Important Dates
| Pre-Conference Preparation | Date |
| Abstract Submission (Extended) Deadline (max. 350 words) | 25 October 2026 |
| Notification of acceptance to present (in person or virtually) or to publish only | 31 August – 31 October 2026 |
| Opening of online registration to attend, present/publish, present only, or publish only (see payment rates on Registration) | 31 August 2026 |
| Conference Preparation | Date |
| Deadline for online registration and payment to attend, present/publish, present only, or publish only (see payment rates on Registration) | 31 October 2026 |
| Conference days | 07, 08, 09, and 10 December 2026 |
| Publication Plan: The Proceedings (optional) | Date |
| Invitation to submit (optionally) an extended abstract (based on the accepted short abstract), i.e. a short proceedings paper (using this Template) | 31 August – 31 October 2026 |
| Deadline for submission of extended abstracts (short proceedings papers) | 31 January 2027 |
| Peer review process (2-3 revision rounds) | 31 January 2027 – 31 May 2027 |
| Notification of final acceptance to publish in the proceedings | 31 May 2027 |
| Signature of the Springer Consent-to-Publish Form | 30 June 2027 |
| Submission to Springer of the proceedings after English revision (free of charge) of accepted papers | 31 July 2027 |
| Typesetting, proofreading, corrections, and production of the proceedings by Springer | 31 July 2027 – 30 November 2027 |
| Online publication of the proceedings by Springer (indexed in Scopus) | 31 December 2027 |
| Publication Plan: The Special Issues | Date |
| Invitation (after the conference) to submit to the MedLIFE special issues | 31 January 2027 |
| Deadline to submit the full paper to the special issues (see Publications) | 31 July 2027 |
| Publication of the full special issues (however, papers will appear online as soon as accepted) | 31 December 2027 |