PRAXIS-AI — Praxis of AI in
Science & Industry
Evidence-based AI methods for real-world science & industry
22–23 May 2026 • Ternopil, Ukraine + Online (Hybrid)
About PRAXIS-AI 2026
Praxis of AI in Science & Industry (PRAXIS-AI) is an inaugural, hybrid conference that will take place at West Ukrainian National University (WUNU) in Ternopil, Ukraine, with an online component.
Dear Colleague,
The conference focuses on applied, evidence-based AI research in science and industry. The
conference places special emphasis on the reproducibility and practicality of the proposed ideas and
solutions, highlighting their value across various domains. This can be demonstrated, for example,
through artifacts (code/data/containers) or detailed, step-by-step replication notes/
We understand that groundbreaking ideas often lead to new research questions. Our extensive partner
network stands ready to offer the computational resources and collaborative support needed to pursue
these future directions.
Besides that, Submissions concerning Responsible AI—including issues of privacy, fairness,
explainability, and risk mitigation—are also welcome, as they are part of the review criteria.
🌍 Conference Language & Accessibility
PRAXIS-AI Conference Language is ENGLISH.
PRAXIS-AI supports and respects all aspects that promote diversity within our conference community, which aims to be a truly international and multicultural event. Given the risks associated with travel, online presentation is guaranteed for all accepted papers, ensuring accessibility and safety for participants from both Ukraine and abroad. The hybrid format facilitates scientific exchange and community building, as we fully understand that some participants may be at higher risk or have stricter constraints.
📚 Publication & Indexing
We solicit submissions of original work, not previously published, or submitted for publication elsewhere.
PRAXIS-AI publishes its proceedings volume with Springer in their CCIS Series (pending approval by Springer for 2026). This is an international and highly reputable venue for conference and workshop proceedings. Springer proceedings volume contains the papers accepted by the PRAXIS-AI program committee and is published shortly after the conference. PRAXIS-AI Springer CCIS volumes are indexed by Scopus.
⚖️ Ethics
PRAXIS-AI, as a conference series commits to the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.
In terms of publication ethics, PRAXIS-AI commits to the COPE guidelines.
Conference Tracks (5):
Conference Format
- Hybrid format with guaranteed online presentation
- Targeted proceedings venue: Springer CCIS (post-event)
Important Dates
Submission deadline
15 March 2026
Submit your research papers for peer review
Notification
25 April 2026
Authors will be notified of paper acceptance
Conference
22–23 May 2026 (Hybrid)
Two days of presentations and networking
Camera-ready (authors → organizers)
5 June 2026
Final version of accepted papers due
Call for Papers
We invite researchers to submit original, high-quality papers that contribute to advancing academic innovation and research excellence.
PROCESS and QUALITY
The process of preparing the program of PRAXIS-AI and ensuring its high scientific-technical quality is multi-phase and encapsulates several interrelated activities scheduled by deadlines and achieving the respective milestones.
Preparation Phase
The preparation phase involves developing and publishing Calls for papers. This is handled by the Program Committee Chairs. These calls are disseminated through various channels: major mailing lists, interest groups on social networks, and on the PRAXIS-AI website.
Submission Phase
The first phase that directly involves PRAXIS-AI authors is the submission phase. Authors interested in presenting and publishing their research findings at the conference are invited to submit their work in response to the relevant published call. Submissions are accepted via the EquinOCS conference management system.
All papers submitted to PRAXIS-AI will undergo a thorough review by a minimum of three members of the Conference Program Committee.
The Submission phase ends on the respective deadline, after which submission function is disabled.
Information: Each author who submits an article will be registered in the EquinOCS system. Each corresponding author will be informed of the status of their submission by email from the EquinOCS system.
Submission Types
📄 Full Scientific Papers
This is a report on completed, unpublished scientific work. The goal is to present a new method, technique, or analysis with corresponding empirical or other evaluation that serves as proof of validity.
Length: 12–15 pages
📋 Short Scientific Articles
These are brief reports on preliminary results or unfinished research. The evaluation focuses on originality, technical correctness, and the value of the planned results in the short and medium term.
Length: 6–11 pages
Review Phase
The next phase is performed by members of the Conference Program Committee and is managed by the Program Committee Chairs. The result of this phase is a ranked list of submissions, with the ranking based on grounded evaluations of the papers according to specific evaluation criteria. Only the best papers that have received positive evaluations from the Program Committee members are accepted to be presented at the conference and published in the proceedings.
The conference has a "desk-reject" policy, which means papers may be rejected without review if they are out of scope, incomplete, too short, missing experiments, ethically non-compliant, or have excessive similarity.
Evaluation Criteria:
- Practical contribution and relevance (25%)
- Scientific novelty and positioning (20%)
- Experimental rigor (20%)
- Reproducibility (15%)
- Responsible AI and ethics (10%)
- Quality of presentation (10%)
This phase is completed by the acceptance notification deadline.
Information: As a result, authors of all submitted papers will receive an email from the EquinOCS system with information about the acceptance or rejection of their paper. Review reports are attached to this email to provide authors with the rationale behind the decision. This information will be communicated by the deadline for Notification of Acceptance.
Preparation for publication stage
Preparation for publication consists of preparing the final versions of accepted articles for publication in the conference proceedings. This stage begins after receiving notification of acceptance, to which the reviewers' reports are attached. Authors of accepted articles are expected to carefully consider all comments and suggestions provided in the reports. Therefore, it is expected that the works will be improved as much as possible based on these recommendations.
Authors of revised final versions are required to submit their papers in a form ready for publication by the deadline. Otherwise, their papers will be excluded from the program and proceedings. All accepted papers are checked for plagiarism using the iThenticate tool.
Green open access to self-archiving of accepted manuscripts (with a link to the version for publication) is also encouraged. Additional materials, such as code and datasets, may be posted on GitHub and Zenodo/Figshare with a DOI.
Information: Instructions and guidelines for preparing the final versions will be communicated via an email from the EquinOCS system.
Submission Guidelines
📝 Review:
- • Double-blind peer review (≥3 reviews + meta-review)
- • iThenticate similarity check included
- • Proceedings target: Springer CCIS (post-event)
📋 Requirements:
- • Language: English
- • Length: Full 12–15 pages, Short 6–11 pages (Springer LNCS/CCIS template)
- • Anonymization required (remove author names, affiliations, self-identifying text)
- • Artifacts/Reproducibility: public repo (GitHub/Zenodo/Figshare + DOI) or detailed replication steps
- • Responsible AI section mandatory (privacy, fairness, explainability, limitations & risks)
⚠️ Desk-reject Criteria:
- • No experiments/metrics; out of scope; not anonymized
- • Not in template/length; missing ethics for human/sensitive data
- • Similarity >20% overall or >5% from one source (refs excluded)
Tracks (5)
Conference Program
Two days of inspiring presentations, AI demonstrations, workshops, and networking opportunities with leading AI researchers and practitioners worldwide.
Keynote Speakers
Keynotes: To be announced
Academia + Industry
Distinguished speakers from leading universities and technology companies will present cutting-edge AI research and real-world applications.
Schedule Overview
Registration
Onsite and online options available. Fees and waivers will be announced on the website. Online presentation is guaranteed for all accepted papers (travel-risk aware). For visa letters, contact the organizers.
Conference Registration Phase
The PRAXIS-AI conference requires that every participant, whether a presenter or an attendee, registers for the event. A dedicated registration service will be provided for this step.
Registration is necessary for:
- Offering additional services, such as official invitation letter preparation.
- Collecting statistical information about session and social event attendance for proper resource planning.
- Facilitating networking by letting other participants know who you are.
Conference registration is a step to properly manage conference preparations. It has no connection to the conference program or the proceedings volume. It in no way changes the status of your submission for the conference.
🌐 Hybrid Format
- • Onsite attendance in Ternopil, Ukraine
- • Online participation via streaming platform
- • Interactive Q&A for remote attendees
- • All presentations recorded and available
💰 Registration Details
- • Conference attendance is free
- • Registration fees & waivers: TBA on website
- • Online presentation guaranteed for authors
- • Travel-risk aware: backup online options
- • Visa invitation letters available
Ready to Join PRAXIS-AI 2026?
Registration details and fees will be announced soon. Contact us for early information and visa support.
Conference Organizers
Meet the dedicated team of academics and professionals organizing PRAXIS-AI 2026.
Organizing Committee
Desyatniuk Oksana
Rector, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Honored Worker of Education of Ukraine
Rector's Office
West Ukrainian National University, Ukraine
Khrystyna Lipianina-Honcharenko
Associate professor, Dr. Sci. (Engin.) in information technologies
Department of Information Computer Systems and Control
West Ukrainian National University, Ukraine
Tetiana Drakokhrust
Associate professor, Dr. Sci. in Law
Department of Theory of Law and Constitutionalism
West Ukrainian National University, Ukraine
Myroslav Komar
Professor, Dr. Sci. (Engin.) in information technologies
Department of Information Computer Systems and Control
West Ukrainian National University, Ukraine
Oleksandr Osolinskyi
Associate professor, (Engin.) PhD in Engineering, Computer Systems and Components
Department of Information Computer Systems and Control
West Ukrainian National University, Ukraine
Mikolaj Karpinski
Professor, Dr. Sci. (Engin.)
Department of Software Engineering
University of the National Education Commission, Poland
Marek Aleksander
Professor, Dr. Sci. (Engin.)
Department of Mechatronics
University of Applied Sciences in Nowy Sacz, Poland
Oleg Illiashenko
PhD in Computer Engineering
Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University, UK | Associate Professor at National Aerospace University "KhAI", Ukraine
Leeds Beckett University, UK / Ukraine
Oleh Berezsky
Professor, Dr. Sci. (Engin.) in artificial intelligence
Department of Computer Engineering
West Ukrainian National University, Ukraine
Mateusz Tchórzewski
PhD, attorney-at-law, economist
Department of Law and Administration
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland
George Goradze
Prof. Doc.
Dean of the Faculty of Law
Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani University, Georgia
Iryna Lukasevych-Krutnyk
Associate professor, Dr. Sci. in Law
Department of Civil Law and Procedure
West Ukrainian National University, Ukraine
Nataliia Chudyk
Associate professor, Dr. Sci. in Law
Department of Theory of Law and Constitutionalism
West Ukrainian National University, Ukraine
Prabhpreet Singh
PhD in Law, Associate professor
School of Law
Mahindra University, India
Renate Pirstner-Ebner
Mag. Dr.iur.
Faculty of Law
University of Graz, Austria
Aytekin Demircioglu
Prof. Dr. (PhD)
Department of Philosophy
Kastamonu University, Turkey
Liliana Hawrysz
Dr hab., Professor of University
Faculty of Management
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
Kludacz-Alessandri Magdalena
Dr hab., Professor of University, Director of the College of Economics and Social Sciences
College of Economics and Social Sciences
Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Liuba Turchyn
Associate Professor, Doctor of Economic Sciences
Department of Marketing, Trade and Services, Faculty of Economics
University of West Bohemia (UWB), Pilsen, Czech Republic
Borys Yazlyuk
Professor, Doctor of Economic Sciences
Department of Economic Expertise and Land Management
West Ukrainian National University, Ukraine
Vita Semaniuk
Professor, Dr. Sci. in Economic
Department of Accounting and Taxation, Research Department
West Ukrainian National University, Ukraine
Iwa Kuchciak
PhD., assistant professor
Institute of Finance
University of Lodz, Poland
Sponsors & Partners
Host & In-Kind Sponsor
West Ukrainian National University
Venue, IT infrastructure, logistics
Dissemination Support
"My Farm"
📢 Note
Sponsorship covers organization/staff only; no APCs — publication is free for authors.
Contact Us
Get in touch with our organizing team for any questions about the conference, registration, or submissions.
Conference Venue
Location: West Ukrainian National University (WUNU)
11 Lvivska St., Ternopil, 46009, Ukraine
🌐 Hybrid format: Online participation available
Time Zone & Dates
Conference: 22–23 May 2026
Time Zone: EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
⏰ Submission deadline: 15 March 2026
Need Assistance?
Our team is here to help with any questions about PRAXIS-AI 2026, visa support, or technical issues.