org/
A strictly scoped conference targeting modern software infrastructure, specifically artificial intelligence and decentralized blockchain systems.
Dates: November 27-29, 2026
Location: Shanghai, China
Submission Deadline: July 10, 2026
Index Type: Ei Compendex, Scopus
Official Website: https://www.aibt.net/index.html
Hosted by Xi'an Polytechnic University, this event is a highly vetted option for researchers in applied computer science and electronic communications.
Dates: December 26-28, 2026
Location: Xi'an, China
Submission Deadline: July 20, 2026
Index Type: Ei Compendex, Scopus