Early Career Researchers Workshop
Informatics Europe invites early career researchers to participate in the "Professional Development Workshop for Early Career Researchers" (ECRWS) on Monday, 27 October, as part of ECSS 2025.
Co-chaired by Dimka Karastoyanova (University of Groningen, the Netherlands), Elisabetta Di Nitto (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) and Gregor Engels (University of Paderborn, Germany), the Workshop will commence with a joint opening session and panel discussion held in collaboration with the Leaders Workshop. Fostering dialogues and engagement between emerging and established leaders in the field, the workshop aims to nurture talent and cultivate a diverse pool of future leaders.
In addition, ECRWS attendees can contribute a poster to the ECSS poster session. This year, the poster session will run through Monday’s breaks, offering a valuable opportunity to network and share your work with the broader ECSS audience. PhD candidates also have the opportunity to present at the Workshop's PhD Symposium to receive additional advice on their research from experienced colleagues and peer early career researchers. Follow the guidelines here to participate.
Important Dates
- PhD Symposium submission deadline: 7 September 2025
- General Poster (WITHOUT Symposium presentation) submission deadline: 22 September 2025
- Notification of acceptance: within 2 weeks following the date of submission
Note: Expect possible delays from mid-July to late August due to the summer break, but all submissions will receive a response.
Workshop Rundown
09:00-10:30 Joint Opening Session with Leaders Workshop
- Welcome Speech & Opening Talks:
- Moore’s Law Calls for the Next-Generation University by Maarten Steinbuch, Eindhoven University of Technology (the Netherlands)
- Shaping Future Leaders: Lessons from Recent Doctorates
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Joint Panel Session with Leaders Workshop
"Sharing Best Practices among Deans/Leaders— Identifying key challenges in adapting to change"
- Panellists:
- Hans-Joachim Bungartz, Technical University of Munich (Germany)
- Nicola Gatti, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
- Guillaume Gravier, IRISA (France)
- Dimka Karastoyanova, University of Groningen (Netherlands)
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Career Development Support Session
The session will feature a panel discussion on the career support needed for ECRs in Informatics. We will have a conversation on best practices in career support for ECRs along the topics:
- role of leadership skills for career success of ECRs
- importance of mentoring and support networks to promoting ECR development
- leadership in activities beyond the PhD project
- national association role and PhD association organisation
- support of scientific communities
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
The Symposium offers PhD candidates the opportunity to present their research through posters, receive additional guidance from experienced colleagues and encourage discussion among Symposium participants, helping to foster a network of early-career researchers.
Poster abstracts must be submitted via EasyChair following the provided guidelines below, where you will have the option to indicate your interest in presenting at the Symposium.
Poster & PhD Symposium Submission Guidelines
Don’t miss the chance to engage with Informatics leaders across Europe: poster submissions are highly recommended for PhD students, PostDocs, and other early career researchers.
- Submit via “ECSS2025” EasyChair platform: https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=ecss2025
- Under “Title and Abstract”, include your poster title and abstract.
If you wish to be considered for PhD Symposium, please outline in the abstract your project research field, challenges/research questions, contributions and positioning in related research. Abstract should not exceed 300 words. - Under “Keywords”, type a list of relevant keywords.
- Under “Other Information and Files”, you may upload a PDF of the poster if available. In “Additional notes”, you may briefly explain your motivation to participate in the Early Career Researcher Workshop/ECSS.
- Submissions must be made through EasyChair; others will be disregarded.
Participants with accepted posters:
- will be featured in a dedicated section of the ECSS program.
- may request an electronic certificate of attendance upon completion of the PhD Symposium.
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