Call for Papers
| March 3, 2026 | First round abstracts due |
| March 19, 2026 | First round abstract notifications of acceptance |
| April 6, 2026 | Extended round abstracts due |
| April 10, 2026 | Extended round abstract notifications of acceptance |
| May 15, 2026 | Full paper for publication deadline |
| June 1, 2026 | Full paper without publication deadline |
| June 15, 2026 | Notification of full paper acceptance and change requests* |
| June 29, 2026 | Camera-Ready papers due |
This submission form will ask for Title, Abstract, Presentation Form, Topic, Paper Length and Paper Submission.
These papers will be double blind reviewed, so please do not include any contact information on the paper to ensure the submission is anonymous.
*If you need to have an email confirmation of your paper’s acceptance by May 31, 2026, as required for government funding applications, please send an email to keersupport@uoregon.edu with “May 31” as the Subject.
Publication
The proceedings of KEER 2026 will be published by Springer. Please see Springer Instructions and adhere to the Springer Code of Conduct. All papers in this series are traditionally submitted for indexing in Scopus, EI Compendex, and Web of Science.
If you need to have an email confirmation of your paper’s acceptance by May 31, 2026, as required for government funding applications, please send an email to keersupport@uoregon.edu with “May 31” as the Subject.
Paper Submissions
General Instruction
KEER2026 welcomes submission of high quality, original and unpublished papers. All papers must be submitted electronically via this website, adhering to the guidelines below.
It is the author’s responsibility to make sure the paper is free from plagiarism and all legal consents and copyrights are properly archived upon submission to the conference. Plagiarism check by the organizer will be conducted at camera-ready stage, and any papers that exceed 40% of similarity index will be automatically rejected. No refund of registration fees will be made for such cases.
Presentations
Papers can be presented as a presentation.
Presentations take place in parallel sessions, and each session will be focusing on one topic. Presenters should import the presentation files, such as PowerPoint files, in advance and proceed with a 5-10 minutes oral presentation.
See the full schedule on the Program webpage
Submission Instruction
Full Paper for submission to Springer publication - due May 15:
- Language: English.
- Page limit: A manuscript should be between 12 to 15 pages.
- Paper submission for review: PDF Format according to the given template (Size not more than 10Mb).
- Paper submission for Final Camera-Ready: Both MS Word (.docx) and PDF (made from original source .docx) files need to be submitted.
- Please ensure that all the figures are of 300 DPI resolutions.
- "SPLNPROC_Article_Word_Template"
- Copyright Form
Full Paper for KEER26 without publication - due June 1:
- Language: English.
- Paper size: A4 Paper.
- Page limit: A manuscript should be between 5 to 10 pages.
- Paper submission for review: PDF Format according to the given template (Size not more than 10Mb).
- Paper submission for Final Camera-Ready: Both MS Word (.docx) and PDF (made from original source .docx) files need to be submitted.
- Please ensure that all the figures are of 300 DPI resolutions.
- DOWNLOAD KEER 2026 PAPER TEMPLATE (PDF)
- DOWNLOAD KEER 2026 PAPER TEMPLATE (WORD)
Short Paper:
- Language: English.
- Paper size: A4 Paper.
- Page limit: A manuscript should be between 2-4 pages.
- Paper submission for review: PDF Format according to the given template (Size not more than 10Mb).
- Paper submission for Final Camera-Ready: Both MS Word (.docx) and PDF (made from original source .docx) files need to be submitted.
- Please ensure that all the figures are of 300 DPI resolutions.
- An accepted short paper will be suggested for presentation in a quickfire session of 2-5 minute presentations.
- DOWNLOAD KEER 2026 PAPER TEMPLATE (PDF)
- DOWNLOAD KEER 2026 PAPER TEMPLATE (WORD)
An accepted paper should be presented by one of its authors who must register for the conference and pay the fee. Accepted but no-show papers may be excluded from the indexation.
The accepted paper might be reviewed to suggest the proper session.
Paper Template
Paper template (with instruction for using template – zipped), copyright form and authors guidelines. Please read these guidelines carefully before submitting a paper. Office Word 2010-2016 documents are recommended.
If you are not able to access the template, please inform us at keersupport@uoregon.edu. The official language is English (Please make sure proof-reading of English language is conducted and if necessary submit to native English checker before submitting to us. Paper may be rejected due to language problems).