Camera-Ready Guide

Please submit your camera-ready paper by 16 October 2026, 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (AoE, UTC-12).

Sign in to OpenReview, open your original accepted submission, and select Camera Ready Revision. Upload your final PDF, update the permitted submission fields as needed, and save the revision. Use the existing paper submission; do not create a new one.

Before the deadline, verify that the uploaded PDF opens correctly and that the saved revision contains the intended final version.

Prepare your paper in English using the official ACM LaTeX template in the two-column sigconf format. Research and Industry Track papers use:

\documentclass[sigconf]{acmart}

AI Paper Track papers must also use the nonacm option and the non-archival formatting settings below.

The camera-ready allowance includes one additional page compared with the original submission limit:

For all three tracks, references and appendices do not count toward these limits. Optional appendices may be included after the references, with no page limit.

Remove the anonymous and review options. Include complete author names, affiliations, and acknowledgments where applicable. Preserve the template's prescribed fonts, font sizes, margins, column layout, and spacing.

No new authors may be added. The order of existing authors may be changed.

AI Paper Track papers are non-archival and will not be included in the DAI 2026 ACM proceedings. The final paper will be retained on OpenReview as part of the track's public record. The ACM publication and APC instructions on this page apply to the Research and Industry Tracks only.

The 9-page limit, appendix policy, and author rules above also apply to this track. Follow the OpenReview submission instructions and final-paper checklist, together with the settings below.

LaTeX settings

Replace the document class declaration with:

\documentclass[sigconf,nonacm]{acmart}

Replace the template's existing rights and conference-metadata block, from \setcopyright{...} through \acmISBN{...}, including the intervening copyright, DOI, conference, and book-title settings, with the code below. Place it before \begin{document} and ensure that no later duplicate commands override these settings.

Download the AI Paper Track LaTeX settings (.tex)

% DAI 2026 AI Paper Track only.
% Use \documentclass[sigconf,nonacm]{acmart}.
% Replace the template's rights/conference metadata block with these settings.
% Place them before \begin{document}.

\setcopyright{none}
\settopmatter{printacmref=false}
\acmDOI{}
\acmISBN{}

\fancypagestyle{dai2026nonarchival}{%
  \fancyhf{}%
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}%
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}%
  \fancyfoot[L]{\normalfont\footnotesize
    DAI~'26, November~29--December~2, 2026, Hong Kong, China\quad
    \textit{Non-archival paper}}%
  \fancyfoot[R]{\normalfont\footnotesize\thepage}%
}

% Apply after acmart initializes its page styles, including the title page.
\AtBeginDocument{%
  \fancypagestyle{firstpagestyle}[dai2026nonarchival]{}%
  \pagestyle{dai2026nonarchival}%
}

These settings remove the ACM Reference Format block, copyright/licensing notice, DOI, and ISBN. Every page, including the first, displays the conference information, Non-archival paper, and the page number in the footer, without running headers.

Keep the paper's normal citations and References section. The ACM Reference Format block being removed is the publisher's suggested citation block near the beginning of the paper.

ARM Bundle and public materials

• Update your ARM Bundle, including the AI Research Autonomy Disclosure, to reflect the final paper.
• Follow the track's public-release requirements and document any necessary redactions.
• Check that the paper title, abstract, and human-author information are accurate and consistent with the OpenReview record.
• Verify that the uploaded PDF opens correctly, that the non-archival footer appears as intended, and that the saved revision contains the final paper and supporting materials.

This section applies to the Research and Industry Tracks only. AI Paper Track authors should use the non-archival settings above.

For the current OpenReview version, replace the template's sample conference and rights-management block with the code below. Place it after \documentclass[sigconf]{acmart} and before \begin{document}. Ensure that no later duplicate metadata commands override these settings.

Download the LaTeX replacement code (.tex)

% DAI 2026 - provisional metadata for the OpenReview camera-ready version.
% Use with \documentclass[sigconf]{acmart}.
% Replace the template's sample conference and rights-management block
% with this block, after \documentclass and before \begin{document}.
% Do not leave later sample commands that override these values.
% For the final ACM submission, replace provisional publication settings
% with the exact metadata and rights commands supplied by ACM.

\acmYear{2026}
\acmConference[DAI '26]
  {The Eighth International Conference on Distributed Artificial Intelligence}
  {November 29--December 2, 2026}
  {Hong Kong, China}
\acmBooktitle{The Eighth International Conference on Distributed Artificial
  Intelligence (DAI '26), November 29--December 2, 2026, Hong Kong, China}

% Publication identifiers and the ACM rights notice are pending.
% Suppress the notice for this OpenReview version; this is not a choice
% of the final ACM publication license.
\setcopyright{none}
\copyrightyear{}
\acmDOI{}
\acmISBN{}

% Keep the ACM Reference Format; authors, title, and page count are automatic.
\settopmatter{printacmref=true}

This code sets the DAI 2026 conference heading and ACM Reference Format. The template automatically inserts your paper's author names, title, and page count. Unassigned publication details are left blank, and the ACM rights notice is temporarily suppressed.

These settings are for the current OpenReview version only. Replace the temporary publication settings with the exact metadata and rights commands supplied by ACM when preparing the final publication submission.

• Address the reviewers' feedback and any requirements stated in the decision or meta-review.
• Check that the paper title, abstract, and author information are accurate and consistent between the PDF and OpenReview.
• Update supplementary materials and disclosures where necessary, ensuring that they remain consistent with the final manuscript.
• Confirm that the PDF uses the required format and page limit, includes author information, and contains no sample conference or publication values from the template.

At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the work. For AI Paper Track papers, this must be a human author. Further instructions on registration and presentation arrangements will be sent separately.

For Research and Industry Track papers.

The camera-ready version submitted at this stage will be archived on OpenReview and used to initiate the ACM publication workflow, including the mandatory research integrity checks for ACM International Conference Proceedings Series (ICPS) proceedings.

Once these checks have been completed and the results cleared by ACM, we will follow up with authors about the final publication requirements, conference-specific publication metadata, and instructions for completing the ACM rights process.

For the current OpenReview version, use the conference information provided above and leave unassigned publication details blank. Replace the temporary settings with the official information when preparing the final submission to ACM. Please use the information provided at that stage when preparing the publication version, rather than the sample values included in the template.

If you have any questions about camera-ready preparation or submission, please contact the DAI 2026 Publication Chairs:

• Shao Zhang · [email protected]
• Mengchen Zhao · [email protected]