Pisa, Italy

GECON 2026

21^st International Conference on the Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services

Aim & Scope

GECON 2026 builds upon the very successful tradition of the conference previous editions since 2003. GECON solicits contributions that are interdisciplinary, combining business and economic aspects with engineering and computer science related themes. Contributions to this conference can include extensions to existing technologies, successful deployments of technologies, economic analyses, analyses of technology adoptions, and theoretical models. We welcome papers that combine micro- and macro-economic principles with resource management strategies in computer science and engineering. Case studies, which demonstrate practical use of economic strategies, benefits and limitations, are particularly encouraged. The purpose of this event is to gather original work and build a strong multidisciplinary community in this increasingly important area of a future information and knowledge economy.

Announcements

The most recent updates about the conference.

Date	Update
Jan 19, 2026	Website launched.

Topics of interest

GECON covers a broad range of techno-economic, legal, and systems perspectives.

Economics

Trustworthiness of services Ecosystem economics Incentive design, strategic behavior & game theory Market mechanisms, auctions models, and bidding languages Economic efficiency Techno-Economic analysis and modelling Pricing schemes and revenue models Preemptible computing Metering, accounting, and billing Cost-benefit analysis Automated trading and bidding support tools Trust, reputation, security, and risk management Performance monitoring, optimization, and prediction Economics of Open Data Trustworthiness and Assurances for Quality of Data Economic impact of distributed storage solutions Energy efficiency Sustainability Business models and strategies Decision support Ecosystems

Applications and Technologies Transforming the Economy

Smart grids, smart cities, and smart buildings Energy-aware infrastructures and services Fog, edge, cloud computing Micro-services, serverless computing AI-enabled computing continuum from Cloud to Edge Internet-of-Things Blockchains Community networks Social networks Social computing Shared public infrastructures for knowledge exchange (e.g. IPFS, Origin Trail, Decentralised Knowledge Graphs) Big data Reports on industry test-beds and operational markets Data stream ingestion and complex event processing Open source

Clouds, Grids, Systems and Services

IaaS, SaaS, PaaS, and federation of resources Vertical scaling, burstable computing, vertical elasticity Resource management: allocation, sharing, scheduling Capacity planning Virtualization and containers Service science, management and engineering (SSME) Software engineering Security

Law and Legal aspects

Standardization, interoperability, and legal aspects Service level agreements (SLAs) Negotiation, monitoring, and enforcement Open source ecosystems Privacy