Shanghai and Shenzhen stand as two of China's most dynamic centers for technological innovation, scientific research, and international academic exchange. For scholars, engineers, and researchers planning their submission roadmap for the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2026, both cities will host several prominent EI-indexed international conferences spanning communication, information technology, educational management, and image processing.

Below is a curated selection of premier academic conferences scheduled across Shanghai and Shenzhen in October, November, and December 2026:

1. 2026 9th International Conference on Educational Technology Management (ICETM 2026)

• Organizers: Southern University of Science and Technology and IEEE

• Themes: Computer Science & Information Technology, Social Sciences & Humanities, Computer Science & Technology, Education

• Index Type: Ei Compendex, Scopus

• Publication: IEEE (Conference Proceedings)

• Submission Deadline: September 5, 2026

• Conference Dates: October 16 – October 18, 2026

• Location: Shenzhen, China

• Official Website: https://icetm.org/

• Contact Email: icetm.edu@outlook.com

2. 2026 10th International Conference on Advances in Image Processing (ICAIP 2026)

• Organizers: East China Normal University and Southwest Jiaotong University

• Themes: Computer Science & Information Technology, Computer Science & Technology, Image Processing, Signal Processing

• Index Type: Ei Compendex, Scopus

• Publication: SPIE (Conference Proceedings)

• Submission Deadline: September 15, 2026

• Conference Dates: November 27 – November 29, 2026

• Location: Shanghai, China

• Official Website: https://www.icaip.org/

• Contact Email: icaip@chairmen.org

3. The 18th International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP 2026)

• Organizers: Southeast University and Harbin Institute of Technology

• Themes: Computer Science & Information Technology, Computer Science & Technology, Communication Engineering, Information Technology, Signal Processing, Information Science

• Index Type: EI, Scopus

• Submission Deadline: August 25, 2026

• Conference Dates: November 12 – November 14, 2026

• Location: Shenzhen, China

• Official Website: http://www.ic-wcsp.org/2026

• Contact Email: wcsp@youngac.cn

4. 2026 14th International Conference on Information Technology: IoT and Smart City (ICIT 2026)

• Themes: Computer Science & Information Technology, Computer Science & Technology, Communication Engineering, Information Technology, Information Science

• Index Type: Ei Compendex, Scopus

• Publication: ACM (Conference Proceedings)

• Submission Deadline: August 25, 2026

• Conference Dates: December 11 – December 13, 2026

• Location: Shanghai, China

• Official Website: https://icit.org/

• Contact Email: icit@bmail.org

The conference information provided in this article is for reference only. Please refer to the official conference website for all final and authoritative details.