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LAWCG 2026
12th Latin American Workshop on Cliques in Graphs
LAWCG is meant to foster interaction among the Latin American Graph Theory and Combinatorics community, whose research interests include cliques, clique graphs, the behavior of cliques and other topics in Graph Theory.
The official languages are English, Portuguese, and Spanish.
For information about previous editions, please visit the LAWCG permanent website.
October 5-8, 2026
Hotel Monte Real, Águas de Lindóia, São Paulo, Brazil
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Submissions
until April 30 May 7 May 14, 2026 (hard) ✅
Notification
June 1 June 8June 15, 2026 ⌛
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June 15 June 22June 29, 2026
Early registration
until July 15 July 30, 2026 ⌛
Late registration
until September 5, 2026
Workshop
5-8 October, 2026
Submissions
Contributed talks covering original work on the conference topics will be accepted for presentation.
Prospective authors should submit an at most 2-page abstract of their work following this LaTeX format. Other formats will not be accepted for submission.
Abstracts must be submitted electronically via the EasyChair submission system.
For each accepted abstract, at least one author must register and attend the symposium (in person) to present it. Moreover, an author cannot register for multiple abstracts. That is, each accepted abstract must have its own registrant.
Proceedings
The abstracts of accepted submissions will not be formally published, but will be compiled into a Book of Abstracts that will be made available on the event website.
After the workshop, there will be a call for papers for a special issue of the Matemática Contemporânea, as in the previous editions of LAWCG. All interested researchers will be invited to submit an extended abstract describing their contributions. The submitted papers will go through the normal peer-review process, following the guidelines of Matemática Contemporânea.
Speakers
Plenary talk
Miguel Pizaña
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico
He is a Full Professor at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) in Mexico and a Level II researcher in the National System of Researchers (SNII). He holds a Ph.D. in Sciences (Graph Theory) from UAM, an M.Sc. in Mathematics from CINVESTAV. His research lies at the intersection of Mathematics and Computer Science, specializing in Graph Theory with a focus on computational combinatorics, clique graphs and cages. He also serves on the steering committees of the Latin American Algorithms, Graphs, and Optimization Symposium (LAGOS) and the Latin American Workshop on Cliques in Graphs (LAWCG).
Title and abstract: to be announced
Plenary talk
Ana Karolinna Maia
Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil
She holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the Federal University of Ceará (2008), a master’s degree in Computer Science from the Federal University of Ceará (2011), and a PhD in Computer Science from Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis (2014). She is currently a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Federal University of Ceará and a collaborating member of the Algorithms research line of the Master’s and Doctoral Program in Computer Science (MDCC-UFC). Her main research interests are graph theory, computational complexity, and algorithms.
Title and abstract: to be announced
Plenary talk
Maya Stein
Universidad de Chile, Chile
She is the deputy director of the Center for Mathematical Modeling, and also the Academic Director of the Center. She is a full professor at the Department of Mathematical Engineering of the Universidad de Chile. She obtained her doctorate degree at the University of Hamburg, Germany. She works in Combinatorics and Graph Theory, with a broad spectrum ranging from extremal and probabilistic graph theory and hypergraphs to algorithmic graph theory. She serves on the scientific committee of the Chilean Mathematical Society (Somachi), and was deputy head of the ANID grant evaluation panel for mathematics.
Title and abstract: to be announced
Program
A detailed program will be announced in due course. The event runs from 4:00 pm on 5 October to 2:00 pm on 8 October.
Registration
The event will take place at Hotel Monte Real, and all participants are required to stay at this hotel for the duration of the event.
During registration, participants must choose between a single room or a shared double room. Participants selecting a double room may indicate their preferred roommate during registration; if no preference is provided, the organizing team will make the room assignment.
Participants are also welcome to bring accompanying guests, such as family members or children. Please note that accompanying persons are individuals staying at the conference venue who do not participate in the workshop's scientific programme. If both you and your partner are participating in the scientific programme, please complete separate registration forms.
Registration fee
The registration fee is all-inclusive and covers accommodation, all meals (breakfasts, coffee-breaks, lunches, and dinners), leisure facilities at the hotel, and transportation between USP/GRU Airport and the hotel (on Monday and on Thursday).
Expenses for alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, as well as extra services such as minibar, laundry, and any other costs incurred by participants during their stay, will be the responsibility of the participants and must be paid at hotel check-out.
There are Full and Reduced registrations. Reduced registration is reserved only for undergrad students, master students, and PhD students.
Each registration (Full or Reduced) covers participation in the scientific programme, regardless of the number of papers presented by the participant. For each paper, at least one of its authors must be registered for the event (Full or Reduced). Papers must be presented by one of their authors; presentations by non-authors are not permitted.
EARLY
Reduced - Double Room
BRL
1300
Until July 30th
EARLY
Reduced - Single Room
BRL
2092
Until July 30th
EARLY
Full - Double Room
BRL
2000
Until July 30th
EARLY
Full - Single Room
BRL
2792
Until July 30th
EARLY
Accompanying Person (12 years old and over) – Double/Triple Room
BRL
1320
Until July 30th
EARLY
Accompanying Person (5 to 11 years old) – Double/Triple Room
BRL
972
Until July 30th
LATE
Accompanying Person (12 years old and over) – Double/Triple Room
BRL
1720
Until Sep. 5th
LATE
Accompanying Person (5 to 11 years old) – Double/Triple Room
BRL
1372
Until Sep. 5th
LATE
Reduced - Double Room
BRL
1700
Until Sep. 5th
LATE
Reduced - Single Room
BRL
2492
Until Sep. 5th
LATE
Full - Double Room
BRL
2400
Until Sep. 5th
LATE
Full - Single Room
BRL
3192
Until Sep. 5th
Children up to 4 years old stay free.
Bank transfer details
Payments must be made in Brazilian Reais (BRL) using one of the
payment methods listed below.
If payment is made in another
currency, please ensure that the final amount received by the
organizers is equivalent to the amount due in BRL, according to the
exchange rate on the date of payment and after deduction of any
applicable fees.
- PIX transfer to key: 7f71201a-8ce4-4c88-bebe-08e8e27ba668
- Wise transfer to: @carlan437
- Bank transfer:
Name: Carla Negri Lintzmayer
IBAN: BE37 9678 9285 2428
Swift/BIC: TRWIBEB1XXX
Name and adress of the bank: Wise, Rue du Trône 100, 3rd floor, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
Registration form
Before registering, please make sure you have a proof of payment (PDF) and, if you are a student, a document confirming your student status with a date no later than 30 days (PDF).
To register, please fill out this registration form.
Your registration will remain pending until your payment is manually confirmed by the organizing team. Once confirmed, your name will appear on the website in the Participants section.
Venue
The event will take place at the following hotel, and all participants are required to stay at this hotel for the duration of the event.
Hotel Monte Real
R. São Paulo, 622 - Centro, Águas de Lindóia - SP, 13940-000, Brazil
The event will take place at Hotel Monte Real, located in
Águas de Lindóia, approximately two hours from São Paulo. The
hotel offers a well-established infrastructure, with multiple
accommodation towers and comfortable rooms equipped with air
conditioning, Wi-Fi, and other standard amenities.
The venue includes a range of leisure and wellness
facilities, such as indoor and outdoor pools, heated pools,
and relaxation areas. There are also recreational spaces and
sports courts, as well as facilities suitable for families
with children. Meals are served on site in a buffet-style
restaurant.
Overall, the hotel provides a comfortable and well-equipped
setting for the event, supporting both work-related
activities and leisure during participants' stay.
Free parking
Free WiFi
24h reception
Heated pools
Full board
Bar
Committees
Steering Committee
- Liliana Alcón, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
- Márcia Cappelle, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil
- Erika Coelho, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil
- Celina Herrera de Figueiredo, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Marina Groshaus, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil
- Marisa Gutierrez, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
- Miguel Pizaña, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico
- Jayme Szwarcfiter, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Program Committee
- Lehilton Lelis Chaves Pedrosa, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil (Chair)
- Sheila Morais de Almeida, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Brazil
- Mauro Nigro Alves Junior, Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Júlio César Silva Araújo, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil
- Márcia Cappelle, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil
- César Hernández-Cruz, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Organizing Committee
- Carla Negri Lintzmayer, Universidade Federal do ABC, Brazil (Chair)
- Guilherme Oliveira Mota, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (Chair)
- Lehilton Lelis Chaves Pedrosa, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
- Maycon Sambinelli, Universidade Federal do ABC, Brazil
- Cristiane Sato, Universidade Federal do ABC, Brazil
Participants
To be announced