Important Dates
| Pre-Conference Preparation | Date |
| Extended deadline for abstract submission (1 page / max. 350 words) using this Template | 10 September 2026 |
| Notification of acceptance to present (in-person or virtually) or publish only | 10 August — 20 September 2026 |
| Opening of online registration and payment to attend (audience), present and publish, present only or publish only | 10 August 2026 |
| Conference Preparation | Date |
| Deadline for online registration and payment to confirm participation in the conference (Presenter & Author, Presenter Only, Author Only, or Attendee Only) and the field trip | 30 September 2026 |
| Conference days | 8, 9, 10, 11 November 2026 |
| Post-conference field trip and excursion | 12 — 13 November 2026 |
| Publication Plan: The Proceedings (optional) | Date |
| Invitation to submit (optional) an extended abstract (based on the accepted short abstract), i.e. a short proceedings paper (using this Template) | 31 August — 30 September 2026 |
| Deadline for submission of extended abstracts (short proceedings papers) | 30 November 2026 |
| Final Notification of acceptance to publish in the proceedings | 31 January 2027 |
| Signature of the Springer Consent-to-Publish Form | 15 February 2027 |
| Submission to Springer of the proceedings after English revision (free-of-charge) of accepted papers | 31 March 2027 |
| Typesetting, proofreading, corrections and production of the MedGU-26 proceedings by Springer | 31 March — 31 October 2027 |
| Online publication of the proceedings in the Springer ASTI Book Series (indexed in Scopus) | 30 November 2027 |
| Publication Plan: The Special Issues (optional) | Date |
| Invitation (after the conference) to submit in the special issues | 31 December 2026 |
| Deadline to submit a full paper to the special issues (see partner journals on Publications) | 31 March 2027 |
| Publication of special issues (however, papers will appear online as soon as accepted) | 31 July 2027 |
