We are delighted to share the second call for papers with you for Konferenz zur Verarbeitung natürlicher Sprache (KONVENS) 2026, organized under the auspices of the GSCL, the DGfS-CL, the ÖGAI, and SwissNLP. This year’s KONVENS will take place in Hamburg, September 14 – 17 under the special theme “Context Matters: NLP Beyond Text”. The conference will include a diverse program including talks by our two keynote speakers:
Dr. Valentin Hoffmann, Allen Institute for AI
Prof. Dr. Barbara Plank, LMU Munich.
We invite the submission of long and short papers featuring substantial, original, and unpublished research on Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics, to be archived in the ACL Anthology, as well as abstract submissions that describe research in progress or published elsewhere. Beyond standard research contributions, submissions are welcome that present negative results, survey an area, introduce new resources, articulate a position, report novel linguistic insights obtained using existing computational methods, or reproduce (successfully or not) previous findings.
We welcome the following types of paper submissions:
Long papers (up to 8 pages plus references), describing original research with substantial new results.
Short papers and demos (up to 4 pages plus references), including small and focused contributions, work in progress, as well as descriptions of projects, systems and resources.
Abstracts (1 page, non-archival), which will be presented at the poster session and printed in the proceedings, but which will be non-archival. We especially invite submission on ongoing projects, student projects, past or ongoing bachelor and master theses, ongoing or recently completed PhD theses, and opinion pieces in this category to foster interaction and discussion in our community.
Papers can be submitted either to the main conference track or to the special track “Context Matters”.
Important dates:
MAY 12, 2026 Paper Submission Deadline (extended)
JULY 12, 2026 Notification of Acceptance
AUGUST 1, 2026 Camera-Ready Deadline
SEPTEMBER 14 – 17, 2026 KONVENS in Hamburg