{"id":193,"date":"2026-09-18T10:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staff.icar.cnr.it\/guerrieri\/wordpress\/?p=193"},"modified":"2026-09-18T10:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:05:14","slug":"ieee-smart-world-congress-2026-general-chair-of-ieee-metaverse-2026-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staff.icar.cnr.it\/guerrieri\/wordpress\/?p=193","title":{"rendered":"IEEE Smart World Congress 2026 &#8211; General Chair of IEEE METAVERSE 2026 Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From September 7 to 11, 2026, I took part in the IEEE Smart World Congress 2026, held at the University of Calabria in Rende, Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the event, I served as General Chair of IEEE METAVERSE 2026 and as Finance Chair of the IEEE Smart World Congress 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also had the opportunity to chair and introduce two keynote talks by Giuseppe Padula and Weisong Shi, which represented two important moments of the scientific program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conference brought together researchers and professionals from different countries to discuss emerging topics including Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Edge Computing, Digital Twins, Metaverse, cybersecurity, and smart environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More information is available on the official conference website:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/swc-ieee-2026.github.io\/\">https:\/\/swc-ieee-2026.github.io\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"652\" data-id=\"195\" 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