Call for Participation: UbiComp / ISWC 2025

UbiComp / ISWC is a premier interdisciplinary venue in which leading international researchers, designers, developers, and practitioners in the field present and discuss novel results in all aspects of ubiquitous, pervasive and wearable computing. This includes the design, development, and deployment of ubiquitous, pervasive and wearable computing technologies and the understanding of human experiences and social impacts that these technologies facilitate.

Venue and Dates

• Conference Dates: October 14-16, 2025
• Pre-Conference (Workshops & Tutorials, DC): October 12-13, 2025
• Location: Aalto University, Espoo, Finland

Submission Types and Deadlines

UbiComp/ISWC offers authors a number of ways to publish and present work, interact, discuss and learn, along with dedicated opportunities for students.

Submitting & Presenting

• IMWUT Papers: Authors of published papers in The Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT) are invited to present their papers in the main conference track. (Follow dedicated page guidelines for submission: https://dl.acm.org/journal/imwut/author-guidelines)
• ACM TIOT Papers: Authors of published papers in ACM Transactions on Internet of Things (TIOT) are invited to present their papers in the main conference track.

ISWC Specific Calls

• ISWC Notes & Briefs:
  • Submission: May 18, 2025 (Hard deadline: May 25, 2025 [11:59 pm AoE])
  • Author Notification: July 02, 2025
• ISWC Design Exhibition:
  • Submission: June 07, 2025 (Extended to June 20, 2025)
  • Author Notification: July 07, 2025 (Extended to July 20, 2025)
  • Camera Ready: July 26, 2025 (Extended to August 1, 2025)

Workshop and Tutorial Proposals

• Workshop Proposals:
  • Proposal Submission: April 30, 2025
  • Notification of accepted proposals: May 2, 2025
• Tutorial Proposals:
  • Proposal Submission: April 30, 2025

Posters & Demos

• Submission: May 23, 2025 (Extended to May 30, 2025)
• Author Notification: June 20, 2025 (Extended to June 27, 2025)

Student Opportunities

• Student Challenge:
  • Idea Submission: June 05, 2025 (Extended to June 15, 2025)
  • Author Notification: July 15, 2025
  • Deliverables Due: September 26, 2025
• Doctoral Colloquium:
  • Submission: June 15, 2025 (Extended to June 20, 2025)
• N2Women Young Researcher Fellowship:
  • Deadline: July 20, 2025
• Student Volunteers: (Details to be announced)

Other Calls

• Call for Participation: Inclusion Event: (Details to be announced)

Submission Process

All submissions are made through the Precision Conference System (PCS 2.0).

Please refer to each submission track for details about the specific submission process.

Templates and Formatting

All UbiComp/ISWC Publications (ISWC Notes and Briefs, Workshop Proposals, Workshop Papers, Posters and Demos, Doctoral Colloquium, ISWC Design Exhibition, Student Competitions), except the IMWUT Papers submissions, are required to use the templates linked below and to follow the formatting and process described on this page:

• https://www.ubicomp.org/ubicomp-iswc-2025/authors/formatting/

Note that IMWUT papers are published separately and should follow the description available under the dedicated page.