The 2026 8th Asia Pacific Information Technology Conference (APIT 2026) will be held during January 9-11, 2026 in Hokkaido University, Japan. APIT 2026 is an international forum for sharing knowledge and results in theory, methodology and new advances and research results in the fields of Information Technology. The conference will bring together researchers and practitioners from both academia as well as industry to meet and share cutting-edge development in the field. The conference welcomes significant contributions in all major fields of the Information Technology in theoretical and practical aspects. It will put special emphasis on the participations of PhD students, Postdoctoral fellows and other young researchers from all over the world. It would be beneficial to bring together a group of experts from diverse fields to discuss recent progress and to share ideas on open questions. The conference will feature world-class keynote speakers in the main areas.