Important Dates

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 2025Extended
Submission of:
(i) structured abstracts (for full and short papers) for the conference
(ii) Special Session proposals
20 Oct 2025Notification of acceptance for abstracts for the conference.
Special Sessions notification and announcement
17 Nov 2025Submission of:
(i) complete papers for all submission types
(ii) proposals for round tables, workshops, tutorials
15 Dec 2025Notification of acceptance
31 Dec 2025EWA Young Talent Award: submission of contributions
19 Jan 2026Camera-ready due & author registration deadline
11 Mar 2026STE2026 opening

Keynotes

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

Pre-Conference Event
Wednesday, 11 March 2026

Details (PDF)

Step Outside the Box.
A Scientific Jam Session

screenshot of the cover of the PDF description

Program

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

Registration & Fees

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

Registration

Registration will be done through the ConfTool® Submission Server.

Bank charges

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

Terms and Conditions

  • 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.
STE2026 – Author and Participant Registration Early Bird Fee until 31 January 2026 Standard Fee from 01 February 2026
Author – Regular1 450 EUR N/A
Author – Members of IAOE, IGIP, EduNet & EWA1,2 400 EUR N/A
Author – Low-income Countries1,2 250 EUR N/A
Author – Student1,2 250 EUR N/A
Participant – Regular 400 EUR 450 EUR
Participant – Members of IAOE, IGIP, EduNet & EWA2 350 EUR 400 EUR
Participant – Low-income Countries2 200 EUR 250 EUR
Participant – Student2 200 EUR 250 EUR
Options
Additional Paper (max 1) 150 EUR N/A
Conference Dinner Thursday Evening 90 EUR 90 EUR
Social Program Saturday 90 EUR 90 EUR
Accompanying Person 150 EUR 200 EUR

1 Authors must register until 31 January in order to be included in the program.
2 BSc, MSc, PhD, not older than 30 years. Upon registration, you will be asked to upload a document that justifies your eligibility for this fee.

Committees

STE General Chair

STE Steering Committee

STE2026 Honorary Conference Chair

STE2026 Conference Co-Chairs

Technical Program Co-Chairs

Workshop and Tutorial Chair

Special Session Chair

Award Chair

Publication Chair and Web Master

STE2026 Programm Committee

  • Mesut Alptekin, University Paderborn, Germany
  • Gustavo Alves, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal & IAOE Vice-President
  • Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University, USA
  • David Boehringer, University of Stuttgart, Germany
  • Michael Callaghan, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
  • Manuel Castro, UNED Madrid, Spain
  • Monica Ciolacu, Association for Promoting Electronic Technology, Germany
  • Samir El-Seoud, The British University in Egypt (BUE), Egypt
  • Thomas Fischer, University of Applied Sciences Vienna, Austria
  • Javier Garcia-Zubia, University of Deusto, Spain
  • Denis Gillet, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Olaf Graven, Buskerud University College, Norway
  • Ian Grout, University of Limerick, Ireland
  • Christian Guetl, Graz University of Technology, Austria
  • Christos Katsanos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Panagiotis Katsaros, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Alexander Kist, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
  • Thomas Klinger, Carinthia University of Applied Science, Austria
  • Petros Lameras, Coventry University, UK
  • Rita Y M Li, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong
  • Ananda Maiti, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
  • Stefan Marks, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
  • Stavros Nikou, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
  • Stamatis Papadakis, University of Crete, Greece
  • Andreas Pester, The British University in Egypt, Egypt
  • Kalyan Ram B, IAOE VP & Electrono Solutions Pvt Ltd, India
  • Ingmar Riedel-Kruse, Stanford University, USA
  • Kim Ross, Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Finland
  • Marina Rostoka, V. Sukhomlynskyi‘ State Scientific and Educational Library of Ukraine
  • Sarmad Ahmed Shaikh, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Ioannis Stamelos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Matthias Christoph Utesch, Technical University of Munich, Germany
  • James Wolfer, Indiana University South Bend, IN, USA
  • Dieter Wuttke, TU Ilmenau, Germany
  • Gabriel XG Yue, International Engineering & Technology Institute, Hong Kong
  • Katarina Zakova, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia

STE2026 Local Conference Committee

  • Titus Constantin Bălăn, Transylvania University of Brașov, Romania
  • Alexandru Pascu, Transylvania University of Brașov, Romania
  • Horia Modran, Transylvania University of Brașov, Romania
  • Corina Bogdan, Transylvania University of Brașov, Romania
  • Domnica Mariana Stanciu, Transylvania University of Brașov, Romania
  • Alexandra Belibou, Transylvania University of Brașov, Romania
  • Florin Munteanu, AOSR – ASTR, Brașov, Romania

International Advisory Board

  • Abdallah Al-Zoubi, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Amman, Jordan
  • Uriel Cukierman, National Technological University Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • David Guralnick, Columbia University, USA
  • Manuel Morales, DUOC UC Santiago de Chile
  • Teresa Restivo, University of Porto, Portugal
  • Hamadou Saliah-Hassane, Université TÉLUQ, Montréal, Canada
  • Elio San Cristobal Ruiz, UNED Madrid, Spain
  • Claudius Terkowsky, TU Dortmund University, Germany
  • Doru Ursutiu, Transylvania University of Brașov, Romania
  • Krishna Vedula, IUCEE, India
  • Igor M. Verner, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Industry Forum Committee

  • Jana König, Phoenix Contact, Germany
  • Anja Schulz, Phoenix Contact, Germany
  • Doru Ursutiu, Transylvania University of Brașov, Romania
  • Reinhard Langmann, Edunet World Association, Germany
  • Klaus Hengsbach, Edunet World Association, Germany

Workshops

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

Social Program and Conference Dinner

Social Program
Saturday, 14thMarch, 2026, 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM

Depending on the time allocated and the availability of participants, the following could be visited:

09.30 AM Departure from Brasov
10.30 AM Cârța, visit to the Cistercian Abbey
11.30 AM Fagaras, visiting the Fagaras Fortress
12.30 PM Lunch
2.00 PM Sinca - The Temple of the Bears
3.30 PM Bran - visit to the souvenir fair (you can also visit Bran Castle, if there is time)
4.15 PM Rasnov, visit Rasnov Fortress
6.00 PM Arrival Brasov

Information Contact

For any inquiries or additional information about the STE2026 conference, feel free to reach out to us. Our team is here to assist you with any questions you may have.

General inquiries
info@ste-conference.org

Local organization (registration, payments, other local arrangements)
info2026@ste-conference.org

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