Submissions

 

 

Submission Guidelines

Original contributions are solicited for the following categories:

• Full research papers (12 pages at max) describing research accomplishments
• Short research papers (8 pages at max) i.e., experience reports, project overviews, etc., which do not fully adhere to the standards of a first-rate scientific publication but are nevertheless of interest and value for the participants of the conference.

 

Research papers should be original contributions and should not be accepted or submitted elsewhere until the decisions of the BCI 2025 program committee are announced.

For every accepted paper to be presented in the conference and published in the proceedings, at least one author must make a full registration

Authors should consult Springer’s Instructions for Authors of Proceedings and use either the LaTeX or the Word templates provided on the authors’ page for the preparation of their papers.

Authors can also download the templates by clicking the following buttons:

 

The types of papers accepted for publication are full papers (12–15 pages) and short papers (6–11 pages). At least 2/3 of the accepted papers will be full papers.

Camera-ready submission

General Information

Camera-ready versions and signed copyright forms of accepted papers must be submitted for inclusion in the conference proceedings and submitted to Springer. Please read the reviews on your paper in the decision letter, revise it, and prepare the final version according to the reviewers’ comments and strictly following the paper template.

Camera-ready Paper Specifications

1. Prepare the camera-ready manuscript strictly using the LATEX or WORD templates to meet Springer’s formatting requirements. Your paper must have from 12 to a maximum of 15 pages.
2. Convert the paper file to PDF format, and DO NOT apply security settings to your PDF file.
3. Fill in and sign the Copyright Form of your paper using the pre-filled-in Copyright Form.
4. Submit your camera-ready paper and copyright form on the CMT site. Three files must be submitted: i) Camera-ready paper in PDF format; ii) Sources of camera-ready paper (either DOC/DOCX file for WORD template or ZIP file for Latex template); iii) Fill-in and sign the Copyright Form.
5. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and attend the conference to present the paper.
6. Any accepted paper will be excluded from distribution after the conference (including removal from Springer proceedings), if the accepted paper is not presented at the conference.
7. Please note that the proceedings will be published as post-proceedings. So, keep in mind that authors will have the possibility to revise and improve their camera-ready paper after the conference, before the proceedings will be submitted to Springer, if they want.

BCI 2025 Registration fees

The registration fees for the 11th Balkan Conference in Informatics (BCI 2025) are listed in the table below. Fees vary depending on the following information:

	Early Registration (Before September 20th, 2025)	Late Registration (After September 20th, 2025)
Basic fee	375 €	425 €
Extra page (max 2)	50€/page	50€/page

A single basic registration fee covers only one paper published in the proceedings, without extra pages.
At least one author of each paper must register and pay the registration fee.

Early registration rates are available for payments made no later than September 20th, 2025.

Late registration rates are calculated for payments made after September 20th, 2025.

The basic fee includes:

    • attendance of conference sessions
    • lunches & coffee breaks
    • social program
    • conference materials

Payment procedure and ways of payment

Please use the following data to complete your payment towards your registration for the upcoming BCI 2025 registration fees

Payment from abroad:

BANK TRANSFER PAYMENT (SWIFT)

• Beneficiary Name: Fast&Fresh shpk
• Beneficiary Bank: Union Bank sh.a.
• Bank Address: Bulevardi “Bajram Curri”, Nd. 56, H.1, Tirana, Albania
• SWIFT/BIC: UNALALTRXXX
• IBAN (EUR): AL46 2141 1144 0117 5546 7102 0128
• Account Number: 117554671020128