Social Simulation Conference 2025

Social simulation in a socio-technical context: embracing societies’ complexities.

Important Dates & Info

Submission

The submission link is out: OpenReview.net.

Submissions open March 17th, and close April 25th, 2025.

The new conference platform in use this year is OpenReview.net. To upload a paper to the conference or act as a reviewer, you need to have an account on the platform. Instructions can be found here. Be aware that new accounts are moderated. If you use an institutional affiliation of an entity recognized by the platform, this will be automatic (after confirming the registration link to your email address). If you are not using a recognized institutional affiliation, the moderating can take up to two weeks to handle your case. This includes using e.g. gmail.com as your email account. See also https://docs.openreview.net/getting-started/frequently-asked-questions/why-does-it-take-two-weeks-to-moderate-my-profile.

Registration

Registration fees are listed below. A link to the registration page will be added soon.

Call for Paper & Poster Contributions

SSC 2025 seeks high-quality submissions addressing original research in the domain of social simulation. All work must be original, i.e. must not have appeared in conference proceedings, books or journals, and must not be under review for other archival conferences, books or journals. All accepted papers will be considered for publication in the proceedings (Springer), unless the author(s) choose(s) otherwise. For formatting, see below.

  • Long paper (10-12 pages, excluding references – long oral presentations, will be included in the post-proceedings unless opted out)
  • Short paper (6-9 pages, excluding references – short oral presentations, will be included in the post-proceedings unless opted out)
  • Extended abstract (3-4 pages, excluding references – short oral presentations, will not be included in the post-proceedings)
  • Poster abstract (300-500 words, will not be included in the post-proceedings)
  • ESSA@Work Contributions
    • Submit as paper or extended abstract via the normal conference link. During submission, indicate on the website that you wish to submit your paper to the track called “ESSA@work”.
    • Note: you can only submit to one track. If you submit to ESSA@Work, that submission will not be considered for the rest of the conference tracks or publication.
    • After submission, complete the short ESSA@work application form which includes a few questions to help us understand how best to identify and match you with modelling experts. Please complete this form also by 25th of April 2025. Note that submissions to the conference flagged for ESSA@work track, but without a corresponding ESSA@work application form will not be considered.
    • For questions, email the work group at essaatworkgroup@gmail.com.

Poster abstract, Extended Abstract, Long Paper and Short paper — submission deadline: 25th of April, 2025.

Poster Abstract, Extended Abstract, Long Paper and Short paper  — Notification of Acceptance: expected End of May 2025.

Poster Abstract, Extended Abstract, Long Paper and Short paper  — Final Version Submission: TBD.

Please note that only complete papers can be considered for acceptance.

Submission Info

All submissions have to be formatted using the Springer templates for conference proceedings:

Latex template        Word template

Please follow the Conference Proceedings guidelines.

Submissions will be handled through OpenReview.net.

Registration

Detailed information on registration for the conference will follow soon.

Registration Link: registration will be done through WildApricot, ESSA’s membership management system. The link will be made available soon.

Early Bird discount: Up to 13 June 2025.

Registration fees

  • PhD candidates: 330 euro (before 13 June), 430 euro (after 13 June), 530 euro (on site). This rate includes an optional year of membership for ESSA. PhD candidates that are already ESSA members (and paid their membership) can get a ticket for 30 euros less.
  • Other academics: 550 euro (before 13 June), 650 euro (after 13 June), 750 (on site). This rate includes an optional year of membership for ESSA. Academics that are already ESSA members (and paid their membership) can get a ticket for 50 euros less.
  • Industry/non academics: 700 euro (before 13 June), 800 euro (after 13 June), 900 (on site).
  • Online participation: 150 euro (before 13 June), 200 euro (after 13 June). This rate includes an optional year of membership for ESSA. Online participants that are already ESSA members (and paid their membership) can get a ticket for 50 euros less.

Notes:

  • These fees include the welcome reception and the conference dinner, and the lunches and coffee breaks during the conference.
  • Although online participation is offered, we only offer limited participation to be able to offer the highest quality conference. This means online participants will not be able to ask questions or present papers. We expect only a selection of the sessions to be broadcasted.

Call for Tracks & Workshops

The deadline for special tracks has closed on January 28th 2025. Please refer to the Conference Program for an overview of special tracks.

The deadline for workshops has closed on January 28th 2025. Please refer to the Conference Program for an overview of workshops.