Call for Poster and Demo Submissions

The poster and demo track invites researchers and practitioners working in software-intensive businesses to submit posters and demonstrations of their research. This track provides an opportunity for presenting early-stage research, innovative concepts, and practical implementations related to the software business.

Poster and demo contributions may address any topic within the ICSOB 2026 topics. The short papers on the accepted posters and demos will be published through CEUR-WS.

At least one author from each accepted poster or demo must register for the conference and be present during the designated poster/demo sessions. The best poster and demo will be recognized with an award during the main conference proceedings.

PhD Retreat, Posters & Demo Track papers will be published in the companion proceedings of the CEUR Workshop Proceedings (details TBA).

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Poster

Posters are intended to stimulate face-to-face discussions among conference participants. Submissions may include:

• Reflections on past research
• Descriptions of ongoing initiatives
• Visions for the future
• Preliminary results in software-intensive business research and practice

Participants of the PhD retreat are especially encouraged to submit to the poster track to receive extended feedback from the conference community.

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Demos

Demonstrations are intended to showcase software business-related topics through:

• Practical implementations
• Working prototypes
• Interactive applications
• Live experiments

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Important Dates

Note: all deadlines are AoE (Anywhere on Earth) — 12 hours behind UTC.

• Deadline for submissions: September 7 September 14, 2026
• Notification of acceptance: September 21, 2026
• Camera-ready submission: November 30, 2026

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Submission Guidelines

Proposals are submitted as extended abstracts. The page limit is four (4) pages, including references.

Use the CEUR-ART one-column template for submissions. Templates are available in Latex (CEURART.zip or Overleaf) or ODT (CEUR-Template-1col.odt) format.

Poster and demo submissions will be peer-reviewed by two members of the Program Committee through a single-blind review process.

All submissions should be done through EasyChair at:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icsob2026

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Poster Printing Guidelines

Authors of accepted poster and demo track submissions should design, print, and bring an A1 poster (594 × 841 mm) in portrait orientation to the session. The poster should give a concise overview of the work.

At the moment, we are exploring ways to help authors with printing, but we cannot guarantee this service. If you may be unable to print your poster, please contact the track chairs well in advance and provide a print-ready PDF. We will let you know whether we can help arrange local printing.

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Poster Design Guidelines

Layout and printing

• Use A1 size (594 × 841 mm) and portrait orientation.
• Allow for print margins, especially if you design your poster in Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Keep images at their original aspect ratio so they do not appear stretched.
• Bring enough push pins to mount your poster.

Content and readability

• Include the title, authors’ names and affiliations, and contact information for the main author.
• Make text, figures, and labels readable from at least 1 metre away.
• Arrange the content in a clear reading order, such as top to bottom.
• Balance brief text with figures, diagrams, or other visuals. Use bullet points instead of long paragraphs where helpful.
• Give charts and statistical results clear titles and brief explanations.
• Consider adding a QR code linking to the paper, project page, demo, or other relevant material.

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Accepted Submissions

Let's Get Them All: Towards More Inclusive Marketing of Software Engineering Education

Sonja Hyrynsalmi¹, Aino Heimonen² and Ella Peltonen²

¹ LUT University, Lahti Campus, Finland
² University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

MATSI: An AI-Supported Management Simulation for Exploring Organizational Change

Mikko Auranen, Dua Sultan, Jari Puolijoki, Jussi Rasku, Kai-Kristian Kemell and Pekka Abrahamsson

Tampere University, Finland

Position: Scaling AI Does Not Necessarily Build Organizational Co-Intelligence

Priyanka Mishra¹, Mohit Nayak² and Asutosh Hota²

¹ Lumu Oy, Finland
² University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Active Personas: A Working Prototype for Synthetic User Feedback Generation

Mario Simaremare and Henry Edison

Blekinge Institute of Technology, Valhallavägen 10, 371 79 Karlskrona, Sweden