Call for Workshop Proposals
Introduction
The GOODTECHS 2026 Organising Committee invites proposals for the workshop program of the 12th EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good 2026.
The purpose of these workshops is to discuss work in progress and explore opportunities for new research related to emerging topics that aim to enhance efficiency, decision-making, and automation in sectors such as healthcare, education, energy, agriculture, public security, transportation, and urban management.
Potential workshops may include Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, and Smart Technologies etc.
Deadline for Workshop Proposals: 7 January 2026
Notification of proposal acceptance: 10 January 2026
Proposal Content
Format
– Workshop title
– Abstract (less than 200 words)
– Name, affiliation, and e-mail address for each organizer
– Identification of the primary contact person(s)
– Background and Motivation: What is the overall topic of the workshop? Why is this topic of particular interest at this time? If the workshop has been organized in the past at GOODTECHS or other conferences, please give details of previous instances (venue, URL) and describe why it should be held again and how it will extend and build upon previous ones.
– Topics and scope: These should be within or close to the scope covered by the main conference, as mentioned above.
– Format: Give a description of the proposed workshop format, including the target number of participants, planned activities (such as introductions, invited talks, breakout group activities, general discussion), as well as how these activities address the workshop objectives.
– Soliciting Submissions: Indicate how you plan to attract submissions and/or participants. Tactics may include circulating a call to relevant mailing lists (indicate these please as well), publicizing your workshop at other relevant venues, and more.
– Selecting Participants: Indicate how you plan to select participants and contributions to the workshop. Indicate a program committee to help with the organization/review process.
– Organizers: Give short descriptions of each of the organizers’ background and interests related to blockchain technologies and the specific workshop topic.
Workshop selection
We aim to select a diverse set of workshops and avoid having multiple workshops on overlapping themes. Organisers of selected workshops will be asked to produce a Call for Papers to describe the workshop to potential participants and solicit submissions. In order to promote vivid discussions with more participants to the workshops, EAI will provide Workshop Organisers with one free registration to the Workshop for each 10 papers submitted to their workshop.
The criteria for assessment will include:
– Relevance to conference vision/topics and attendees
– Potential to bring in participants to the conference from different audiences
– Overall quality of contribution
– Provides a hands-on, collaborative, and/or active learning environment for attendees
Workshop publication
Accepted and presented papers will be published alongside the main conference proceedings as a sub-section/chapter. Paper formats should, therefore, correspond to the templates of the publisher of the main conference.
Workshop chairs are invited to engage journals and further publication opportunities.
Proposal submission
Workshop proposals should be submitted in a maximum of 4 pages in PDF format, single-spaced.
Please email your workshop proposals to Alan Mutka at [email protected].
Cc also Lenka Korcek at [email protected]
