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Embedded Systems Week is the premier annual event covering hardware and software design for intelligent and connected computing systems, run jointly by IEEE and ACM. The 2026 edition takes place in Barcelona, Spain, from 4 to 9 October. ESWEEK is unusual in structure: it integrates three established conferences, CASES, CODES+ISSS, and EMSOFT, together with the MEMOCODE symposium, into a single week, surrounded by workshops, tutorials, and educational classes. The combined programme covers compilers and architecture for embedded systems, hardware-software co-design, real-time and safety-critical software, formal methods, and increasingly the deployment of machine learning on constrained devices. The audience is predominantly academic but draws substantial industrial research participation, and the tutorial track makes the week accessible to doctoral students entering the field. Holding four venues concurrently produces cross-disciplinary discussion that single-topic conferences rarely achieve. For researchers in embedded and cyber-physical systems, this embedded systems conference is the field's central annual gathering.
Embedded Systems Week (ESWEEK) 2026 takes place October 4–9, 2026 in Barcelona, Spain.
Embedded Systems Week (ESWEEK) 2026 is an in-person event.
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ESWEEK lands in Barcelona in early October, when the Catalan capital has shed August heat and settles into warm, dry days around the mid-twenties Celsius. Academic weeks like this one favour a base near the university and congress corridor rather than the beachfront, keeping mornings walkable and evenings free. Expect long daylight, terrace dinners that run late by northern European standards, and a research crowd that scatters across the Eixample grid between sessions.
Barcelona El Prat (BCN) is the arrival point for almost everyone, roughly fifteen kilometres southwest of the centre. The Aerobus runs to Placa Catalunya in about thirty-five minutes; metro line L9 Sud connects both terminals to the network for less. Rail travellers arrive at Barcelona Sants, which links to Madrid in under three hours and to the French TGV network. Within the city, metro and on-foot movement beat taxis during weekday rush.
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Spanish mobile coverage is dense and hotel wifi is generally reliable, but a week of paper drafts and remote collaboration goes more smoothly on your own data than on congress-centre guest networks. A travel eSIM activated before departure avoids roaming charges entirely for non-EU attendees. Set up an eSIM with Airalo before you board and you're online the moment you land.
Poblenou and the 22@ district. The old industrial quarter northeast of the centre was rebuilt as Barcelona's technology district, and it reads as a case study in urban engineering. Brick factory shells now hold research labs and studios. Walk it late afternoon from Glories toward the sea; ninety minutes covers the interesting stretch and ends at the beach.
Mies van der Rohe Barcelona Pavilion. A reconstruction of the 1929 German national pavilion at the foot of Montjuic, and one of the most studied buildings of the twentieth century. It is small, quiet, and takes under an hour. Systems people tend to appreciate its ruthless reduction to structure and material. Go on a weekday morning before the coach groups arrive. Tickets on Tiqets →
Montjuic hill and the cable car. The hill above the port carries gardens, the Olympic ring, and long views across the container terminal and city grid. The funicular from Paral-lel metro connects to a cable car for the upper section. Allow two to three hours. Early October evenings here stay comfortable well past sunset. Tickets on Go City →
Sant Antoni market and neighbourhood. A restored iron-framed market hall southwest of the Eixample, surrounded by the kind of bars where locals rather than tour groups eat. It works well for a group dinner that does not require a reservation weeks ahead. Sunday brings a second-hand book and print market around the perimeter.
How far is the airport from the conference area?
El Prat sits about fifteen kilometres southwest of central Barcelona. Allow thirty to forty minutes by Aerobus or metro line L9 Sud, and slightly less by taxi outside peak hours.
What is the weather like in early October?
Daytime highs typically sit in the low-to-mid twenties Celsius with sea humidity and occasional short rain. Evenings cool enough for a light jacket, but not more than that.
Is a car worth renting?
No. Barcelona is dense, well served by metro, and parking is expensive and scarce. A car only makes sense for trips beyond the metropolitan area.
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