MODELS 2026 - ACM/IEEE 29th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems

MODELS 2026, the ACM/IEEE 29th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, takes place 4-9 October 2026 at the Melia Costa del Sol in Malaga, Spain. Jointly sponsored by ACM SIGSOFT and IEEE TCSE, it is the flagship venue of the model-driven engineering field, descended from the original International Conference on the Unified Modeling Language, and covers modelling languages, model transformation and code generation. The organisers frame the 2026 edition around innovative applications of modelling in emerging areas including cyber-physical systems, embedded systems, socio-technical systems, cloud computing, big data, machine learning, security, open source and sustainability. The week runs Research Papers, New Ideas and Emerging Results, an Industry Day, an Educators Symposium, Tools and Demonstrations, Tutorials, Workshops, an ACM Student Research Competition and Artifact Evaluation, with the SAM conference and EDTconf 2026 co-located.

• Standard registration deadlineOct 2, 2026

Date

October 4–9, 2026

Location

Melia Costa del Sol, Malaga, Spain

Format

In-Person

Event Type

Conference

Status

Upcoming

Pricing

Paid

Organizer

ACM SIGSOFT and IEEE TCSE

Added

Aug 29, 2026

Updated

Aug 29, 2026

• ✓Software and systems architects
• ✓Cyber-physical and embedded systems engineers
• ✓Engineering leads evaluating low-code and model-driven platforms
• ✓Modelling and simulation tool vendors
• ✓Research engineers in software engineering
• ✓Software engineering academics and doctoral students

If your organisation builds cyber-physical, embedded or safety-relevant systems, this is where the modelling languages and code-generation techniques your engineers will be using in three years get argued out. The EUR 60 Industry Day pass is the pragmatic entry point: one day, no academic package, direct exposure to tool authors and to artifact-evaluated tools whose claims have been checked by reviewers. Architects evaluating low-code and model-driven platforms can test vendor claims against the researchers who benchmark them, and the co-located SAM conference and EDTconf widen the scope to modelling-language design and its industrial use.

• ✓Research Papers track
• ✓New Ideas and Emerging Results (NIER) track
• ✓Industry Day (standalone EUR 60 pass)
• ✓Educators Symposium
• ✓ACM Student Research Competition
• ✓Artifact Evaluation track
• ✓Tools and Demonstrations track
• ✓Tutorials and Workshops programme
• ✓Journal First track
• ✓Doctoral Symposium
• ✓Co-located SAM conference
• ✓Co-located EDTconf 2026, including industrial talks and a SoSyM journal track

• ★Jointly sponsored by ACM SIGSOFT and IEEE TCSE, and the flagship venue of model-driven engineering since the conference grew out of the UML conference series
• ★A dedicated Industry Day sold as a standalone EUR 60 ticket, so practitioners can attend one day without buying the full academic package
• ★Co-located with EDTconf 2026 and the SAM conference, plus an Educators Symposium and an ACM Student Research Competition
• ★An Artifact Evaluation track, so the tools and models behind accepted papers are reviewed for reusability rather than only described
• ★Explicitly targets modelling in emerging areas including machine learning, big data, cloud, security and sustainability rather than classical UML tooling alone

Standard registration (to 2 October 2026, 14:00 CEST): main conference EUR 945 regular / EUR 620 student; satellite events EUR 795 / EUR 510; full package EUR 1,120 / EUR 795; Industry Day only EUR 60. On-site from 4 October: main conference EUR 1,145 / EUR 720, full package EUR 1,320 / EUR 895, Industry Day EUR 100. The early-bird rate (main conference EUR 795) expired 17 August 2026. ACM and IEEE members receive a EUR 50 discount on regular non-student rates.

When is MODELS 2026?

MODELS 2026 takes place October 4–9, 2026 in Malaga, Spain.

Where is MODELS 2026 held?

MODELS 2026 is held in Malaga, Spain. The event format is in-person.

What is the MODELS 2026 submission deadline?

The next MODELS 2026 deadline is standard registration deadline on Oct 2, 2026.

How much does MODELS 2026 cost?

MODELS 2026 is paid. Standard registration (to 2 October 2026, 14:00 CEST): main conference EUR 945 regular / EUR 620 student; satellite events EUR 795 / EUR 510; full package EUR 1,120 / EUR 795; Industry Day only EUR 60. On-site from 4 October: main conference EUR 1,145 / EUR 720, full package EUR 1,320 / EUR 895, Industry Day EUR 100. The early-bird rate (main conference EUR 795) expired 17 August 2026. ACM and IEEE members receive a EUR 50 discount on regular non-student rates.

Who should attend MODELS 2026?

MODELS 2026 is aimed at Software and systems architects, Cyber-physical and embedded systems engineers, Engineering leads evaluating low-code and model-driven platforms, Modelling and simulation tool vendors, Research engineers in software engineering, Software engineering academics and doctoral students.

What topics does MODELS 2026 cover?

MODELS 2026 covers Model-driven engineering, Modelling languages and systems, Model transformation and code generation, Cyber-physical and embedded systems, Cloud computing, Big data, Machine learning as an application area for modelling, Security and sustainability in software design.

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