Centre for Spatial Reasoning

Join us in Glasgow!

The Turner Kirk Centre for Spatial Reasoning at the University of Glasgow is delighted to host the 2026 Spatial Cognition conference from the 25^th to 28^th August 2026.

Submission Guidelines

 Make your submission through EasyChair

Spatial Cognition 2026 will accept the following submissions:

1. Submissions for Oral Presentations presenting original and unpublished work are solicited in all areas of spatial cognition. Authors may choose to submit in one of two formats honouring the different publication cultures in associated disciplines.
   • Full-length papers for inclusion in an edited volume (Springer Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series of Spatial Cognition volumes: https://www.springer.com/series/1244). Papers (peer-reviewed, double blind) submitted for inclusion in the conference book published by Springer should be 12-15 pages in length (including figures, tables, and references). If accepted, reviewer comments will be sent to allow for revision before publication.
   • Extended abstracts not aimed at being published in the proceedings should have between 1000 and 1500 words (including figures, tables, and references) to allow for a meaningful review process. Some extended abstract submissions may be accepted for poster presentation instead of oral presentation (or rejected).
2. Submissions for Poster Presentations (abstracts) are solicited in all areas of spatial cognition. Poster abstracts should be between 500 and 1000 words (including figures, tables, and references). There are no guidelines for poster format other than size should be A0.
3. Submissions for Symposia, Workshops and Tutorials are solicited in all areas of spatial cognition. Proposals should be between 1000 and 1500 words. See below for details on each of the formats and submission requirements of these activities.
   • Symposia consist of four presentations. Symposium proposals should clearly articulate the central research theme and its significance (~250 words) and ~250 word abstracts for each individual talk (1250-1500 words total). Symposia organisers are expected to coordinate the papers to be presented at the symposium.
   • Workshops are mini-conferences with their own calls and review processes – arranged by the organisers - held on the first day of the main conference. Workshops can be half-day or full-day events. Organizers of workshop are expected to organize a format fit for their targeted audience and advertise (call for papers/contributions) for their workshop.
   • Tutorials are instructional or informative activities, such as demonstrations or interactive practical activities, scheduled on the first day of the main conference. They can be single session or half-day events. Tutorial topics can be on any topic relevant to Spatial Cognition.
4. Submissions to the Doctoral Colloquium are solicited in all areas of spatial cognition. Participation in the Doctoral Colloquium is restricted to PhD students and consists of a short talk and a poster at the conference. To propose a submission for the Doctoral Colloquium, please submit an abstract of 1000-1500 words describing your research.

All submissions must be written in English, formatted according to Springer LNAI formatting guidelines, and submitted via the EasyChair submission webpage by they respective deadlines. See the Important Dates section of this site for submission deadlines. Authors should consult Springer’s authors’ guidelines and use their proceedings templates, either for LaTeX or for Word, for the preparation of their papers. Springer encourages authors to include their ORCIDs in their papers. In addition, the corresponding author of each full paper, acting on behalf of all of the authors of that paper, must complete and sign a Consent-to-Publish form. The corresponding author signing the copyright form should match the corresponding author marked on the paper. Once the files have been sent to Springer, changes relating to the authorship of the papers cannot be made. Springer’s proceedings LaTeX templates are available in Overleaf.

All submissions (full papers and abstracts) will be reviewed by the Program Committee. Accepted submissions must be presented at the conference (at least one author of each submission must register to attend or the presentation/poster will be dropped from the program).

Make your submission through EasyChair

Submission Overview