EGI2026 Call for Contributions

The EGI2026 Call for Contributions is open!

Every year, the EGI conference brings together scientists, service providers, technical experts, policy makers, and early-career researchers to present their work, join workshops and trainings, participate in project meetings, and overall to experience the pleasure of meeting each other in person (again). By submitting your proposal for a talk, poster, or demonstration – you get the chance to be part of the programme!

This year, the conference brings us to lovely Ghent, where we will take over the historic 13th century ‘Bijloke’ venue for an engaging and full conference programme. 

Deadlines

Call Open: February 24 2026
Deadline: April 13 2026, 23:59 CET

Confirmation of acceptance: On or before April 30. 

Topics

Find below the full list of topics. You can also consult it here.

New advancements in scientific computing

• Compute continuum: Hybrid compute infrastructures and the convergent use of HTC, HPC, cloud, container, edge, serverless and quantum technologies. Attention for Exascale-Era Computing, and synergies with EuroHPC
• Digital twins: Digital twins for the modeling of complex objects and phenomena; Integration with federated computing resources and AI systems
• Artificial Intelligence: Distributed AI/ML analytics; AI-powered services for science; Agentic AI; AI-Ready Infrastructures; AI-ready data and DataLabs; Integrations with AI-factories; AI for scientific software engineering
• National and thematic perspectives: New developments, new operational and user support practices, challenges and opportunities for national or thematic e-infrastructures
• Green computing: Lowering the environmental impact of digital services, software and data analytics applications. Lifecycle modelling, Data centre digital twins, Optimised software environments

Data innovations

• Data spaces: Solutions and experiences with data transactions, governance and business models in highly distributed data ecosystems, Interoperability and data exchange frameworks in academia and industry
• Data management and integration: Platforms, tools, services, standards, metadata solutions, AI-approaches, real-time streaming for high performance data access, transfer, analytics and visualisation
• Processing of sensitive data: Trusted services and environments, frameworks, policies, legislation alignment, and standards for the secure exchange, processing, and analysis of sensitive data
• Exploitation environments: Integrated and scalable online portal environments, Virtual Research Environments, Gateways and DataLabs for the sharing and collaborative processing of scientific data

Trust and Security

• Trust and security in federated environments: Solutions and standards for trust and security in distributed and federated environments
• Sensitive data: Secure and FAIR sharing and transfer of sensitive data in federated environments
• Interoperability and standards: Novel approaches for ensuring interoperable security across distributed service ecosystems
• Incident response and recovery: Strategies, tools, and best practices for detecting, responding to, mitigating, and recovering from security incidents in federated and distributed infrastructures

EOSC and Open Science

• Reproducible open science: FAIR, open and reproducible science practices for big data that broaden community involvement
• Nodes and Federation: National and thematic perspectives, in particular contributions of the EGI community to EOSC Nodes and to the federation of Nodes
• Operational Requirements and Sustainability: Legal requirements and sustainability approaches around Nodes, Business models and incentives

Excellence, innovation, impact

• Scientific discoveries: Scientific discoveries and breakthroughs enabled by federated computing, data management, and analytics systems
• Business models and sustainability: Novel business models, funding mechanisms, and sustainability approaches for long-term big data science infrastructures and services
• Innovation and Impact Management in Science: Good practices for managing innovations, fostering technology transfer, and assessing scientific, economic, and societal impact of compute- and data-intensive projects and initiatives
• Sovereign infrastructures: Strategies, architectures, and policies to secure European digital sovereignty, technological autonomy, strategic resilience, and independence in research computing and data infrastructures

Contribution types:

• Short Talk (8’ + 2’ Q&A): when accepted, your talk will be added to the agenda of the appropriate session
• Long talk (17’ + 3’ Q&A): when accepted, your talk will be added to the agenda of the appropriate session
• Poster: format A0, will be displayed throughout the conference + 1’ presentation
• Demonstration (max 30’): demonstrations showing a service, tool, or product + 1’ pitch presentation

Useful Links:

• Topics: https://indico.egi.eu/event/6931/program 
• Submit your Contribution: https://go.egi.eu/EGI2026_CFC 
• Conference Website: https://go.egi.eu/EGI2026