Abstract Submission Deadline
Paper Submission Deadline
Paper Acceptance Notifications
Camera Ready Version Due
January 19, 2026 (Abstract is required to submit full paper.)
January 26, 2026
March 9, 2026
April 6, 2026
We invite submissions for the Normative Reasoning for Agentic AI (NORA) special track at the 39th International FLAIRS Conference.
The goal of the NORA special track is to advance research on how norms can shape, guide, and explain agentic behavior in AI systems. It aims to bring together scholars exploring formal models of norms and deontic reasoning with those developing applied approaches to norm-aware, agents-based, collaborative, and responsible AI. By fostering dialogue between logic-based, data-driven, and human-centered perspectives, the track seeks to bridge theoretical foundations and practical implementations of normative reasoning across diverse domains such as multi-agent systems, reinforcement learning, robotics, security, law, and AI ethics.
The track welcomes both established scholars and early-career researchers from diverse AI domains who wish to explore how normative approaches can enrich and support contemporary AI research. Topics of interest may include (but are not limited to):
Formal and computational models of normative reasoning
Norm-aware and norm-adaptive agents (including agents for coordination, negotiation, and institution design)
Normative alignment and behavioral conformity in agentic and adaptive AI systems
Normative reasoning in multi-agent interaction, collaboration, and collective decision-making
Dialogue and interaction protocols for proposing, contesting, and revising norms
Learning, planning, and control under normative constraints (reinforcement learning, safe exploration, and compliance by design)
Automated normative reasoning for verification, monitoring, and compliance checking
Normative reasoning in robotics, embodied and hybrid agents, and practical decision making
Causal reasoning and norms (responsibility, accountability, blame/credit assignment, and trust)
Normative explainability and interpretability (e.g., argumentation- or deontic-based explanations)
Translation of natural-language norms into formal or executable specifications
Applications of normative reasoning in law, security, machine ethics, and AI governance
Submissions to special tracks follow the same rules and deadlines as for the general conference track. Special track papers are required to meet the same standards as papers in the general conference and are published in the same conference proceedings.
Paper Submission
Paper submission is a two-step process. First, the paper abstract must be registered in EasyChair by the Paper abstract submission deadline. Then, the full paper in PDF is due by the Paper submission deadline. Without registering an abstract on time, it will not be possible to submit the paper later.
Authors Kit: Author Template.zip
Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=flairs39
Important dates: https://www.flairs-39.info/important-dates
FLAIRS-39 conference web page: https://www.flairs-39.info/
Types of Submissions
NEW FOR FLAIRS-39: Accepted papers may be expanded for publication beyond the submission page limits; see details below.
There are three types of paper submissions:
Full paper – a paper describing mature novel research, up to 6 pages excluding references for submission. Accepted papers will be published with up to 7 pages in the proceedings and presented by the author in a 20-minute oral presentation. Rejected full papers might be accepted as short papers or posters, if reviewers find the idea interesting but the paper quality was not sufficient to be published in full length.
Short paper – a paper that shows some novelty and general interest but is more preliminary or in the early stages of development, up to 4 pages excluding references for submission. Accepted papers will be published with up to 5 pages in the proceedings and presented by the author in a 10-minute oral presentation.
Poster paper – up to 2 pages excluding references for submission. Accepted papers will be published with up to 2 pages in the proceedings and presented by the author in a poster session.
Appendices after the references are permitted but might not be reviewed, and appendices will not be permitted in the final version of the paper if it is accepted.
Double-blind reviewing is used, so submitted papers must use anonymized author names and affiliations. Papers must use the FLAIRS-39 template and must be submitted as a PDF.
FLAIRS will not accept any paper which, at the time of submission, is under review for or has already been published or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference. Authors are also required not to submit their papers elsewhere during FLAIRS's review period. These restrictions apply only to journals and conferences, not to workshops and similar specialized presentations with a limited audience and without archival proceedings. Authors will be required to confirm that their submissions conform to these requirements at the time of submission.
Proceedings
The proceedings of FLAIRS-39 will be published by Florida Online Journals (https://journals.flvc.org/) which is indexed in DBLP and Scopus. Authors are expected to make a reasonable effort to address reviewers’ comments prior to the submission of the camera-ready paper. Where such expectations have not been met, actions may be taken to maintain the quality of the conference and the expectations of attendees.
For a paper to be published in the proceedings, all accepted papers (full, short and poster) must be accompanied by at least one AUTHOR REGISTRATION. It is also expected that at least one of the authors will attend the conference to present their work. A single author registration allows for a maximum of two papers per AUTHOR REGISTRATION. Author names may be changed or re-ordered after reviewing; however, for budgetary reasons, registration fees will be based on the details at the time of submission and review.
Track Co-Chairs
Réka Markovich, University of Luxembourg, reka.markovich@uni.lu
Leon van der Torre, University of Luxembourg, leon.vandertorre@uni.lu
Davide Liga, University of Luxembourg, davide.liga@uni.lu
Luca Pasetto, University of Luxembourg, luca.pasetto@uni.lu
Liuwen Yu, University of Luxembourg, liuwen.yu@uni.lu
Program Committee
TBD