IEEE QSW 2026, the premier conference on quantum software engineering taking place July 13-18, 2026 in Sydney, Australia as part of the IEEE World Congress on Services, invites submissions of original research focused on establishing quantum software as a rigorous discipline through programming models, languages, compilers, verification techniques, and system architectures that bridge quantum algorithms with practical implementations. The conference seeks contributions across foundations of quantum software (formal semantics, type systems, resource-aware programming), development toolchains (quantum programming languages, compilers, simulators, circuit synthesis), verification and quality assurance (testing methodologies, specification languages, software metrics), hybrid quantum-classical systems, cloud-based quantum computing architectures, HPC integration, AI-assisted quantum software engineering (including circuit optimization and error mitigation with formal guarantees), quantum internet programming models, and production-grade application experience reports with reproducible insights including negative results and lessons learned. Papers must be submitted via EasyChair by March 8, 2026 for double-blind peer review by at least three experts, with acceptance notifications on May 10, 2026, and any AI-generated content must be disclosed in the acknowledgements section specifying the tools used and affected sections, while accepted papers will be published in IEEE Computer Society Press proceedings.