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
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DEC31
Submissions Due
December 31, 2025 (AoE)
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JAN13
Notification of Acceptance
January 13, 2026
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FEB02
Camera-Ready Submission
February 2, 2026
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APR13
Workshop Date
April 13/14, 2026
Deadline Countdown
Submission Guidelines
We invite the submission of:
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.
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.
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).
Invited Speakers
Prof. Ramesh Raskar
MIT Media Lab, USA
Distinguished researcher in computational imaging, computer vision, and AI systems.
Workshop Publication
Accepted papers will appear in the Companion Proceedings of The Web Conference 2026 as per conference policy. Selected high-quality contributions may be invited for extended versions in a special issue.
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
- 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
- Indika Weerasingha Dewage, Tilburg University, Netherlands
- John Zinky, Akamai, USA
- Juan Carlos González, Universidad de Granada, Spain
- Maria Angela Pellegrino, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy
- 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
- Yueshen Xu, Xidian University, China
Supported by
Contact Information
For more information, please contact the organizers at:
faaw@univ-tours.fr