Important Dates
| Pre-Conference Preparation | Date |
| Abstract submission (max. 350 words / 1 page) | 20 June 2023 |
| Notification of acceptance to present (in-person or virtually) at the EMCEI-5 | 20 June 2023 |
| Deadline for submitting a revised abstract (1 page / max. 350 words) | 15 June 2023 |
| Notification of acceptance or rejection of revised abstracts | 30 June 2023 |
| Opening of online registration to attend (audience), present/publish or to publish only at the EMCEI-5 (authors of accepted abstracts only) | 20 June 2023 |
| Publication Plan: The Proceedings (optional) | Date |
| Invitation to submit (optional) an extended abstract (based on the accepted short abstract), i.e. a short proceedings paper (max. 5 pages using this Template) | 20–30 June 2023 |
| Deadline for submission of extended abstracts (short proceedings papers) | 10 August 2023 |
| Peer review process | 10 August – 10 September 2023 |
| Final Notification of acceptance to publish in the proceedings | 10 September 2023 |
| Signature of the Springer Consent-to-Publish Form | 10 November 2023 |
| Submission to Springer of the proceedings after English revision (free-of-charge) of accepted papers | 10 December 2023 |
| Typesetting, proofreading, corrections and production of the EMCEI-5 proceedings by Springer | 31 January 2024 – 30 April 2024 |
| Online publication of the proceedings in the Springer ASTI Book Series (indexed in Scopus) | 01 May 2024 |
| Conference Preparation & Plan | Date |
| Deadline for online registration to attend/present or to publish only at the EMCEI-5 | 20 August 2023 |
| Deadline for payment as confirmation of participation to present and/or to publish (see payment rates on Registration) | 31 August 2023 |
| Conference days | 02 to 05 October 2023 |
| Publication Plan: The Special Issues | Date |
| Invitation (after the conference) to submit in the special issues | 10 November 2023 |
| Deadline to submit the full paper to the special issues (see partner journals on Publications) | 31 March 2024 |
| Publication of the full special issues (however, papers will appear online as soon as accepted) | 31 December 2024 |