Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Research Papers:

  Research papers addressing one of the conference research topics should be original, unpublished elsewhere, and no longer than 12 pages (reference list excluded). Papers for review should be submitted in PDF format, Word or Word open XML document (file extensions .pdf, .doc). Please note that all papers are subjects of the double-blind review process, therefore please submit the first version of your papers for review without author information in the text. The final version of the paper should be submitted in Word or Word open XML document (file extension .doc). We suggest that the text of the submitted papers is proofread by a language editor, an English native speaker. After revisions upload the final version of your paper via Easychair. You can do this by signing in as an author and updating the file of your existing submission. Please make sure that the final version of the paper includes the name, affiliation, and email address of every author.

• Research in progress papers:

  The Bled Forum invites submissions as short papers with possibly associated posters on topics related to the conference’s main theme and special interest themes. Forum papers can present research in progress and should be original and innovative, and not longer than 6 pages (reference list excluded). All submissions will be evaluated in a similar manner as full papers. Through short presentations possibly enhanced with posters delegates will be able to show their accepted (preliminary) research and receive feedback in an interactive way. Posters will be displayed during the conference.  Accepted forum papers will appear in a special section of the conference proceedings.

• Special interest tracks: 

  In addition to the above we offer Special interest tracks, that include:

  • Digital Health
  • Digital Ethics
  • Twin transition / Digital for Sustainability
  • AI & Data Science
  • Digital Education
  • Smart Sustainable Cities
  • Business Models, Digital Consumer
  • Digital Transformation of the Public Sector
  • Decision Analytics for Business and Societal Challenges
  • Restructured Work and Future Work via Digital Transformation

For detailed information regarding submissions, please visit our website: https://bledconference.org/cfp/

Committees

Program Committee

• Outstanding Paper and Reviewer Award Committee
  • Roger Bons, Open University, the Netherlands
  • Andreja Pucihar, University of Maribor, Slovenia
  • Guido Ongena, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Netherlands
  • Marikka Heikkilä, University of Turku, Finland
  • Anand Sheombar, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Netherlands
  • Helen Cripps, Edith Cowan University, Australia

• Workshops and Panels Coordinator
  • Marjeta Marolt, University of Maribor, Slovenia

• Review Process Coordinator
  • Staša Blatnik, University of Maribor, Slovenia

Conference Chairs

• Conference Chair
  • Andreja Pucihar, University of Maribor, Slovenia

• Conference Co-chair
  • Mirjana Kljajić Borštnar, University of Maribor, Slovenia

• Research Track Chair
  • Koen Smit, HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, The Netherlands

• Research Track Co-chair
  • Matt Glowatz, University College Dublin, Ireland

Publication

Conference proceedings are published in open access by the University of Maribor Press (https://press.um.si/). Full research papers are additionally listed in the AIS eLibrary under the Bled eConference series (https://aisel.aisnet.org/bled/).

Please note that for the paper to be published through Bled eConference, at least one of the authors needs to be registered for and present the paper at the conference. 

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to bledconference@um.si