5th World Conference on eXplainable Artificial Intelligence

The conference invites submissions of Demos showcasing innovative XAI-based systems and research prototypes that advance the theory and practice of eXplainable Artificial Intelligence. We welcome interactive demonstrations of novel approaches, tools, methods, and applications that enable users to understand, explore, interrogate, evaluate, or interact with AI systems and their explanations. Demos may address any aspect of XAI, including new explanation techniques, interactive and human-centred XAI, explainable generative AI, model debugging and evaluation, trustworthy and responsible AI, multimodal explanations, and domain-specific XAI applications. We particularly encourage submissions that provide an engaging, hands-on experience and allow conference participants to directly explore the proposed system, its capabilities, and its potential applications. The demo track aims to create an interactive forum for showcasing emerging XAI technologies, exchanging ideas, gathering feedback, and fostering discussion and collaboration within the XAI community.

Authors of demos are required to submit the following information:

1A manuscript describing the xAI-based system and its technical details and functioning (max 8 pages, including references) -> (required)
2A document (pdf) describing how demonstrators will present the demo [for example, on their laptop as a pre-recorded video or via interactive technology. See also below for further details.] (Required)

*note that a different file must be created for each point above. For point 1, instructions can be found below.

Publication and indexing

All the accepted and presented manuscripts “shall be submitted to CEUR-WS.org for online publication” in a dedicated free, open-access volume in CEUR Workshop Proceedings. Since CEUR partners with Scopus, these proposals will also be indexed in it.

Note that “shall be submitted to CEUR-WS.org for online publication” means we do not have control over the decision taken by the CEUR-WS committee to approve them, as reported in the publishing guidelines by CEUR-WS.org. However, since the conference organisation strictly adheres to these guidelines, we can be sure that CEUR-WS will accept our request.


*All dates are in Anywhere on Earth time (AoE)

Special session proposals

Proposal submission dealine (contact):November 06, 2026
Submission link
Notification of acceptance & final instructionsNovember 15, 2026

Articles (main track & special sessions)

EasyChair submission platform opening (authors can start submitting preliminary versions)15th of January, 2026
Final article upload deadline on submission platform (EasyChair submission platform closing)*:1st of February, 2026
Paper bidding for reviewers1-5th of february, 2026
Review submission deadlines for reviewers1st of March, 2026
Notification of acceptance*:7th of March, 2026
Registration (payment) and camera-ready* (upload to EasyChair):29th of March, 2026
Article presentation instructions notificationJune, 2026
Publication (Springer CCIS series)
*full, short and special session articles

Late-breaking work

EasyChair submission platform opening (authors can start submitting preliminary versions)1st of March, 2026
Final late-breaking work upload deadline on submission platform (EasyChair submission platform closing)*:20th of March, 2026
Notification of acceptance:2nd of April, 2026
Registration (payment) & Late-breaking work & demo camera-ready (upload to EasyChair):15th of April, 2026
Late-breaking work & demo presentation instructions notificationJune, 2026
Publication (planned with CEUR-WS.org*)September, 2026
*Proceedings shall be submitted to CEUR-WS.org for online publication

Demos

EasyChair submission platform opening (authors can start submitting preliminary versions)1st of March, 2026
Final late-breaking work upload deadline on submission platform (EasyChair submission platform closing)*:10th of April, 2026
Notification of acceptance:21st of April, 2026
Registration (payment) & Late-breaking work & demo camera-ready (upload to EasyChair):31st of April, 2026
Late-breaking work & demo presentation instructions notificationJune, 2026
Publication (planned with CEUR-WS.org*)September, 2026

Doctoral consortium (DC) proposals

EasyChair submission platform opening (authors can start submitting preliminary versions)1st of March, 2026
Final doctoral proposals upload deadline on submission platform (EasyChair submission platform closing)*:7th of April, 2026
Notification of acceptance:15th of April, 2026
Registration (payment)31st of April, 2026
DC presentation and meeting instructions notificationJune, 2026
Publication (planned with CEUR-WS.org*)September, 2026
*Proceedings shall be submitted to CEUR-WS.org for online publication

*Proceedings shall be submitted to CEUR-WS.org for online publication