Stay tuned for important updates regarding STE2026! 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.
| Date | Activity | |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2025 | Extended Submission of: (i) structured abstracts (for full and short papers) for the conference (ii) Special Session proposals | |
| 20 Oct 2025 | Notification of acceptance for abstracts for the conference. Special Sessions notification and announcement | |
| 17 Nov 2025 | Submission of: (i) complete papers for all submission types (ii) proposals for round tables, workshops, tutorials | |
| 15 Dec 2025 | Notification of acceptance | |
| 31 Dec 2025 | EWA Young Talent Award: submission of contributions | |
| 19 Jan 2026 | Camera-ready due & author registration deadline | |
| 11 Mar 2026 | STE2026 opening | |
The International Conference on Smart Technologies & Education (STE) is the successor of the REV Conferences and the annual conference of the International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE) together with the Edunet World Association (EWA) and the International Education Network (EduNet).
STE is an annual event dedicated to the fundamentals, applications and experiences in the field of Smart Technologies, Online, Remote, and Virtual Engineering, Virtual Instrumentation and other related new technologies, including:
A further objective of the conference is to discuss guidelines and new concepts for engineering education in higher and vocational education institutions including emerging technologies in learning, such as: Online and Virtual Labs, MOOCs and Open Learning Resources. STE2026 will offer an exciting technical programme as well as networking opportunities.
The EduNet Forum will take place during the conference. It will feature presentations organised by Phoenix Contact and industry workshops.
Posters/workshops/tutorials, interactive demonstrations and exhibitions can also be proposed. Prospective organizers of other STE2025 events are encouraged to contact the conference chair.
Please submit the Round Table Proposal Form to the ConfTool® Submission Server
Please submit the Workshop Proposal Form to the ConfTool® Submission Server
The main goal of the demonstration session is to foster participants discussion simultaneously with demonstration of remote and virtual labs. Online demonstrations or lectures from a remote location are also welcome. The author is supposed to use his/her personal computer.
Please submit the Demo Session Proposal Form to the ConfTool® Submission Server.
Please refer to the Call for Special Session Proposals just below.
(you propose to organize a Special Session to which others submit papers)
Download Detailed Call as PDFSpecial Sessions, held in parallel with the general conference, are an integral part of the conference. They provide researchers in focused areas the opportunity to meet and present their work, and offer a forum for interaction among the broader community of technology-enhanced learning, and online engineering world-wide. Special sessions papers are required to meet the same standards as papers in the general conference and are published in the same conference proceedings.
Topics of interest are in all areas of Smart Technologies & Education and similar to main conference topics (see Call for Papers for the Main conference above).
Proposals must be submitted to the ConfTool® Submission Server. Special Session papers will later be reviewed by at least two members of the special session's program committee, and acceptance decisions will be made by the conference program co-chairs and Special Sessions Chair. Organizers of special sessions will work closely with Conference Committee and are expected to respond promptly and communicate regularly in order to maximize the potential impact of the track. Proposals must be made using the special session proposal template(including the necessary information, such as title, organizer(s), special session's program committee, etc.). If the proposal will be accepted, it will be used as basis for the Call for Special Session Papers.
(you submit papers to a Special Session organized by someone else)
“Simulation tools are the main software technologies that can cover all life and industry domains.”
Simulation tools are of great importance in industry, economy, medicine, biology, because they can mimic possible real situations or functionalities in the case of some applications, without consuming materials, resources, without danger in patients monitoring, or energy consumption, for physical demonstrators.
There are industrial domains where testing a final product would be extremely expensive, such as in the microelectronics industry, nanotechnologies, biotechnologies, nanomedicine, construction, space flights, agriculture, surrounding environment, even in the finance-banking area.
Already some software tools have proven their usefulness, such as PSpice in electronic circuit design, Verilog in digital circuit design, Oracle in financial predictions, MATLAB in biomedical engineering, GROMOS as GROningen MOlecular Simulation computer program package for biomolecules, Artificial Intelligence AI in Art and Painting and many other domains.
Often, many software tools are created for specific or punctual applications: determining the energy losses of a house or a car, predicting investments with minimal risks, and many other that are all the more interesting since only a very small group of people use or apply this tool.
Therefore, especially these punctual tools are welcome to be presented in this session. The topic will be presented below, with indicative value, and it is not strictly limited to the directions described, but it is opened to your proposals.
Download Detailed Call as PDFThe INSPIRE session brings together visionary doctoral students and emerging scholars to explore how intelligent systems — powered by AI, machine learning, and smart technologies, are reshaping the landscape of academic research and educational practice. This session serves as a dynamic platform for presenting cutting-edge projects, exchanging interdisciplinary ideas, and fostering collaboration across fields such as computer science, cognitive science, pedagogy, and digital humanities.
Participants will delve into how intelligent systems can personalize learning experiences, enhance research methodologies, and support inclusive, data-driven decision-making in education. The session encourages bold thinking, ethical reflection, and the pursuit of innovation that empowers both learners and educators.
This session invites doctoral students to explore the transformative potential of artificial intelligence and smart technologies in redefining personalized education. From adaptive learning platforms and intelligent tutoring systems to data-driven curriculum design and emotion-aware interfaces, participants will engage with cutting-edge research and visionary applications that challenge traditional pedagogical models.
Download Detailed Call as PDFCross-reality laboratories (XR labs), integrating digital media, remote access, and virtual/augmented reality, are increasingly shaping laboratory-based teaching and learning across all study levels in STEM education. These environments not only foster subject-specific knowledge, but also support the development of collaborative and agile learning skills essential for the future of work. With the rapid emergence of AI-based natural language processing (NLP) systems, however, new competence demands arise that go far beyond traditional laboratory education.
The Special Session builds on the ongoing project KICK 4.0, which explores how human–AI collaboration can be embedded into STEM laboratories to empower students both technically and reflexively.
The aim of the session is twofold: first, to highlight innovative pedagogical designs that enable students to critically and productively interact with AI in laboratory contexts; second, to open a discussion on the broader implications of integrating XR labs and AI for higher STEM-education and vocational teacher training.
Contributions are invited that present empirical findings, conceptual frameworks, or practical implementations related to XR-enhanced, AI-supported laboratory teaching.
We aim to discuss the strengths of XR- and AI-enhanced labs, the weaknesses and limitations that challenge their effectiveness, the opportunities for fostering new forms of competence development, and the threats or risks that may arise from their broader implementation. Importantly, the session also invites perspectives from educators who may not wish to integrate such systems themselves yet but whose students nevertheless use them. These viewpoints can provide valuable insights into the challenges, tensions, and opportunities that arise when institutional teaching practices and students’ self-directed technology use diverge.
By bringing together researchers, educators, and practitioners, this Special Session aims to advance the debate on how digital transformation, XR labs, and human–AI collaboration can be systematically aligned with the goals of competence development, reflexivity, and sustainable innovation in STEM education.
Download Detailed Call as PDFThe MusicAI section describe the possibilities of using artificial intelligence in music, presenting tools that assist in tasks such as generating music ideas, mastering, creating backing tracks, separating stems and creating new sounds.
From generating melodies, harmonies and rhythms based on defined genres, preferences or moods, AI is serving as a creative starting point for new compositions. Spectral compressions and professional quality mastering can generate vocal performances from MIDI or create unique vocal samples and instrument like sounds from voices. Moreover, AI tools can provide inspiration or alternative lyrical ideas for songwriters, can restore recordings, analyze listening habits and provide playlists recomendations, can offer trend predictions, valuable insights for marketing and record label, improve the response to auditioning music.
Therefore, participants to this session explore the infinite possibilities of using artificial intelligence and smart technologies music related. Existent or visionary applications are presented with the aim of encouraging development, innovation and creative thinking.
Download Detailed Call as PDF"Today's factories offer the most technologically advanced workplaces in the world. Innovations are taking place in all areas of industry. Yet industry has an image problem: it is not seen by young people as tech-savvy or forward-looking. We urgently need to change perceptions about careers in industry to attract and retain the best talent from the 'mobile-first' generation," says Lawrence Whittle, Chief Executive Officer of global technology company Parsable and co-founder of the World Economic Forum.
Our world is facing major challenges. To tackle them, we need international collaboration – in research, development, and especially in the hands-on implementation of future-oriented topics like Industry 4.0, Smart Technologies, Artificial Intelligence, and the All Electric Society (AES). The EWA Young Talent Award is a call to action for all young people who don’t just talk about a sustainable future – but want to actively build it. With this award, we shine a spotlight on innovative projects and bold ideas from around the world – as inspiring best practices. The focus is on digital skills, creativity, and teamwork: How can young engineers work together with industry to create solutions that truly make a difference?
For the STE2026, the best young engineering students, especially from the fields of Automation and Information Technology, are being sought worldwide and honored with the EWA Young Talent Award.
Conditions for participation: Students or student groups of a Higher Education Institution (HEI) with a project or initiative can apply. The submitted projects or initiatives must have been developed in cooperation with an industrial company. Each project or initiative must also be accompanied by a supervisor from the HEI. Projects submitted as Bachelor's or Master's theses are not eligible. Thematically, the projects/initiatives should fit/be inline with the topics of STE2026.
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