1st International Workshop on Foundations and Architectures for the Agentic Web

FAAW'26

To be held in conjunction with The Web Conference 2026

April 13-14, 2026 | Dubai, UAE

Overview

The Agentic Web is emerging as billions of AI agents discover, communicate, and coordinate across the open Web, marking a shift toward systems that no longer operate as isolated models but as Web-integrated entities. This workshop unifies architectures and standards with the foundations of interoperable ecosystems, convening researchers and practitioners to chart a shared agenda.

Recent efforts suggest growing activity around interoperable agent ecosystems, including the NANDA Index & Verified AgentFacts and the NEST sandbox/testbed, alongside industry-led protocol work such as Google’s A2A and AP2, Cisco-backed AGNTCY, and interface standards like MCP. Taken together, these parallel tracks make it timely to convene researchers and practitioners to compare approaches and align on open, interoperable foundations for the Agentic Web.

We focus on web-native building blocks: agent registries and resolution, identity and credentials (DIDs/VCs), authorization (OAuth 2.0), discovery (DNS-SD), and federation patterns (e.g., ActivityPub), and their interfaces with application-level protocols (A2A, MCP, OpenAPI/REST/GraphQL/gRPC) and corresponding architectural models.

Beyond wiring, we examine economic mechanisms (reputation under adversarial conditions, knowledge pricing, transaction protocols) and societal coordination (governance, accountability, evaluation at population scale). Topics include capability representation and matching, cross-protocol bridges, privacy and provenance, workflow orchestration, and reliable tool use over heterogeneous data and services spanning cloud, edge/IoT, and enterprise environments.

The program blends keynote, invited talks, papers, and a panel to surface design principles, pitfalls, and testbed practices. By aligning standards, infrastructure, and incentives, the workshop seeks to ensure the Agentic Web remains open, trustworthy, and sustainable.

Workshop Scope

  • Agent registries and discovery mechanisms
  • Identity, credentials, and authorization protocols
  • Web-integrated protocols and architectures
  • Economic and governance mechanisms
  • Tool use and workflow orchestration

Topics of Interest

We welcome original contributions and position papers on topics including but not limited to:

Architectures & Web Protocols

  • •Agent registries and Web protocols for AI agents
  • •Capability manifests, cross-protocol bridges
  • •LLM–Web integration and negotiation

Tool Use & Workflow Orchestration

  • •Composite systems (agents + IoT + edge + Web services)
  • •Reliability, robustness, and safety guarantees
  • •Multi-agent coordination over heterogeneous resources

Security, Privacy & Reputation

  • •Security, privacy, provenance/versioning, and sandboxing
  • •Reputation and discovery mechanisms
  • •Knowledge valuation, transactions, and markets

Data Integration & Learning

  • •Distributed and federated data integration
  • •Continual/online learning and knowledge evolution
  • •Multi-modal/streaming interaction on the Web

Governance & Ethics

  • •Governance, policy, and ethical frameworks
  • •Trustworthy, explainable, and accountable Web intelligence
  • •Acting on open and dynamic Web data

Applications & Deployments

  • •Cloud, enterprise, edge, and IoT settings
  • •Digital twins and Web-integrated agents
  • •Software engineering, science, education, business

Important Dates

  • JAN10

    Submissions Due

    January 10, 2026 (AoE)

  • JAN13

    Notification of Acceptance

    January 13, 2026 January 20, 2026

  • FEB02

    Camera-Ready Submission

    February 2, 2026

  • APR13

    Workshop Date

    April 13/14, 2026

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Submission Guidelines

We invite the submission of:

R

Research Papers

Up to 4 pages (incl. refs)

Present original research findings, novel architectures, and comprehensive evaluations. Contributions may include empirical studies, theoretical advances, or practical implementations of Agentic Web systems.

P

Short/Position Papers

Up to 4 pages (incl. refs)

Share emerging ideas, position statements, or early-stage research. These contributions spark discussion by presenting novel perspectives, identifying challenges, or proposing research directions.

I

Industry/Demo Papers

Up to 4 pages (incl. refs)

Showcase real-world deployments, demonstrations, or industry experiences. Highlight practical applications, lessons learned, and production systems implementing Agentic Web principles.

Submissions (up to 4 pages, references included) must be formatted according to The Web Conference 2026 style (ACM template) and submitted through the EasyChair WWW2026-tracks instance (select the International Workshop on Foundations and Architectures for the Agentic Web). Submissions must be non-anonymous and will follow a single-blind review process.

Submit Your Paper

Invited Speakers

Prof. Ramesh Raskar

MIT Media Lab, USA

Distinguished researcher in computational imaging, computer vision, and AI systems.

Workshop Publication

Accepted papers may be included in the Companion Proceedings of The Web Conference 2026, subject to compliance with the official camera-ready submission timeline and in accordance with the conference policy.

Important notice: ACM has introduced a new open access publishing model for ACM Conferences starting in 2026. Authors are strongly encouraged to carefully review the official ACM information, as Article Processing Charges (APCs) may apply in some cases.

Selected high-quality contributions will be invited to submit an extended version to a special issue of ACM Transactions on the Web (TWEB).

Registration

The workshop will take place as part of The Web Conference from April 13 to 17, 2026, with in-person attendance in Dubai, UAE.

The registration link will be announced soon.

Committee

Organizing Committee

  • Abderrahmane Maaradji, University of Doha for Science and Technology, Qatar
  • Abul Ehtesham, Kent State University, USA
  • Aditi Singh, Cleveland State University, USA
  • Boualem Benatallah, Dublin City University, Ireland
  • Fatma Outay, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
  • Luca Muscariello, Cisco Systems, France
  • Pradyumna Chari, MIT Media Lab, USA
  • Ramesh Raskar, MIT Media Lab, USA
  • Sabrina Senatore, University of Salerno, Italy
  • Yacine Sam, University of Tours, France

Program Committee

  • Abdelkader Belkhir, USTHB, Algeria
  • Abderrahim Ait Wakrime, UM5R, Morocco
  • Antonio Luca Alfeo, eCampus University, Italy
  • Auday Berro, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
  • Chunhong Liu, Henan Normal University, School of Computer and Information Engineering, China
  • Diego Rincon-Yanez, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
  • Giada Simionato, University of Pisa, Italy
  • Hema Seshadri, Northeastern University; Akamai, USA
  • Hemza Labbaci, University of Tours, France
  • Indika Weerasingha Dewage, Tilburg University, Netherlands
  • Jemshit Iskanderov, PayPal, USA
  • John Zinky, Akamai, USA
  • Juan Carlos González, Universidad de Granada, Spain
  • Maria Angela Pellegrino, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy
  • Nasredine Cheniki, University of Tours, France
  • Nizar Messai, University of Tours, France
  • Omar Boucelma, LIS, AIX-MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY, France
  • Rekha Singhal, TCS Research, USA
  • Tapan Manaktala, Meta, USA
  • Vijoy Pandey, Cisco Systems, USA
  • Yan Wang, Inner Mongolia University, China
  • Yacine Gaci, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
  • Yasuhiro Yoshida, Google, USA
  • Yueshen Xu, Xidian University, China

Supported by

FTIA

Contact Information

For more information, please contact the organizers at:

faaw@univ-tours.fr