EUNIS 2025: EUNIS 2025 annual congress in Belfast Ulster University Belfast, UK, June 4-6, 2025 |
| Conference website | https://eunis.org/eunis2025 |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eunis2025 |
| Submission deadline | February 24, 2025 |
EUNIS 2025, University of Ulster, 4 - 6 June 2025
Call for congress contributions:
Connecting communities and empowering creativity
EUNIS is pleased to announce its call for contributions for the upcoming EUNIS 2025 Congress, offering the opportunity to share the community insights and innovative approaches that shape the future of higher education. This year’s focus highlights the role of AI and its impact on the community, addressing the pressing challenges and opportunities faced by higher education institutions (HEIs).
Welcome to the EUNIS 2025 Congress submission portal! There are two options for submitting your contribution:
- Session proposal: Submit your idea for a creative and engaging session tailored to the diverse audience of the EUNIS community and complete the session proposal template
- Session proposal with a scientific paper: Complete the scientific paper template to ensure your work is reviewed for publication in the EUNIS Congress Proceedings and considered for the EUNIS Awards.
We look forward to your contributions to making EUNIS 2025 an inspiring and enriching event!
Why contribute? By presenting your work at the EUNIS 2025 Congress, you will:
- Share your expertise with an European audience of higher education leaders, learners, teachers, IT experts, researchers and policymakers;
- Explore how AI and infrastructure advancements can address key challenges in education and research;
- Engage with emerging professionals who are spearheading digital transformation in higher education.
We invite contributions that explore advancements in research, cutting-edge solutions, best practices and forward-looking strategies in the following 3 tracks:
1. Learning, Teaching and Research
Learning design
- Designing and supporting learning in physical, virtual and hybrid space
- Rethinking assessment practice: adaptive, authentic and inclusive assessment
- Role of AR/VR and metaverse technologies in immersive educational experiences
Student-centric innovation
- Empowering students through personalised learning pathways and AI-driven guidance
- Supporting student mobility and success for an evolving learner demographic
- Developing digital and verifiable micro-credentials to enhance graduate employability
Transforming academia: generative AI, employability and entrepreneurship
- The intersection of education and entrepreneurship: fostering innovation in students’ activities
- Equipping learners for the future through practical learning and real-world employability skills, tailored for careers in industry or research
- Exploring generative AI’s role in curriculum adaptation, content personalisation and creativity
2. Governance, Policy and Institutional Strategies
Trust and ethics
- The trust-issue: The role of higher education institutions in the VUCA world
- Governance models, managing digital infrastructure and ensuring digital sovereignty in higher education institutions
- Policies for security, data protection and digital ethics in a rapidly evolving landscape
International collaboration and open science
- Strengthening research collaboration by pooling resources and expertise across institutions
- The potential and challenges of European Higher Education Alliances
- Open science as a pillar of research transparency and collaboration
Workforce, inclusion and community development
- Balancing global reach with local community impact
- Empowering academic staff with digital skills for the future
- Ensuring equity, diversity and inclusion in access to resources and opportunities across institutions
3. Information systems and digital transformation
Advanced technologies for higher education operations
- Design, development and deployment of sustainable information systems in HEIs
- Cloud management solutions and their implications for scalability and security
- AI-driven systems for internal management, predictive analytics and optimisation
Infrastructure and AI-powered tools for research
- Managing research data with a focus on FAIR principles, aligning with national and EU initiatives, and leveraging AI for data analysis
- Building organisations and communities for Research Software Engineering, Research Data Stewardship, Data Analytics and AI
AI: applications, risks and opportunities
- Generative AI in information systems: content creation, process automation, deployment of chatbots and virtual assistants to enhance student services and staff workflows
- Sustainability, risks and ethical considerations when integrating AI into HEI infrastructures
- Smart campus solutions powered by AI for resource management and student engagement
Enterprise architecture
- Towards a European-wide set of higher education reference architecture
- Strategic approaches to digital workflows: achieving efficiencies and addressing trade-offs
- The integration of generative AI in academic enterprise architecture
Standards, security, and interoperability
- Sustainable IT standards and strategies for interoperability across systems and platforms
- Information security practices and their role in safeguarding HEI data and operations
- Identity and access management solutions for secure and seamless user experiences
Business intelligence and benchmarking
- Case studies and best practices in benchmarking HEI performance
- Leveraging business intelligence tools for data-informed decision-making
- Experience reports and trends in technology adoption and its impact on institutions
Submission details
We welcome submissions in various formats, including:
- Research papers
- Case studies, experience reports and short papers
- Conceptual frameworks, experts perspectives or leadership insights
- Innovations and demonstrations of new technologies
Important dates:
- Submission Deadline: 24 February 2025
- Notification of Acceptance: 24 March 2025
- Revision Deadline: 14 April 2025
EUNIS awards
Celebrating excellence in connecting communities and empowering creativity
Submit your full scientific paper and seize the chance to be recognized with a prestigious EUNIS award! These awards recognize outstanding contributions and innovations in the use of information technology in higher education in Europe.
Key points to note:
- Carefully review the eligibility criteria for each award to ensure your submission qualifies.
- Some awards are exclusively available to EUNIS member organisations.
- The Scientific Committee may nominate papers for awards even if you don’t self-nominate.
Available awards via the EasyChair submission process:
- Elite Award: recognising and promoting best practices in the use of information systems in European higher education.
- Dørup Award: honoring outstanding and innovative applications of IT in educational settings.
- Vietsch Foundation nomination: selected projects may be forwarded for potential funding opportunities.
Other awards:
- AV-Enabled Education Space Award: celebrate excellence in creating AV-enabled learning environments. This award has a separate submission process to accommodate multimedia supporting evidence.
- Best Paper Award: no need to nominate yourself! This honour will be selected by the judges from all full-paper submissions.
- Emerging Professionals Award: no need to nominate yourself! This honour will be selected by the Programme Committee
Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase your innovations and contribute to advancing the future of higher education. Submit your work today and be part of a legacy of excellence. Let's work together to create a forward-thinking, sustainable and transformative higher education landscape.