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Call for Participation

The 14th European Computer Science Summit – ECSS 2018 – is calling the participation of the community and in particular of:

  • Heads (deans, chairs) of Academic Informatics /Computer Science /IT Departments (Schools, Faculties, Institutes);
  • Research Directors and Managers of Research Centres, Institutes and Labs, both in public institutions and in industry;
  • Faculty members and researchers from both academia and industry;
  • Members of funding and governmental agencies at European, national regional and local level;
  • Experts, advisors and thinkers of numerous key issues like ethics, the relation between Informatics and other sciences, the discipline’s future and its influence on the academic world and society.

ECSS 2018 will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, October 8-10, 2018 and will be hosted by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, joint between Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg. The summit is co-chaired by Ivica Crnkovic and Gordana Dodig Crnkovic, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg, and Enrico Nardelli, Informatics Europe President, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata". The Program Chairs are Letizia Jaccheri, Department of Computer Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Pekka Orponen, Department of Computer Science, Aalto University.

The Summit is devoted to important and timely strategic issues and trends regarding all aspects of Informatics, including research, education, entrepreneurship, funding, career development, management and policies.

The main theme of the 2018 Summit is: Informatics Transforms and Renews. 

Informatics has become a pervasive element of our reality that is transforming essentially all areas of science, technology and society, bringing with it new insights and new opportunities, yet also new risks and challenges. The ECSS 2018 aims to explore this continuing process of transformation and renewal set in motion by Informatics, and its future outlook, from three perspectives:

  • Informatics transforms science and technology: What radical changes are being brought about by Informatics in other sciences, and even in the scientific process itself? How is Informatics transforming our fundamental technologies and industries, e.g. through digitalisation and artificial intelligence?
  • Informatics transforms society and life: Is an open society ideal sustainable in a world of big data and social media? What is the effect of artificial intelligence on the future of work? The reciprocal relationship between art and Informatics. The technics and ethics of autonomous systems.
  • Informatics in transformation: What are the radical Informatics ideas emerging now and impacting the future? How to maintain the momentum in Informatics research and education, especially in Europe?

Invited Speakers

ECSS 2018 will gather a selection of distinguished speakers to address the opportunities and challenges that the Informatics transformation brings about; it will feature talks on selected “hot” topics, panel discussions and examples of successful stories.

A list of speakers includes:

 Follow the ECSS 2018 website and our Twitter with hashtag #ecss_2018 for up to date information.

Pre-Summit Workshop for Deans and Department Heads

Every year, jointly with the ECSS main Summit, Informatics Europe organises a special Workshop for Deans and Heads of Informatics Departments to address specific challenges they encounter in their role. The workshop is a unique networking forum for leaders of Informatics institutions, and focuses on concrete issues and practical solutions.

The theme of the 2018 Pre-Summit Workshop is Personal Development, with main focus on special skills and management training needed by deans and professors on the one hand; and PhD strategy and career training on the other hand. Visit the Pre-Summit Workshop Website for more information.