ICDSST 2026, jointly organised by Euro Working Group on Decision Support Systems (EWG-DSS) and University of Plymouth, is to provide a communication platform for scholars, researchers, developers, specialists and other professionals in the related area of decision making and decision support to get together in order to exchange ideas, share experience, discuss key issues, and identify future research and development directions. ICDSST 2026 will focus on the theme of how DSS can drive and support a wide range of transitions in this fast-changing world, such as green transition, digital transition, workforce/skills transition, societal transition, organization transition and other transitions, in order to create and enhance long-term societal resilience and business prosperity.
Key topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
• DSS for change management and uncertain situations
• DSS underpinned by emerging technologies such AI, Machine Learning, IoT and Big Data Analytics
• DSS for health, demographic change and well-being
• DSS for food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, and bio-economy
• DSS for secure, clean and efficient energy
• DSS for smart, green and integrated transport
• DSS for sustainable construction and architecture
• DSS for climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials
• DSS for inclusive, innovative and reflective societies
• DSS for secure societies – protecting freedom and security of the world and its citizens
• DSS for business sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship
• DSS for lean operations, reverse logistics and sustainable supply chain management
• DSS for green marketing management and new product/service development
• DSS for workforce/shills acceleration, upskilling and de-skilling
• DSS for socially responsible accounting, finance and banking management
• DSS for economics sustainability and regional/ international development
• DSS for solving societal decision making issues
• Responsible and ethical DSS
• Innovative decision making approaches, methods and tools
• Knowledge management and business intelligence
• Decision making in modern education
Contributions: We welcome submissions in various forms, including:
Templates for papers and posters are available from the conference website.
Publications: As in previous year’s EWG-DSS events, accepted papers may be published through various channels, including the conference proceedings, Springer book series - Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP), Special Issues in DSS related journals, or recommended for publications in other suitable journals.
For further details, please visit the conference website: https://icdsst2016.wordpress.com/
2026 ICDSST contact email: icdsst2026@plymouth.ac.uk
EURO Working Group on Decision Support Systems (EWG-DSS) Homepage: http://ewgdss.wordpress.com/