Call
The submission of entries for this year's GeNeMe is divided into a two-stage submission process. The following steps are involved:
Step 1: (until 14.04.2025) - Submission of abstracts
Submission of an abstract of 3,000 characters (excl. literature and, if applicable, 2-3 meaningful illustrations) to present the topic, assigned to one of the tracks described below in the format research contribution or project contribution. All information about the submission can be found on the page Abstract submission
Step 2: (until 23.06.2025) - Submission of contribution
Elaboration of the accepted abstract into a research contribution,
All information on formats, templates and the submission system can be found on the Submitting papers page
Track topics
The following thematic focuses provide orientation and serve as an open invitation to submit contributions.
Digital Life
- Digital sovereignty - data protection and platform control in everyday digital life
- Digital participation, AI & inclusion - Assistive technologies for greater social participation
- Digital well-being & media use - Balancing digital detox and constant accessibility
- Health & apps - digital tools for self-care
- Family & parenting in the digital world - media skills as the key
- Sustainability & resilience in digital life: strategies for consciously dealing with crises & uncertainties
Digital City
- Digital neighborhood: Strengthening local networks through digital platforms & AI
- Inclusive smart cities: Accessible digital city services for all
- Digital support for migrants: Advice, networking & language learning opportunities
- Citizen participation online: E-participation and digital democracy
- E-government & trust: Acceptance, ethics & mechanisms for digital city services
Digital health & inclusion
- Digital participation & social justice
- Digital inclusion: opportunities and challenges for disadvantaged groups
- Accessibility in digital spaces: from theory to practice
- Digital interaction and mental health: opportunities and risks
- Health and participation through assistance systems and AI
- Competence modeling for inclusive solutions
Digital interaction
- Digital social innovations: How do digital technologies strengthen participation, community & cohesion?
- Social dynamics in digital communities in the context of multiple AI
- VR & AR as tools for immersive learning and interaction experiences
- Digital self-determination: How do users design active digital environments?
- Ethics in digital spaces and AI-supported communities
Digital business
- Leadership in digital organizations with and without AI
- New work & hybrid work
- Inclusion & participation in the digital economy
- Knowledge & community management in companies: Empowerment through digital media, community building and social movements
- Sustainable & social digital business models: platform economy between public welfare orientation and profit maximization
Digital education
- Hybrid learning - opportunities for social education & lifelong learning
- AI in education - personalized learning processes & adaptive feedback
- Ethics & Bias - Fair & transparent use of AI in educational contexts
- AI Literacy & Prompting - Skills for the reflective use of AI
- Immersive learning - VR/AR for interactive educational spaces.
- Data-driven learning - learning analytics & digital
key qualifications
All abstracts for research and project contributions are reviewed in a double-blind review process. Subsequently, the reviews will be sent to the authors, regardless of the acceptance status. Please note that the submission and evaluation of papers, feedback on acceptance, revision of accepted papers, etc. is made exclusively via the conference management system confTool.
As a junior-oriented conference, we especially invite students to submit contributions in one of the formats. We kindly ask you to mark the submitted contributions as student contributions for an appropriate evaluation based on criteria typical for university studies.