Important Dates

  • Abstract submission: 15 December 2025 - 15 January 2026
  • Notification of acceptance: 1 March 2026
  • Registration of presenters: by 31 March 2026
  • Conference: 20-22 May 2026
  • Proceedings paper submission: 20 June 2026

 

Abstract Submission

Presentations will be selected on the basis of (extendend) abstracts. Submitted abstracts will be reviewed and evaluated by the Scientific Committee to ensure high quality, originality, and relevance to the scope of DLES.

Abstracts should have a length of 2-3 pages and include research rationale, methodology, results and major conclusions, and a sentence on additional results that will be included in the final paper and presentation. Please note that abstracts of accepted contributions will be shared with the DLES15 participants. For this reason, we ask you to prepare your abstract using the Word or Latex template provided below:

dles15_abstracttemplate.zip

Abstract have to be uploaded as PDF file. The submission page will open soon.

 

Registration

Registration will open in February 2026.

Registration fees include access to all conference sessions, lunch, coffee breaks, welcome reception, and conference dinner, and will be determined based on the number of accepted papers. Registered participants may purchase additional tickets for friends and partners that would like to join only the welcome reception and conference dinner.

 

Conference Proceedings

All presenters are invited to submit a full paper (6 to 10 pages) for the conference proceedings within one month after the conference.

The conference proceedings book will be published by Springer Nature as one volume in the ERCOFTAC Series. To this end, all individual contributions have to be combined into one large Latex file. This is only possible if you use the Latex template and strictly follow the instructions given therein:

dles15_proceedingstemplate.zip