Courses

Courses will be offered at introductory, intermediate or advanced level covering topics from the spectrum of the various areas of the Conference.

Courses will run either as on-site or as on-line events. Prospective instructors should be ready to deliver Courses either on-site to an audience of up to 40 people in a classroom seating, or on-line (with no preset limit of participants).

Authors of accepted Courses will be requested to submit their final camera-ready Course Handouts by the 11th of June 2027. Guidelines for the preparation of camera-ready Course handouts will become available in due course.

Prospective instructors are required to submit through the CMS their proposal that should include:

• Title
• Instructor(s) contact details (name, affiliation, country, email)
• Course modality (on-site, on-line)
• Course level (introductory, intermediate, advanced)
• Target audience (researchers/academics, students, professionals, industry, other)
• Abstract (a 300-word summary of the Course)
• Description of benefits for attendees
• Content of the Course (i.e., aims, objectives and topics to be covered and a tentative table of contents)
• Description of any hands-on part and/or exercises
• A sample of the Course’s material as an attachment (optional)
• Course history: a list of previously presented relevant Courses / tutorials / classes
• For on-site Courses, any additional equipment required on top of the provided equipment (a projection screen and a projector or a large monitor, a sound system with a microphone, a camera, and a laptop PC connected to internet)
• For on-site Courses, any material or office supplies required
• For either on-site or on-line Courses: any specific requirements for participants (e.g. access to a particular software, use of laptop or tablet, previous knowledge)
• Short bio of instructor(s)