Important Dates
| Conference Preparation | Date |
| Extended deadline for abstract submission (max. 350 words / 1 page using this Template) | 31 August 2026 |
| Notification of acceptance to present (in-person or virtually) or publish only | 15 August — 15 September 2026 |
| Deadline for online registration and payment to confirm:
● Attendance Only (Audience) ● Presentation and Publication (Presenter and Proceedings Author) ● Presentation Only (Presenter) ● Publication Only (Proceedings Author) |
30 September 2026 |
| Conference days | 26 and 27 October 2026 |
| Publication Plan: The Proceedings (optional) | Date |
| Invitation to submit (optionally) an extended abstract (based on the accepted short abstract), i.e. a short proceedings paper (using this Template) | 31 August — 30 September 2026 |
| Deadline for submission of extended abstracts (short proceedings papers) | 30 November 2026 |
| Peer review process (2–3 revision rounds) | 30 November – 31 January 2027 |
| Notification of final acceptance to publish in the proceedings | 31 January 2027 |
| Signature of the Springer Consent-to-Publish Form | 15 February 2027 |
| Submission to Springer of the proceedings after English revision (free-of-charge) of accepted papers | 31 March 2027 |
| Typesetting, proofreading, corrections and production of the proceedings by Springer | 30 April – 31 August 2027 |
| Online publication of the proceedings in the Springer ESE Book Series (indexed in Scopus) | 30 September 2027 |
| Publication Plan: The Special Issues (optional) | Date |
| Invitation (after the conference) to submit in the EMGN special issues | 30 November 2026 |
| Deadline to submit the full paper to the special issues (see Publications) | 31 March 2027 |
| Publication of the full special issues (however, papers will appear online as soon as accepted) | 31 December 2027 |