5th World Conference on eXplainable Artificial Intelligence
The conference invites submissions of Late-Breaking Work presenting timely and emerging research that contributes to the theory and practice of eXplainable Artificial Intelligence. We welcome original and unpublished accounts of innovative research ideas, preliminary results, industry showcases, and system prototypes, including work that may not yet constitute a fully developed research contribution but offers promising insights to the XAI community. Submissions may address any aspect of XAI, including new explanation methods, human-centred and interactive XAI, explainable generative AI, model understanding and evaluation, trustworthy and responsible AI, multimodal and domain-specific explanations, and emerging applications of XAI. Articles introducing recently initiated research projects, reporting early-stage findings, or summarising project results are also welcome. The Late-Breaking Work track provides researchers and practitioners with an opportunity to share emerging work, receive valuable feedback, and stimulate discussion and collaboration around new ideas, challenges, and research directions in XAI.
Authors are required to submit a single PDF containing:
| 1 | A manuscript describing the late-breaking work and the preliminary findings (max 8 pages, including references) -> (required) |
Submission and formatting style
Late-breaking results and demonstrations must be submitted by the deadlines and prepared in accordance with the latest CEURS-Ws.org style. Latest latex template can be found here. (containing also .odt version). All submissions and reviews will be handled electronically.
Late-breaking results and demos must be submitted using the easy-chair platform here.
Select the correct track type
Presentation of accepted article
If the article is accepted, authors must bring a physical poster in A0 (vertical) format to the conference, which will be displayed in the designated poster stands as planned in the programme.
Demos will have a desk, and authors can bring their computers, screens, or other equipment to demonstrate their work.
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 instructions | November 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 reviewers | 1-5th of february, 2026 |
| Review submission deadlines for reviewers | 1st 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 notification | June, 2026 |
| Publication (Springer CCIS series) |
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 notification | June, 2026 |
| Publication (planned with CEUR-WS.org*) | September, 2026 |
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 notification | June, 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 notification | June, 2026 |
| Publication (planned with CEUR-WS.org*) | September, 2026 |
*Proceedings shall be submitted to CEUR-WS.org for online publication
