Registration
Detailed information on registration for the conference is now available.
Registration Link: registration will be done through WildApricot, ESSA’s membership management system, which can be found here.
Early Bird discount is available up to 20 June 2025. This date is later then earlier communicated; because reviews are a little delayed, we pushed the early bird discount back a week as well.
Registration fees
- PhD candidates: 330 euro (before 20 June), 430 euro (after 20 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 20 June), 650 euro (after 20 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 20 June), 800 euro (after 20 June), 900 (on site).
- Online participation: 150 euro (before 20 June), 200 euro (after 20 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.
What is included in these fees?
- 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.
Availability of grants for attending SSC 2025
The Social Simulation Conference is a key opportunity for our community to collaborate and exchange knowledge. Unfortunately, early-career researchers often lack funding for conference participation. To ensure broader access, the TU Delft Climate Action Program has made funding available. Thanks to this support, we are offering financial assistance to help members of the CaterFly community attend SSC 2025.
CaterFly is a group of early-stage researchers that work at the intersection of agent-based modelling and behavioral science. CaterFlyers meet every third Friday of the month to exchange insights and learn from each other. To sign up, you can subscribe to our mailing list.
Active CaterFly members were eligible to apply for one of the four grants:
- 2 Minor Grants (€200 each) – Supporting extended stays for pre-conference workshops.
Already allocated - 2 Major Grants (€400 each) – Covering (nearly) full conference fees.
Already allocated
All CaterFly grants have now been allocated. Thank you to everyone who applied! We look forward to welcoming you at SSC 2025.
To apply, send a short motivation to lynn.de.jager@rivm.nl by May 23, 2025. (Applications for CaterFly grants are now closed)
Not seeing members-only registration options?
As you can see above, ESSA members have reduced conference fee options. Please note the following:
1. You must log in (button below) to your ESSA Wild Apricot account with your username and password in order to see members-only options. You know you are logged in because your username is visible at the top right of the screen.
2. Your membership payment for 2025 must also have been received!
Paying for SSC2025
You can pay with PayPal when registering through the registration page. If you cannot pay using PayPal, or do not want to, you can pay by direct bank transfer to the ESSA’s account using the details below:
Account holder: European Social Simulation Association
Name of the bank: Zürcher Kantonalbank (Zuercher Kantonalbank if you cannot enter accented characters)
Address: c/o Berther Moeri Neuber Schindler, Schipfe 32, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland
IBAN: CH36 0070 0130 0088 8652 0
BIC: ZKBKCHZZ80A
Please use the invoice number and your surname as a reference number. Note that payments via bank transfer require the information in this system to be updated manually, which might be a lengthy process. Therefore, you might receive a reminder even after your invoice was successfully paid. We apologise for this in advance and continue to work towards updating the system manually as as frequently as possible.
Submission
Submission is now closed. The link to submission is OpenReview.net. Submissions closed 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.
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 13th of June 2025.
Poster Abstract, Extended Abstract, Long Paper and Short paper — Final Version Submission: 7th of July 2025.
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:
Please follow the Conference Proceedings guidelines.
Submissions will be handled through OpenReview.net.
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.