The International Symposium on Advanced Control of Industrial Processes (AdCONIP) is a triennial international conference. AdCONIP 2026 is the eighth symposium following previous events at Kumamoto (2002), Seoul (2005), Jasper (2008), Hangzhou (2011), Hiroshima (2014), Taipei (2017), Vancouver (2022). This symposium aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to discuss the state-of-the-art developments/techniques in advanced control and its applications in industrial processes. The emphasis of this symposium will be on the theory and practice of advanced industrial control methods.