Call for Papers and Submission Process

The Program Committee of the ICID-Conference invites the submission of research papers for the main track of the conference. Submissions are invited on original and previously unpublished research.

The theme of ICID 2026 is: Co-Creating the Future: Human-AI Teams Designing Tomorrow.

The main topics of the conference include (but not limited by):

Formatting

Conference considers two steps submission:

1. Abstract submissions before the conference date
2. Papers submissions after the conference.

The abstract should summarize the contents of the paper in short terms. It should consist of a 150-250 words abstract on the EasyChair system and 1-2 pages according to the Springer template. Full papers (10-12 pages of around 400 words each) and short papers (6-8 pages of around 400 words each).

All papers and abstracts should be in English and be prepared in LaTeX or Microsoft Word according to the Springer template. Technical Instructions for working with style files and templates can be found by this link. 

All submitted abstracts and papers will be blind-reviewed by the program committee. All accepted abstracts will be invited for the presentation at the conference. Abstracts and conference presentations will be published on the conference website. Selected articles of the conference will be published as post-proceedings and indexed by SCOPUS. All papers will be subject to blind peer review based on criteria of compliance with the conference theme, quality, and style of writing, scientific novelty, practical results.

Authors should consult Springer’s authors’ instructions and use the proceedings templates, either for LaTeX or for Word, for the preparation of their papers. Springer’s proceedings LaTeX templates are available in Overleaf. Springer encourages authors to include their ORCIDs in their papers. In addition, the corresponding author of each paper, acting on behalf of all of the authors of that paper, must complete and sign a Consent-to-Publish form. The corresponding author signing the copyright form should match the corresponding author marked on the paper. Once the files have been sent to Springer, changes relating to the authorship of the papers cannot be made.

Abstract Submission Process

Before submitting, please determine the appropriate submission category:

• General Track – If your topic aligns with the general conference theme, please submit to the General Track.
• Student Workshop – If you are a student, we encourage you to submit your work to the Student Workshop.
• Thematic Workshops – If your research aligns with the theme of a specific workshop, please select the corresponding workshop track during submission.

For submissions to a workshop, authors must indicate the workshop code at the beginning of the title field.

Please format your title as follows: [Workshop Code] – Paper Title

A list of workshop titles and their respective codes is provided below.

• Information and Process Support for Responsive and Innovative Business [ICID-2026 IPS]
• Co-Creating Innovation – Academic-Industry Collaboration in Industry and Manufacturing [ICID-2026 AIC]
• ICID 2026 Early Career Research & Student Workshop – Growing Ideas Together [ICID-2026 ECRS]
• Learning Across the Ecosystem: How Large Platforms, Vendors, and Startups Co-Design Corporate Systems Education in the Era of AI [ICID-2026 AI-LCE]

For submissions to the General Track, no additional code is required in the title field.

Below is an example of how to complete the submission.

Submission

Submission will be through the EasyChair system.

If you have any questions, you may contact us at: info@icid-conference.org.