Call for Work-in-Progress Paper – CCNC 2026 Track Chairs: Mirko Franco, University of Padua, Italy (email: mifranco(a)math.unipd.it) Pietro Manzoni, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain (email: pmanzoni(a)disca.upv.es) Andrea Michienzi, University of Pisa, Italy (email: andrea.michienzi(a)di.unipi.it) IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference 9–12 January 2026 Las Vegas, NV, USA https://ccnc2026.ieee-ccnc.org/call-work-progress-papers IMPORTANT DATES Conference Dates: 9 January - 12 January 2026 Technical Papers due: August 1, 2025 Acceptance Notification: August 31, 2025 Submit at: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=33771&track=130961 SCOPE and MOTIVATION Prospective authors are invited to submit Work-in-Progress (WiP) papers related to all areas of consumer communications and networking that summarize speculative breakthroughs, industry-featured projects, open problems, new application challenges, visionary ideas, and preliminary studies or recent achievements that are not quite ready for a regular full-length paper. WiP papers are welcomed in all areas of consumer communications and networking. All Work-in-Progress papers should be submitted via EDAS, and please make sure to follow the Submission Guidelines. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of four pages (10-point font) including figures. Accepted WiP papers will be published in the IEEE CCNC 2026 Conference Proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore® as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. Any questions should be submitted to the WiP Co-chairs.