IMCL2026

Important Dates

Stay tuned for important updates regarding IMCL2026! Key dates, including submission deadlines, registration periods, and program announcements, are shown in the table. Nevertheless, it’s essential to keep an eye on our communications to ensure you don’t miss any critical information about the conference.

Remote (online) presentations for full, short, special session, and work-in-progress papers are supported.

Date	Activity
05 Jun 2026	Submission of Special Session proposals
07 Jun 2026	Submission of structured abstracts (for full and short papers) for the main conference
07 Jun 2026	Notification of acceptance and announcement of Special Sessions
14 Jun 2026	Notification of acceptance for abstracts for the main conference
13 Jul 2026	Upload and submission of: (i) complete papers for all submission types (ii) proposals for round tables, workshops, tutorials
27 Jul 2026	Notification of acceptance
21 Sep 2026	Camera-ready due/Final upload
21 Sep 2026	Author registration
12 Nov 2026	Conference Opening

Committees

Steering Committee Chair

Michael E. Auer, CTI, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

General Conference Chair

Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

IMCL2026 Co-Chairs

Despo Ktoridou, UNIC, Nicosia, Cyprus
Epaminondas Epaminonda, UNIC, Nicosia, Cyprus

International Chairs

Alaa Ashmawy, American University Dubai (Middle East)
Uriel Cukierman, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (South America)
Samir A. El-Seoud, The British University in Egypt (Africa)
David Guralnick, Kaleidoscope Learning New York, USA (North America)
Alexander Kist, University of Southern Queensland, Australia (Australia/Oceania)
Tiia Rüütmann, Technical University Tallinn (Europe)

Technical Program Chairs

Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Sebastian Schreiter, IAOE, France

Workshop, Tutorial, and Special Session Chairs

Andreas Pester, British University in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt

Publication Chair and Web Master

Sebastian Schreiter, IAOE, France

Local Organization Chair

TBD

Program Committee Members

Abdallah Al-Zoubi, PSUT Amman, Jordan
Gustavo Alves, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
Kostas Apostolou, McMaster University, Canada
Abul Azad, Northern Illinois University, USA
Tharenos Bratitsis, University of Western Macedonia, Greece
Santi Caballé, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Manuel Castro, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain
Rajeev Chatterjee, National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training & Research, Kolkata, India
Maiga Chang, Athabasca University, Canada
Charalambos Christou, UNIC, Nicosia, Cyprus
Monica Divitini, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece
Anastasios Economides, University of Macedonia, Greece
Daphne Economou, University of Westminster, UK
Margareth Gfrerer, University Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

Michail Giannakos, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Apostolos Gkamas, University Ecclesiastical Academy of Vella of Ioannina, Greece
Daniel Houssard, UNIC, Nicosia, Cyprus
David Jennings, University College, Ireland
Christos Katsanos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Juergen Koeberlein-Kerler, Wuerzburg, Germany
Agisilaos Konidaris, Ionian University, Greece
Despo Ktoridou, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Petros Lameras, The Serious Games Institute, UK
George Magoulas, Birkbeck College, UK
Dominik May, University of Wuppertal, Germany
Maria Michailidis, UNIC, Nicosia, Cyprus
Nektarios Moumoutzis, Technical University of Crete, Greece
Stavros Nikou, University of Strathclyde, UK
George Palaigeorgiou, University of Western Macedonia, Greece

Stamatios Papadakis, The University of Crete, Greece
María Isabel Pozzo, National Technological University, Argentina
Demetrios Sampson, University of Pireaus, Greece
Andreas Savva, UNIC, Nicosia, Cyprus
Panarit Sethakul, KMUTNB, Thailand
Sarmad Ahmed Shaikh, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, Pakistan
Vasso Stylianou, UNIC, Nicosia, Cyprus
Doru Ursutiu, University Transylvania Brasov, Romania
Valery Varney, TH Cologne, Germany
Giasemi Vavoula, University of Leicester, UK
Krishna Vedula, IUCEE Hyderabad, India
Ting-Ting Wu, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Dieter Wuttke, Technical University Ilmenau, Germany
Stelios Xinogalos, University of Macedonia, Greece

Keynotes

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Program

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Workshops

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Registration & Fees

Registration

Registration will be done through the ConfTool® Submission Server.

Bank charges

Please note that all bank charges are at the expense of the debtor.

Terms and Conditions

Registrations without full payment or the necessary proofs (i.e., membership, student card, etc.) are not valid.

All cancellations or changes must be sent in writing to the e-mail address: info@imcl-conference.org .

The registration of participation is binding.
If you have to cancel the registration, you get 80% back until 30 days before the start of the event. In all other cases, the financial responsibilities of the participants remain fully effective.
The participation fees are owed upon registration and are payable within 7 days following submission of the registration (but not later than 7 days before the starting day of the event).
Participation is not guaranteed until full payment of the registration fee is received.
The conference program may be subject to changes.
Payments will be refunded if the conference will be canceled by the organizer. In that case, the organizer will have no further liability to the client. Registrations remain valid if the conference has to be postponed.

IMCL2026 – Author and Participant Registration	Early Bird Fee until 21 Sep 2026	Standard Fee after 21 Sep 2026
Author – Regular^1,6	500 EUR	N/A
Author – Members of IAOE, IELA, IGIP, HAICTE, EWA^1,4,6	450 EUR	N/A
Author – Student^1,2,3,6	300 EUR	N/A
Author – Low-income Countries – (Days 2 & 3) ^1,6,7	300 EUR	N/A
Participant (no paper) – Regular	400 EUR	450 EUR
Participant (no paper) – Low-income Countries⁷	200 EUR	250 EUR
Participant (no paper) – Student³	200 EUR	250 EUR
Options
Additional Paper (max 1)¹	150 EUR	N/A
Conference Dinner	TBD
Accompanying Person⁵	TBD
Social Program	TBD

Registrations without payment or the necessary proofs (i.e., membership, student card, etc.) are not valid.

1 At least one author MUST register paying authors’ registration fee until 21 Sep 2026 in order for their paper to be considered for presentation and included in the conference proceedings. Author registration includes the presentation of one paper. Additional (up to 1) presentation by the same author implies an extra cost of 150 EUR per paper/presentation. The special reduced fee for authors is applicable only once per accepted submission.
2 Student fee for an author is applicable, if the paper was solely written by students not older than 30 years. A confirmation about the student status and the age of all authors from the university is necessary.
3 A student ID card is necessary. Please upload a scanned copy of your student ID card in pdf format on the the ConfTool® Submission Server during your registration.
4 A membership proof is necessary. Please upload a scanned copy of your member ID card in pdf format on the the ConfTool® Submission Server during your registration.
5 Includes coffee breaks and lunch during conference program on 12–13 November 2026. Accompanying persons are not allowed to attend the sessions. Choose one of the Participant fees if you want to attend sessions.
6 For onsite and remote/online presentations.
7 Check whether you are eligible for this fee – you must live and work in a country that is on the list of low-income countries: http://data.worldbank.org/income-level/low-income.

Social Program

Will be available in time. Please continue to check this website for updates.

Photo credits: Acropolis by night: Giles Laurent published under CC-BY-SA 4.0 – Busts along the Stoa of Attalos: Julian Lupyan published under CC-0 – Lycabettus hill from Acropolis: Jebulon published under CC-0