INTIS 2026 — New Technologies, AI & Smart Data

INTIS 2026 is the International Conference on New Technologies, Artificial Intelligence and Smart Data, held in Tangier, Morocco. It is one of North Africa's established academic venues for applied AI and data research, bringing together researchers, doctoral students and engineers from the Maghreb, Europe, the Middle East and beyond. The conference is organised under the AMINTIS association with Abdelmalek Essaadi University and ENSA Tangier among the hosting institutions, and its proceedings are published by Springer in the Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series, indexed in Scopus and DBLP — giving the event genuine scholarly standing in the region.

A note on dates

The official INTIS conference site lists the 2026 edition for 19–21 November 2026, with paper submission before 15 July, acceptance notifications around 15 September, camera-ready by 25 September and registration before 10 October. Some aggregator listings circulate an October date; the organiser's own banner should be treated as authoritative, and prospective authors and attendees should confirm against intis-conf.org before booking. The recurring INTIS series has previously been hosted in Tangier (the 12th edition ran there in 2024), and the conference continues to anchor itself in the city.

Themes: AI, smart data and emerging technology

INTIS sits at the meeting point of artificial intelligence, data engineering and emerging digital technologies, with a practical, applications-led character. Typical scope across recent editions and the current call includes:

• Machine learning, deep learning and AI methods applied to real-world problems;
• Smart data, big-data management, data integration, warehousing and analytics;
• Natural language processing, computer vision and pattern recognition;
• Internet of Things, edge and cloud computing, and smart-city and smart-environment applications;
• Cybersecurity, data privacy and the trustworthy use of AI;
• Decision support, optimisation and AI for sectors such as health, energy, mobility and industry.

The emphasis on "smart data" is what distinguishes INTIS from a generic machine-learning conference: much of the work concerns how heterogeneous, large-scale and often messy real-world data is collected, integrated and made usable before models are trained on it. That focus speaks to a practical reality across emerging-market research, where data infrastructure is frequently the binding constraint on deploying AI. Papers here often pair a modelling contribution with the unglamorous engineering — cleaning, labelling, integrating — that determines whether a model works outside the lab.

Why the regional context matters

INTIS is part of a broader story about Morocco and the wider region building a credible AI research ecosystem. Abdelmalek Essaadi University and the national network of ENSA engineering schools have invested in data-science and AI programmes, and conferences like INTIS give local researchers a peer-reviewed, internationally indexed outlet without requiring travel to Europe or North America. A Springer CCIS volume indexed in Scopus carries real weight for early-career academics whose careers depend on visible, citable publications, and an annual home-region venue lowers the cost — financial and logistical — of taking part.

The Tangier setting is strategic too: a Mediterranean gateway between Africa and Europe, with growing industrial, port and logistics activity that generates exactly the kind of smart-data problems the conference studies. For European and international researchers, INTIS is an accessible way to engage with North African AI research and to build collaborations across the Mediterranean — and a reminder that applied AI research is no longer concentrated only in the established hubs.

Why it matters in 2026

As AI tools become cheaper and more capable, the differentiator for emerging-market researchers is increasingly data and domain context rather than raw compute. INTIS leans into that: its smart-data framing addresses the integration, governance and quality problems that decide whether AI delivers value in health, energy, mobility and industry across the region. For 2026 that makes it a useful barometer of how North African research communities are absorbing modern AI methods and applying them to local problems on their own terms.

Attending and submitting

INTIS welcomes full and short papers, with accepted contributions published in the Springer CCIS proceedings. Researchers planning to submit should target the mid-July deadline and watch the official site for any updates to the timeline; attendees should confirm the final dates and venue directly with the organisers, as the practical details (exact venue, hotel arrangements) are finalised closer to the event. Tangier is reachable by air via Ibn Battouta Airport and by ferry and rail links to the rest of Morocco. For anyone interested in applied AI, data engineering and the development of research communities outside the usual hubs, INTIS 2026 offers a substantive, internationally indexed conference in a region whose AI ecosystem is steadily maturing.