WISE conference aims at bringing together researchers, practitioners, industry experts and government actors to present and discuss their recent research results and innovations in specific areas or topics around the web that have a particular importance and potentially touch the lives of people in important ways. Workshops and Special Tracks will be presented in dedicated sessions during the conference.
Received papers must also belong to the area of the workshop / special track they are submitted to. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
A proposal for a Workshop or Special Track should be submitted as a PDF file via Microsoft CMT (under the “Workshop / Special Track Proposals” Track) and must conform to the format described below.
Submissions should be at most 4 (four) pages, with the same format as WISE research papers. Each submission should include the following information:
- Title: A meaningful title for the proposed special topic.
- Abstract: A 150-word summary of the proposed workshop / special track highlighting its importance and novelty.
- Scope: List of covered sub-topics (as in calls-for-papers).
- Relevance: Please explain why the workshop / special track is relevant to the WISE community.
- Organizers: Provide a list of organizers with their affiliations, short bio, and contact information.
- Related special events previously organized (with number of papers received/accepted): List the various scientific events organized previously by the organizers.
- Evaluation Committee Members: list of committee members.
- Expected number of submissions
- Workshop / Special Track proposal deadline: May 15, 2026
- Notification of acceptance: May 30, 2026
