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Calls for Proposals

We invite participation and contributions from a wide range of designers and users of STEM learning across diverse fields, such as learning materials, professional development, assessment, curriculum specification, and policy. We are particularly looking to reach out to those who may not see their work as educational design in the hope that ISDDE might provide a new "home" in which to meet with like-minded professionals who seek improved educational outcomes in STEM.

The conference will include a range of different activities including keynote lectures, working groups with a focus on different areas of design, delegate presentations of their work, and a poster session.

Presenting

We encourage all delegates to make a presentation by completing the form here:

Make a Proposal

The submission only requires a title, 400-word abstract, and presenter/(co) author information.

  • Your proposal can be: a 20-min research presentation, or a 30-min design workshop (interactive discussion on a focal design problem). Each should be used to present some aspect of your work that you wish to share with our design community.
  • And/or provide a poster (on a design or a study) for display at the conference.

The Conference Committee aims to be in touch to confirm acceptance of submissions at the end of each month. For any questions, queries, or concerns about the ISDDE 2026 Conference please email isdde2026@gmail.com.

Deadline for Individual Papers, Design Workshop and Poster Submissions is March 30, 2026.

Working groups

A hallmark of the ISDDE conference, we will have six working groups. As in past ISDDE conferences, these working groups will focus on a topic collaboratively developed by participants and facilitated by co-leaders assigned to each working group. Working group members will contribute their collective expertise to an ongoing discussion and development of a byproduct to share with the rest of the ISDDE delegates.

We will soon announce the working groups for this year's conference. Once they are published, we will notify you at your registration email so that you may indicate your first and second preferences.