Submission

Important Dates

• Submission Deadline: February 4, 2026 Extended to Feb. 11, 2026 (AoE) (Link)
• Acceptance Notification: March 20, 2025
• Camera Ready: TBD (AoE)
• AAMAS Conference: May 25 - May 29, 2026
• GAIW Workshop: May 26, 2026

Submission Details

Submission Link: Authors should submit full papers electronically in PDF format. Please submit all papers through the OpenReview Submission Link.

This year we are testing a new review structure. Papers will receive standard reviews as usual and will additionally receive several “micro-reviews” which consider the paper summary provided in the structured abstract. As a result, review information will be public after the review period is complete.

Formatting Guidelines: Please format papers according to the AAMAS 2026 format (Details Link) with the following changes.

1. NEW for 2026: Papers are required to include a structured abstract. Use the following structure for your abstract. You will also provide this information on the submission page in OpenReview.

    \begin{abstract}
    %  (ideally 1-3 sentences per section)
    % Maximum of 500 characters per section for a total of less than 2500 characters.
       
    \noindent\textbf{Background:} 
    % Briefly describe the motivation for the presented work. The background should explain why the problem studied by the paper is worth attention.
       
    \noindent\textbf{Objectives and Research Questions:} 
    % Briefly discuss what specific questions around the described problem are being addressed by this work.
       
    \noindent\textbf{Methods:} 
    % Briefly describe the research methodology used in the paper: what kinds of theoretical results, simulation procedures, etc.
       
    \noindent\textbf{Results:} 
    % How have the methods informed about the described objectives?
       
    \noindent\textbf{Conclusions:}
    % Briefly describe at a high level what can be taken from this paper.
       
    \end{abstract}
   

2. Please replace the copyright block before the \title command with the following:

    \setcopyright{rightsretained}
    \acmConference[GAIW'26]{Appears at the 8th Games, Agents, and Incentives Workshop (GAIW-26). Held as part of the Workshops at the 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems.}{May 2026}{Paphos, Cyprus}{Armstrong, Curry, Hosseini, Mattei, Tsang, Wąs (Chairs)} 
   

3. If using a version of the AAMAS format which contains it please remove (or comment out) the following command:

    \makeatletter
    \gdef\@copyrightpermission{
      \begin{minipage}{0.2\columnwidth}
       \href{https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}{\includegraphics[width=0.90\textwidth]{by}}
      \end{minipage}\hfill
      \begin{minipage}{0.8\columnwidth}
       \href{https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}{This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License.}
      \end{minipage}
      \vspace{5pt}
    }
    \makeatother
   

Paper Length: Papers can be at most 8 pages long in AAMAS format. Additional pages for may be used for references. Supplemental material can be appended at the end of the paper. However, reviewers are instructed to make their evaluations based on the main submission, and are not obligated to consult the supplemental material.

Multiple Submission: To widen participation and encourage discussion, there will be no formal publication of workshop proceedings. We will, however, post the accepted papers online to the benefit of the participants to the workshop. Therefore, submission of preliminary work and papers to be submitted or in preparation for submission to other major venues in the field are encouraged.

Past Submissions: In order to strike a balance between new work and work that may have been presented but not widely seen we ask that if authors want to submit published work they do so non-anonymously and clearly indicate when and where the work was published. We will only accept work which has been published in the last calendar year (e.g., IJCAI 2025, NeurIPS 2025, AAAI 2026, and any conference held strictly after Jan 1, 2025).

Best Presentation Award: The organizing committee of GAIW will be giving two awards (first-place and runner up) for best paper presentations. The award criteria include the clarity of presentation, the level of engagement, the content, and discussion handling.

Inquiries: If you have any questions, direct them to alan.tsang@carleton.ca