Program and Proceedings
A printed version of the proceedings will be provided to the attendees. A PDF of the proceedings will be posted here once available.
Live Broadcast
Presentations will be broadcast live on the Plan 9 Foundation YouTube channel.
Schedule
To Be Announced.
| May 7th | |
| Main floor lecture hall: ECS 660 | |
| 9:00 | Doors Open |
| 10:00-10:15 | Intoductory Remarks |
| May 8th | |
| 09:00 | Doors Open |
| May 9,10th | |
| Rooms: ECS 242, 250, 258, and 266 | |
| 09:15-18:00 | Hackathon |
Papers
- To Be Announced
WiP
- To Be Announced
Scope
This 2026 edition of the International Workshop on Plan 9 aims to bring together researchers, developers, and students working on Plan 9, Inferno, the 9P family of protocols, and related technologies to discuss advances in these fields, ideas for further improvement, applications, and impact of these ideas on the broader computer science community; and to work together on key issues identified during the first two days of the workshop or during the discussions leading up to it.
As usual, the workshop topics also include, and are not restricted to:
- system architecture
- system services
- file systems and servers
- applications
- projects for other platforms related to Plan 9
Important Dates
March TBD, 2026: Submission Deadline
March TBD, 2026: Papers announced
May 7-10, 2026: The Workshop
Types of Submission
In order to increase the interactivity of the workshop, we intend to offer a hackathon in addition to the presentation of regular and short work in progress papers. Please send your proposal to iwp9paper at iwp9.org including the topic and a short abstract of the session, the name(s) of the organizer(s), duration of the session and required infrastructure (e.g. wired/wireless network, power, video projector).
Paper Submission
Papers of up to 15 pages must be sent to iwp9paper at iwp9.org in PDF format. Please do not forget to include the email address of the contact author. Submissions will be acknowledged via email.
Work-in-Progress Submission
Works in progress of up to 3 pages must be sent to iwp9wip at iwp9.org in PDF format. Please include the email address of the contact author. Submissions will be acknowledged via email.
Registration
The registration deadline is May 1st, 2026. Please register either by emailing: iwp9reg@iwp9.org or registering at TBD.
Conference fees TBA. Please note that we can accomodate, at most, fifty (50) attendees.
Location & Travel
The workshop will be held at the University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Rd, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada. This UVic link provides some information on travel options and directions to the university.
To be provided.
Respect
We expect that attendees will remain respectful of one another. Any organizer has the right to request an attendee to leave.
Sponsors
Program Committee
Dr. Anthony Estey, University of VictoriaEdouard Klein
Brian L. Stuart, Drexel University
Ori Bernstein, 9front
Paul Lalonde
Daniel Maslowski, IAOTAI
Ron Minnich, Cray Inc.
Organizing Committee
Anthony Estey, University of VictoriaEdouard Klein
Brian L. Stuart, Drexel University
Ori Bernstein, 9front
Paul Lalonde
Daniel Maslowski, IAOTAI
Ron Minnich, Cray Inc.
Fariborz Tavakkolian, 9Netics
For further inquiries, please send an email to iwp9 at iwp9.org.
Previous workshops
1st IWP9 (2006), Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain; 2nd IWP9 (2007), Bell Labs, NJ, United States; 3rd IWP9 (2008), University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece; 4th IWP9 (2009), University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States; 5th IWP9 (2010), Seattle, WA, United States. 6th IWP9 (2011), Madrid, Spain. 7th IWP9 (2012), Dublin, Ireland. 8th IWP9 (2013), Athens, Georgia. 9th IWP9 (2023), Waterloo, ON, Canada. 10th IWP9 (2024), Philadelphia, PA, USA. 11th IWP9 (2025), Paris, France. Recordings of sessions are available on the Plan 9 Foundation YouTube channel.