Call for Symposium Proposals

Why Symposium?

Symposiums are designed to address an important topic, issue and/or to highlight new advances, methods/approaches, or emerging areas of interest. Symposiums generally feature 3-4 presentations by people from different institutions, perspectives, and/or traditions in the fields of digitalization and its impact on design, learning and innovation. Sessions will be limited to 2 hours and must include dedicated time for question/answer and discussion. Submissions should include an overall title for the symposium and should clearly communicate the importance of the main topics addressed, overall goals for the session, and brief description including each participant’s contribution to the symposium and individual titles if appropriate.

All accepted symposium papers will be part of the proceedings in Springer-LNICST.

Deadline for Symposium Proposals

31 July 2023

Proposal content

• Symposium title
• Abstract (less than 200 words)
• Name, affiliation, and e-mail address for each organizer
• Identification of the primary contact person(s)
• Paper lenght (Short papers can be within the range of 6 to 11 pages, and full papers are to be longer than 12 pages. Please indicate specific ranges for the type(s) of papers you wish to include in the main track of the conference.)
• Background and Motivation: What is the overall topic of the symposium? Why is this topic of particular interest at this time? If the symposium has been organized in the past or other conferences, please give details of previous instances (venue, URL) and describe why it should be held again and how it will extend and build upon previous ones.
• Topics and scope: These should be within or close to the scope covered by the main conference, as mentioned above.
• Format: Give a description of the proposed symposium format, including the target number of participants, planned activities (such as introductions, invited talks, breakout group activities, general discussion).
• Soliciting Submissions: Indicate how you plan to attract submissions and/or participants. Tactics may include circulating a call to relevant mailing lists (indicate these please as well), publicizing your symposium at other relevant venues, and more.
• Selecting Participants: Indicate how you plan to select participants and contributions to the symposium. Indicate a program committee to help with the organization/review process.
• Organizers: Give short descriptions of each of the organizers’ background and interests related to conference scope and the specific symposium topic.

Proposal submission

Symposium proposals should be submitted in a maximum of 4 pages in PDF format, single-spaced.

Please email your symposium proposals to: