ArtsIT 2025: Call for Papers

The 14th EAI International Conference on Arts, Interactivity & Game Creation (ArtsIT 2025) will be held from 7-9 November, 2025, at Heriot-Watt University Dubai, UAE. This is a Hybrid Conference.

Event Update: This event is being relocated. More details coming soon.

ArtsIT brings together a diverse international community of researchers, practitioners, artists, and academics from various disciplines to explore the dynamic relationship between art and information technology. Artistic practice utilizing digital media serves as a means of analyzing and critically reflecting on the influence of technology on our lives, culture, and society, while also fostering discussions on sustainability, responsibility, and human dignity.

Call for Papers Tracks

• Main Track/Late Track: For submissions to the main conference themes.
• Posters and Demos Track: For ongoing research projects, concrete realizations, or industrial applications.
• Special Track Proposals: Opportunities to propose and organize specialized mini-conferences within ArtsIT.

Special Tracks

• 1. Accessible Digital Music
• 2. Advancing Game Accessibility
• 3. Art and Design in the AI Era: New Creative Practices, Data Curation, and Automation
• 4. Broadcasting in the AI Age – Innovations in Broadcasting: Evolving Practices, Technologies, and Audiences
• 5. Exploring the Intersection of Biofeedback and Art: Innovation, Expression, and Human-Computer Interaction
• 6. Exploring Digital Innovation: Transforming Arts, Education, and Therapy with Musical Interfaces and Emerging Technologies
• 7. Extended Reality (XR) Technologies for the Animation and Cinema Industry
• 8. Interactive Design in Intangible Heritage: Exploring Interdisciplinary Perspectives
• 9. Transcending Reality: Creating Immersive experiences to foster Mental Health and Wellbeing

Important Dates (ArtsIT 2025 Deadlines)

• Main Track & Special Tracks:
  • Full Paper Submission deadline: 1 July 2025
  • Notification deadline: 15 August 2025
  • Camera-ready deadline: 30 September 2025
• Late Track:
  • Full Paper Submission deadline: 1 August 2025
  • Notification deadline: 10 September 2025
  • Camera-ready deadline: 10 October 2025
• Poster Track:
  • Full Paper Submission deadline: 31 August 2025
  • Notification deadline: 20 September 2025
  • Camera-ready deadline: 10 October 2025

Topics of Interest

• Artificial Intelligence and Big Data
• Audio Art & Sonification
• Design
• Digital Artworks Addressing the Sustainable Development Goals
• Digital Storytelling
• Digital Cultural Heritage
• Digital Musical Interfaces
• Games & Gamification
• Human Computer & Human Robot Interaction
• Interactive Art & Interactive Installations
• Media Art
• Metaverse, Avatars and Presence
• Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Performance
• Virtual Worlds and Practices

Submission Guidelines

• Submission Platform: Papers should be submitted through EAI ‘Confy+‘ system: https://confyplus.eai.eu/app#conftrack-overview/cid/53407
• Paper Length:
  • Regular papers: up to 12-20 pages in length.
  • Short papers: 6-11 pages in length.
• Language: Papers should be in English.
• Review Process: Double-Blind Review. Papers have to be submitted anonymously.
• Originality: Previously published work may not be submitted, nor may the work be concurrently submitted to any other conference or journal.
• Formatting: Papers must be formatted using the Springer LNICST Authors’ Kit. Instructions and templates are available from Springer’s LNICST homepage.
  • LaTeX2e Proceedings Templates (zip)
  • Microsoft Word Proceedings Templates (zip)
  • Authors are required to craft Alternative Text (Alt Text) for all figures, illustrations, tables, and images as per new EU accessibility requirements.
• Ethics: Authors are required to adhere to the Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement.
• Submission Closing: Submission closes at 23:59 UTC on the day of the Submission Deadline.

Publication

All registered and presented papers will be submitted for publishing by Springer – LNICST series and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library. This series is indexed in leading indexing services, including Web of Science, Compendex, Scopus, DBLP, EU Digital Library, IO-Port, MatchSciNet, Inspec, and Zentralblatt MATH.

Available Journals

Accepted authors are eligible to submit an extended version in a fast track of:

• EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies
• EAI Endorsed Transactions on AI and Robotics
• EAI Endorsed Transactions on Internet of Things (Scopus)

Authors publishing in EAI Endorsed Transactions journals pay an additional fee of $250 (discounted from $400). The article must be an extended version with at least 30% new content.

Contact Information

• Conference Support: conferences@eai.eu
• For inquiries regarding Registration and Camera-ready submission, please refer to the FAQ.