Welcome to DRCN 2026

It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 22nd edition of DRCN the “International Conference on the Design of Reliable Communication Networks” which will take place on 7 – 9 October 2026, in American University of Beirut – Mediterraneo Campus, Paphos, Cyprus.

Since its creation in 1998, DRCN has become over the years a well-established forum for scientists from both industry and academy who have interest in reliability and availability of telecommunication networks, or other resilience-related topics. The aim of the conference is to bring together people from various disciplines, ranging from engineering of survivable equipment and network technologies to network management and monitoring, through methods and models for survivable and robust network design.

The conference program will put together many different activities, including keynotes from outstanding speakers, technical sessions with regular and invited papers, a co-located workshop, and tutorials on highly interesting topics within the conference field.

Important Dates:

• Submission Deadline for Contributed/Invited papers and Invited Session proposals: 31/07/2026
• Submission Deadline for Workshop papers: 31/07/2026
• Decision of acceptance or rejection of papers: 23/08/2026
• Deadline for submission of final camera-ready paper: 06/09/2026

Announcements:

• 30 October 2025 – Website is live!