AgenticDev 2026

The 1st International Workshop on Agentic AI for Next-Generation Software Development (AgenticDev 2026) brings together researchers, practitioners, and industry innovators to explore the emerging paradigm of Agentic AI in Software Engineering. The workshop focuses on how ecosystems of intelligent AI agents, powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) and data-driven techniques, are reshaping the software development lifecycle.

Recent advances in AI-assisted development are moving beyond isolated coding assistants toward collaborative, multi-agent Software-AI Engineering environments, where autonomous and semi-autonomous agents can reason, coordinate, plan, and interact with developers throughout software creation and evolution. AgenticDev 2026 aims to provide a forum for discussing the foundations, architectures, engineering challenges, and practical adoption of these next-generation AI-native development systems.

The workshop welcomes contributions from both academia and industry addressing how agentic systems can support activities such as:

• requirements engineering and system design,
• code generation and program synthesis,
• testing, verification, and validation,
• maintenance and evolution,
• orchestration of AI-agent communities,
• human-AI collaboration and human-in-the-loop engineering,
• integration into industrial development workflows and toolchains.

Particular attention is devoted to the trustworthiness, transparency, scalability, and evaluation of agent-based Software Engineering systems, as well as their application in domains such as robotics, cyber-physical systems, Edge-AI, and complex industrial software environments.

AgenticDev 2026 is inspired by several major European research initiatives, including AI4SWEng, ASTIR, HIVEMIND, and MOSAICO, which collectively investigate AI-augmented software engineering, multi-agent collaboration, and integrated Software-AI Engineering ecosystems. The workshop aims to foster a growing interdisciplinary community around reliable and human-centric AI-driven software development.

The workshop will feature:

• peer-reviewed research and vision papers,
• industrial and application experiences,
• tool and demo presentations,
• interactive discussions on open challenges and future directions.

Accepted papers will be included in the ASE 2026 Workshop Proceedings, and selected contributions may be invited to submit extended versions to a journal special issue. Detailed submission guidelines, important dates, and topics of interest are available in the dedicated Call for Papers page.

Call for Papers

The 1st International Workshop on Agentic AI for Next-Generation Software Development (AgenticDev 2026)

Co-located with ASE 2026 Automated Software Engineering Conference

Recent advances in Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI systems are enabling a new paradigm in Software-AI Engineering: Agentic AI, where multiple intelligent agents collaborate with developers and with each other across the software lifecycle. Moving beyond isolated AI tools. This paradigm envisions coordinated ecosystems of AI agents capable of reasoning, planning, and acting in complex development environments.

The AgenticSE 2026 workshop aims to explore this emerging vision, inspired by major research initiatives that investigate multi-agent collaboration, human-AI interaction, and integrated AI-supported software engineering platforms. The workshop will provide a forum to discuss how agentic systems can enhance productivity, improve software quality, and enable more adaptive and trustworthy development processes.

Workshop Goals

The workshop aims to:

• Foster discussion on the foundations and challenges of Agentic AI in Software Engineering
• Bridge research and practice across academia and industry
• Build a community around next-generation, AI-native software development

Topics of Interest

We invite original research papers, vision papers, and real-world application studies addressing related aspects including, but not limited to:

• Architectures for Agentic AI systems in software engineering
• Multi-agent collaboration, coordination, and orchestration
• Human-AI collaboration and human-in-the-loop development
• Agent-based support for requirements engineering, coding, testing, and maintenance
• LLM-based agents and prompt/program synthesis techniques
• Trustworthiness, verification, and validation of AI agents
• Explainability, transparency, and accountability in Agentic Systems
• Integration of Agentic AI into existing development workflows and tool-chains
• Applications in domains such as Robotics, Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Edge-AI and industrial software
• Benchmarking, evaluation methods, and empirical studies of Agentic Systems
• Open-source frameworks and platforms for Agent-based Software Engineering

Submission Types

We welcome the following types of submissions:

• Full papers (up to 10 pages): mature research contributions
• Short papers (up to 5 pages): work-in-progress, vision, or position papers
• Demo/Tool papers (up to 5 pages): practical systems and prototypes evaluation

All submissions must follow the ASE formatting guidelines and will be peer-reviewed based on relevance, originality, technical quality, and clarity. In particular, papers should:

       be written in English;

       be in PDF format and conform to the ACM Proceedings Template. LaTeX users must use the \documentclass[sigconf,review,anonymous]{acmart} option;

       not exceed 5 pages (short papers) or 10 pages (regular papers). Up to two additional pages containing ONLY references are permitted.

Important Dates

• Paper submission: July 15, 2026
• Notification: August 21, 2026
• Camera-ready: August 28, 2026
• Workshop date: October 12, 2026, co-located with ASE 2026

Paper Contribution Submission

Submit your paper here.

Accepted papers will be included in the ASE Conference Proceedings.

Selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to a journal special issue.

Registration fees and instructions are available on the ASE 2026 website.