The 5th edition of the MAURICON 2026 International Conference on Intelligent and Innovative Computing Applications (ICONIC) will be organised in Mauritius from 29-30th June 2026 at the Le Meridien Hotel, Pointe aux Piments, Mauritius (about 1 hour drive from the airport). This conference will provide an opportunity to academic researchers, industry professionals, government delegates and students to interact and share their experiences and knowledge on cutting-edge developments in the fields of Intelligent Computing, Computer Security, Data and Communication Systems, Machine Vision & Image Processing, Software Engineering, Ocean Engineering & Renewable Energy, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, ICT in Education and ICT for Development. Our main objective is to promote scientific and educational activities towards the advancement of knowledge by improving the theory and practice of various disciplines and areas of ICT Engineering.

Papers are invited for the MAURICON ICONIC 2026 on any topics lying within the scope of the conference. All contributions must be of high quality, original, and must not have been previously published elsewhere or intended for publication elsewhere. All papers will be reviewed by the members of the International Programme Committee and depending on their degree of innovativeness and quality of presentation, may be selected for oral or poster presentation and publication in the conference proceedings. All accepted and registered papers will be published in a conference proceedings with an ISBN number. All submissions will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers by following a double-blind review process.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.

Format your paper strictly according to the conference template: 

https://mauricon.org/iconic2026/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Conference-Template-Mauricon-ICONIC-2026.docx

The paper must have a minimum of 6 pages and at least 4000 words (including references). References must be written using the APA 7th edition format. https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples

Authors are also requested to anonymise (remove all contact details) their papers/abstract before submission. All submissions will be double-blind reviewed by at least two reviewers and published in a proceedings with an ISBN number.

Papers are reviewed on the basis that they do not contain plagiarised materials and have not been submitted to any other conference at the same time (double submission). All papers will be submitted to a plagiarism service in order to check the originality of its contents.

You can now submit your paper via Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iconic2026

Deadline for submission: 28th February 2026

List of Topics

• Intelligent Computing
• Artificial Intelligence
• Machine Vision & Image Processing
• Natural Language Processing
• Large Language Models
• Signal Processing
• Data and Communication Systems
• Cybersecurity
• Ai in Education
• ICT in Education
• ICT for Development

Committees

Organizing committee

• Associate Professor (Dr) Sameerchand Pudaruth, University of Mauritius, Mauritius
• Professor (Dr) Kingsley Ogudo, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
• Professor (Dr) Dilip Kumar Sharma, GLA University, India

Invited Speakers

• Prof. (Dr) Dilip Kumar Sharma, GLA University, India
• Prof. (Dr) Anand Nayyar, Duy Tan University, Vietnam

Venue

The conference will be held at the Le Meridien Hotel, Pointe aux Piments, Mauritius on the 29-30th June 2026. A free conference/networking tour will be organised on the 1st July 2026.

Online sessions (Virtual Presentations) will also be catered for.

Contact

All questions about submissions and the conference should be emailed to mauricon.org@gmail.com