<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">📢 <b>ANTS Final Call for Participation</b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"> </div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">The full ANTS 2026 Conference Guidebook is now available, bringing together the complete conference programme, including Late Breaking Results and Fresh Perspectives.</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"> </div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">This year’s programme features:</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">• 6 invited talks</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">• 65 further talks, including 10 lightning talks</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">• more than 100 posters overall</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">• robot demos</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"> </div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">The guidebook offers a full overview of the conference across talks, posters, demos, and the wider programme.</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"> </div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">We are also pleased to share the ANTS 2026 conference trailer, offering a glimpse of the event and what to expect in Darmstadt this June.</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"> </div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">📘 Conference Guidebook: <a href="https://ants2026.org/pdf/ANTS2026_Guidebook-Digital.pdf" id="OWA0a45579f-8532-6838-a0a0-21b2a1357cd7" class="OWAAutoLink">https://ants2026.org/pdf/ANTS2026_Guidebook-Digital.pdf</a></div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">🎬 Conference trailer: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DN_9Nsmp8Q" id="OWA3eaf859b-948f-0408-6e5a-9901a24709d4" class="OWAAutoLink">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DN_9Nsmp8Q</a></div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"> </div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"> </div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">📍 Darmstadt, Germany</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">🗓️ 8–10 June 2026</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">🌍 Theme: Reaching beyond – swarm intelligence across systems, disciplines, and communities</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">🔗 More information and registration: <a href="https://ants2026.org/" id="OWA96f80849-6bad-ca56-989f-464dd566177a" class="OWAAutoLink">https://ants2026.org</a></div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"> </div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Follow us on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ants2026.bsky.social" id="OWAac6411e0-9863-9678-245a-9a996e501a59" class="OWAAutoLink">Bluesky</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ants-conferences-a2970b14b" id="OWAcf4bc4b6-0bd0-f187-54ca-be909e4c719a" class="OWAAutoLink">LinkedIn</a></div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"> </div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Hosted by Technical University of Darmstadt</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Co-sponsored by Robotics Institute Germany</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"> </div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"><b>Organising Committee</b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"><b>General Chair</b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Roderich Gross, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"><b>Honorary Chair</b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Marco Dorigo, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"><b>Technical Program Chairs</b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Aaron T. Becker, University of Houston, USA</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Gianni Di Caro, Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Bahar Haghighat, University of Groningen, The Netherlands</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">M. Ani Hsieh, University of Pennsylvania, USA</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"><b>Late-Breaking Results Chairs</b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Anna Dornhaus, University of Arizona, USA</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Mary Katherine Heinrich, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"><b>Conference Theme and Publicity Chair</b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Razanne Abu-Aisheh, University of Bristol, UK</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"><b>Finance Chair</b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Grace McFassel, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"><b>Publication Chair</b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Mohamed S. Talamali, The University of Sheffield, UK</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"><b>Paper Submission Chair</b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Julian Rau, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"><b>Local Organisation Committee</b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Usama Ali, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Uta Drews, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Ecem Isildar, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Suet Lee, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Jenny von Trzebiatowski, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"> </div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"><b>Steering Committee</b></div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Marco Dorigo, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Andries Engelbrecht, Stellenbosch University, South Africa</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Heiko Hamann, University of Konstanz, Germany</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Alcherio Martinoli, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Radhika Nagpal, Princeton University, USA</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Thomas Stützle, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium</div><div class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;">Guy Theraulaz, CNRS CRCA, France</div></body></html>