• Full paper abstracts submission (mandatory): May 19, 2025
• Full paper submission: May 26, 2025
• Author notification: July 30, 2025
• Camera-ready papers and author registration: August 18, 2025

All deadlines are at 23:59 in the Anywhere on Earth timezone.

In celebrating its 44th anniversary this year, we especially invite contributions on the theme of:

BUILDING TRUST THROUGH CONCEPTUAL MODELING

Building trust in digital ecosystems has gained a heightened importance in an increasingly contested world. This year’s theme focuses on the important role conceptual modeling plays in creating systems that are trustworthy, inclusive, and transparent. We invite the Conceptual Modelling community to deliberate on how traditional modeling principles and frameworks can contribute and adapt to new advancements in AI, data ecosystems, and autonomous platforms while upholding ethical standards and fostering trust in digital innovations.

We welcome submissions of original research on a variety of topics on conceptual modeling, including well-established and emerging areas of research and practice, as well as submissions that lead to new foundations, links, applications, or enlarge current boundaries of conceptual modeling. We also invite industry reports and vision papers.

Specific examples of relevant topics include but are not limited to:

Foundations of conceptual modeling:

Conceptual modeling for:

Conceptual modeling in:

Conceptual modeling showcased by:

• Computational tools that advance the state-of-the-art
• Ethnographic, qualitative, empirical case studies, and experience reports of applications
• Comparative and benchmarking studies

Since the proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS series, authors must submit manuscripts using the LNCS style (see style files and details). Springer has provided a LaTeX template in Overleaf for your convenience. The page limit for submitted papers (as well as for final, camera-ready papers) is 16 pages (excluding references). ER 2025 follows a double-blind review process. Authors are therefore asked to remove all identifying information (self-references, acknowledgments, involved research projects, etc.) from the manuscript and use repository anonymization services like https://anonymous.4open.science to anonymize potential source code repositories and online supplementary material.

Manuscripts not submitted in the LNCS style or exceeding the page limit will be desk rejected. Likewise, submissions that do not primarily focus on aspects of conceptual modeling shall be rejected without undergoing formal reviewing. Papers submitted must not be under evaluation for or have already been published in, or accepted for publication, in a journal or another conference.

Each paper admitted to the review process will be reviewed by at least two program committee members and, if positively evaluated, a third review and a meta-review will be conducted by two additional program board members. The selected papers will be discussed among the paper reviewers online to conclude a decision.

Research papers will be assessed for the extent of contribution, grounding in the literature, novelty, presentation quality, relevance, and technical rigor. Industry reports should demonstrate the impact of conceptual modeling in a real-world setting, arguing for the generalisability of methods and lessons learned. Vision papers should describe an ambitious and credible future state of conceptual modeling, articulating the need, research plan, and potential impact of the vision.

To submit your paper, please use the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=er2025

The authors of selected papers will be invited to prepare a substantially revised and extended version of a Special Issue in Elsevier's Data & Knowledge Engineering (JCR 2023 Impact Factor 2.7).