5th International Conference on Emerging Practices in Software Process & Architecture (SOFTPA 2026) January 17 ~ 18, 2026, Zurich, Switzerland https://csita2026.org/softpa/index Scope 5th International Conference on Emerging Practices in Software Process & Architecture (SOFTPA 2026) is an emerging practice in Software Development life cycle adopted by various software organizations to develop an environment of continuous deployment and delivery within time. There are several software development processes that practice the concept of continuous improvement and automation to maintain the operational stability and smooth flow of software delivery. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following AI for supporting software and systems processes Artifacts, software validation and diagnosis CI/CD, Agile and Devops Devops in health care, education & business Devops Models, Practices, Challenges Empirical Study Hybrid processes for software and systems Intelligent software systems Lean & Agile software Development & practices Legacy systems Wireless Communications Open Source Software development Performance Evaluation, Application & Tools Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) in the real World Software as a Service (Saas) Software Automation Software Engineering challenges Software reliability and large-scale distribution Wireless Multimedia Systems Paper Submission Authors are invited to submit papers through the conference Submission System by October 11, 2025. Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this conference. The proceedings of the conference will be published by Computer Science Conference Proceedings in Computer Science & Information Technology (CS & IT) series (Confirmed). Selected papers from SOFTPA 2026, after further revisions, will be published in the special issue of the following journal. International Journal of Software Engineering & Applications (IJSEA) International Journal of Data Mining & Knowledge Management Process (IJDKP) International Journal of Ambient Systems and Applications (IJASA) Advanced Computational Intelligence: An International Journal (ACII) Important Dates Submission Deadline : October 11, 2025 Authors Notification : December 13, 2025 Registration & camera - Ready Paper Due : December 20, 2025 Contact Us: Here's where you can reach us : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (or) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.