Skill[set] 2026 opens call for papers and presentations in Berlin

Skill[set] 2026 has launched its call for contributions ahead of the Dec. 3-4 conference in Berlin, bringing together researchers, educators, policymakers and practitioners focused on digital skills and IT professionalism. Accepted papers and project presentations will be published in the GI Lecture Notes in Informatics, with selected sustainability-focused work eligible for extended publication in Sustainability.

Why it matters: - Skill[set] 2026 is setting the agenda for how Europe defines the digital skills and IT professionalism needed now and in the future. - The conference connects academic research, education policy and industry practice in one forum. - Accepted contributions can be published with DOI in the GI Lecture Notes in Informatics, giving the work wider visibility and citation value. - Selected work on digital sustainability can be expanded for publication in the open-access journal Sustainability.

What happened: - Skill[set] 2026 opened its call for papers and presentations. - CEPIS and the Gesellschaft für Informatik are jointly organizing the 3rd International Conference on Digital Skills, IT Professionalism and Informatics Education. - The conference will take place Dec. 3-4, 2026, in Berlin. - Researchers and practitioners from across Europe can submit contributions. - The submission deadline is Sept. 20, 2026. - Acceptance notifications are expected in early October.

The details: - Skill[set] continues the former ICODSIP conference series. - The event brings together researchers, teachers, policymakers and practitioners from across Europe. - The conference focuses on which digital skills are needed today and in the future. - The program also looks at how job roles, education pathways and requirements for IT professionals are changing. - This year’s themes are IT professionalism, computer science and e-competences, digital skills and abilities, and computer science and digital education. - Digital sustainability runs through all three topic areas. - The sustainability lens includes digital sovereignty, cybersecurity, accessibility and planned obsolescence. - The conference aims to address how digital technologies and skills can be developed responsibly over the long term. - The Call for Papers is for research and innovation contributions with a methodological, theoretical or empirical basis. - Accepted short and full papers will appear in the conference proceedings of the GI Lecture Notes in Informatics and receive a DOI. - The Call for Presentations is geared more toward practice. - The presentation track seeks project experience, case studies and new ideas for discussion with the community. - The format is especially aimed at EU-funded projects. - National and international projects in the conference themes are also eligible. - Accepted project presentations will be included as short papers in the proceedings. - Submissions for both formats are due by Sept. 6, 2026, via skillset-itconf.eu.

Between the lines: - The dual-track format signals that Skill[set] wants both academic evidence and field-tested practice in the same conversation. - The focus on digital sustainability suggests the conference is treating resilience, access and long-term control as core digital-skill issues, not side topics. - The publication path may make the event attractive to researchers and project teams looking for conference visibility and indexed output.

What's next: - Reviewers will assess submissions after the Sept. 6 and Sept. 20 deadlines, depending on format. - Organizers are expected to announce accepted contributions in early October. - The conference will take place in Berlin in December, where selected papers and project presentations will be discussed with the community. - Additional sustainability-focused papers may move on to expanded publication in Sustainability.