The Digital Humanism Initiative returns for its second research conference, hosted by the Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt) in Munich.
📅 10–12 March 2027 📍 Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW), Alfons-Goppel-Straße 11, 80539 Munich
The conference invites contributions from across the disciplines — computer science, social sciences, economics, the humanities, philosophy — on topics including AI ethics, governance and regulation, privacy and digital rights, participatory approaches, the economics of digitisation, human-centered AI, environmental impacts, and technologies for meaningful human–AI collaboration. Technical and empirical studies as well as philosophical and theoretical work are all welcome.
Deadlines
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Extended abstract submission (papers + sub-sessions) | 15 August 2026 |
| Notification of acceptance | end of October 2026 |
| Preliminary program online | November 2026 |
| Short / full papers due | 26 March 2027 |
Two ways to contribute
Call for Papers — Submit an extended abstract (3–4 pages, excluding references). Indicate whether you intend to follow up with a short paper (6–11 pages) or a long paper (up to 15 pages) after the conference.
Call for Sub-Session Proposals — Propose a thematically focused, curated 45-minute sub-session (~2–3 page proposal). Roundtables, author-meets-critics, paper discussions, and other interactive formats are encouraged. Accepted proposers act as sub-session chairs.
Both go through the same submission system.
Proceedings
Accepted contributions will be published as an Open Access volume in Springer’s Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series, scheduled for July 2027. Submissions must follow the Springer LNCS guidelines.
Links
- Submit via EasyChair → https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dighum2
- Call for Papers (PDF) → https://en.bidt.digital/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/07/bidt-Dighum-Call-for-Papers.pdf
- Call for Sub-Sessions (PDF) → https://en.bidt.digital/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2026/07/bidt-DigHum-Call-for-Sub-Sessions.pdf
- Springer LNCS guidelines → https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
- Conference page → https://en.bidt.digital/dighum-conference/
Registration & fees
Registration opens November 2026 via eveeno. Early-bird (until 31 Dec 2026): €70 bidt network / €100 general. Later: €100 / €130. A limited number of fee waivers are available for selected speakers without institutional funding, participants from the Global South, and students from Bavarian universities — email dighum2@bidt.digital rather than registering.
Questions: dighum2@bidt.digital