The Second WACE Workshop, Being Planned for 2026

Bridging WebAssembly, Cloud-Native Execution, and Edge Systems - From Research to Industry Practice

The Bytecode Alliance in partnership with Ghent University - imec and the ELASTIC project is planning to host a second WACE workshop: Bridging WebAssembly, Cloud-Native Execution, and Edge Systems - From Research to Industry Practice sometime in 2026. Possible host conference venues are under consideration and will be announced here as soon as details have been arranged.

Conference Organizers

Workshop Description

WebAssembly (Wasm) is emerging as a key execution technology for cloud-native, edge, and next-generation (6G) systems. Its strong isolation guarantees, portability across heterogeneous platforms, and low execution overhead make it well suited for secure service orchestration, serverless computing, and edge intelligence in future networked environments.

While innovation in WebAssembly is largely driven by industry-led ecosystems and open source communities, there is also a growing academic community investigating its fundamental aspects such as performance, security, orchestration, and integration with edge and 6G infrastructures. Interaction between these communities, however, remains limited, despite their shared interests and complementary expertise.

This workshop aims to provide a focused forum that brings together academic and industrial perspectives on WebAssembly and cloud-native execution for 6G and edge systems. By enabling the presentation of peer-reviewed research contributions alongside invited industrial experiences, the workshop will foster knowledge exchange, highlight open research challenges, and stimulate collaboration.

Topics of Interest (but not limited to)

  • WebAssembly and Edge Technologies
  • Communication Protocols & Middleware
  • Edge-Cloud Continuum
  • Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
  • Software-Defined Networking (SDN)
  • Workload Management
  • Microcontrollers
  • Alternative architectures (e.g., RISC-V, ARM)
  • Resource Management & Orchestration – Serverless workloads
  • Life-cycle management
  • Security and Isolation approaches
  • Constrained Edge devices
  • Quality of Service/Experience Management
  • Centralized, Hierarchical, Federated or Distributed Management paradigms

Participation

Workshop specifics, event logistics, author instructions, and publication details will be provided as soon as they are confirmed in partnership with the host conference.

Supported By

Funding Acknowledgement

The ELASTIC project has received funding from the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 101139067.