[CfP] ER 2025(@Poitiers, France) -- Call for Tutorials

*ER 2025 Call for Tutorials*The 44th International Conference on Conceptual
Modeling
20-23 October 2025, Poitiers / Futuroscope, France
http://er2025.ensma.fr/

*Tutorial Chairs:* Sihem AMER YAHIA and Veda STOREY

https://er2025.ensma.fr/call4tutorials/

ER tutorials introduce general or special topics in ER and relevant
neighboring areas. A focus on specific tools and methodologies can still be
useful to offer concrete examples and hands-on activities to
participants. The topics of interest span the entire spectrum of conceptual
modeling including research and practice in the areas defined in the Call
for Papers. Some general topics include:


   - Theories of concepts underlying conceptual modeling.
   - General-purpose and domain-specific methods and tools for developing
   and communicating conceptual models.
   - The impact of conceptual modeling on databases, business strategies,
   and information systems engineering.
   - Innovative applications of conceptual models in industry and practice.
   - Integration of conceptual modeling with advances in new or emerging
   technologies.
   - Application of conceptual modeling in the sciences.

The goal of a tutorial is to provide a road map – for beginners or advanced
attendees – about a subject area related to conceptual modeling. Generally,
tutorials emphasize breadth and cover material from a variety of different
authors. The audience generally varies from novice students to
practitioners and specialized researchers. Ideally, a tutorial covers a
subject that has an adequately supporting corpus of past work and
significant prospects of future expansion research-wise.


*Important Dates*Submission of tutorial proposals: 29 May 2025
Notification of tutorial acceptance: 12 June 2025
Camera-ready tutorial descriptions: 30 June 2025
Tutorials: 20 October 2025

*Dates are Anywhere on Earth (AoE)*

*Submission Instructions*

Tutorials proposals must be submitted via the official ER submission page
on Easychair <https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=er2025> to the track
“ER 2025 Tutorials”.

Tutorial proposals must be no more than 5 pages LNCS style and must provide
a sense of both the scope of the tutorial and depth within the scope (see
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
for
style files and details). Tutorial proposals must identify the intended
audience and its assumed background. Tutorials are typically 90 or 180
minutes long lectures given by an expert on a highly focused topic of
interest to conceptual modelers. It should also be stated how a
high-quality presentation will be delivered within the time frame
specified. Tutorial proposals must include:

   - Tutorial title
   - The presenter(s) name, affiliation, contact information, and a short
   bio
   - Five-line abstract
   - Goals and objectives: The overall goal of the tutorial and the
   concrete objectives to be achieved
   - Audience: Intended audience, level (basic or advanced), and
   prerequisites
   - Topic relevance and novelty: Relevance to the scope of ER; the
   relevance to practice; the novel aspects that would make this tutorial
   appealing to ER participants
   - Projected benefits: list of the targeted knowledge outcomes
   - Detailed outline and timetable
   - Tutorial method, including teaching method(s) and technology
   requirements for presentation (beyond standard equipment, such as pc
   projector)
   - References: references to papers, books, etc. that your tutorial
   builds on. Please specify previous venues at which similar tutorials have
   been presented by you and indicate the difference between the proposed
   tutorial and previous ones.
   - A 3-5 minute “teaser video” of the tutorial, which provides a brief
   overview of the planned tutorial to attract the intended audience.

Each proposal for a tutorial should be in English and must be submitted
electronically via the official ER submission page.



*Tutorials Selection*Tutorials will be evaluated based on the following
criteria:

   - Fit with ER audience (please see topics of interest to the conference)
   - Interestingness: People who attend ER will want to learn what is
   offered by the tutorial?
   - Projected benefit: Will people be likely to leave the tutorial more
   informed about a specific topic than before?
   - Clarity of activity and outcomes: Do we know what the tutorial
   presenter will do? Is it clear that what the presenter will do will lead to
   interestingness?
   - Ability to sustain audience attention: Incorporate new, innovative
   teaching methods, ideally using hands-on experience

For all accepted proposals, ER will take care of all local arrangements.


*Services Provided by ER 2025*

   - Tutorials will benefit from the local organizational infrastructure
   (registration, badges, refreshments, screens, etc.).
   - Participation in tutorials will be available to all registered
   participants, at no extra costs.
   - Advertisement of the tutorial on the ER 2025 homepage and mailings.
   - The conference fee will be waived for tutorial presenters (one fee per
   tutorial).


*Special Opportunity (Optional)*Accepted tutorials will have the
opportunity to write a short 4-page paper that will be published within the
Companion Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Conceptual
Modeling together with papers from the ER Forum, Posters and Demos, and
Special Topics tracks; all of them co-located with ER 2025. These
proceedings will be published under  CEUR-WS.org <https://ceur-ws.org/>.