Welcome to ISSEP 2025

The International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives (ISSEP) serves as a platform for researchers and practitioners focused on Informatics education across all school levels. The conference offers the opportunity for educators and researchers to discuss the goals and objectives of Informatics as a subject, explore its curriculum, various teaching and learning approaches, and examine its real-world connections. Through ISSEP, participants will delve into ways to advance Informatics education in schools, shaping the future of this essential field.

History

The ISSEP conference started in 2005 in Klagenfurt, Austria. It was followed by meetings in Vilnius (2006), Torun (2008), Zürich (2010), Bratislava (2011), Oldenburg (2013), Istanbul (2014), Ljubljana (2015), Münster (2016), Helsinki (2017), Saint-Petersburg (2018), Larnaca (2019), Tallin (2020), Nijmegen (2021), Vienna (2022), Lausanne (2023), and Budapest (2024).

The 18th ISSEP conference is organized jointly by the University of Trier, Germany and Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, Germany. The conference will take place at the University of Trier from 8-10 September 2025. A doctoral consortium will also be held on Sunday 7 September, right before the conference.

Proceedings

The ISSEP proceedings are published in the Springer LNCS series. For ISSEP 2025, the Springer proceedings are available here as LNCS vol. 15958 (doi:10.1007/978-3-032-01222-7) and the local proceedings are published on Zenodo here (doi:10.5281/zenodo.16947554).

Important Dates

Date	Event
March 31, April 7, 2025	Abstract submission
April 7, April 21, 2025	Submission full and short paper
May 19, June 2, 2025	Notification of acceptance full and short paper
June 16, 2025	Camera-ready versions of accepted papers
June 23, 2025	Poster and workshop submission
July 5, 2025	Registration start
July 14, 2025	Notification of acceptance for posters and workshops
July 28, 2025	Doctoral consortium submission
August 11, 2025	Notification of acceptance for Doctoral consortium submissions
September 1, 2025	Registration end
September 7, 2025	Doctoral Consortium
September 8-10, 2025	Main Conference

Partners

The organizing committee would like to heartily thank the following partners, who have greatly contributed to make ISSEP 2025 what it is: