Call for Papers
Share your sustainability stories — submit your abstract for IWGM 2026.
The International Workshop on UI GreenMetric (IWGM 2026) will be hosted by Umwelt-Campus Birkenfeld (Trier University of Applied Sciences), on 24-26 August 2026 in Germany.
The UI GreenMetric team cordially invites University Leaders from participating universities worldwide to submit abstracts for parallel presentations and poster sessions. Submitted abstracts will undergo a review and selection process conducted by the UI GreenMetric team. Authors of selected abstracts will be notified regarding their presentation opportunities during IWGM 2026.
The submitted papers and presentations are expected to focus on sharing best practices in campus sustainability, as well as showcasing innovative policies and programs implemented at your institution. Papers should be aligned with one or more of the seven UI GreenMetric criteria: Setting and Infrastructure, Energy and Climate Change, Waste, Water, Transportation, Education and Research, and Governance and Digitalization. Authors are required to select one primary theme that is most strongly emphasized in their paper.
This year, UI GreenMetric collaborates with the Journal of Sustainability Perspectives (JSP) and the Journal of International and Digital Communication (JIDC). Authors whose abstracts are accepted in the IWGM 2026 program will have the opportunity to choose their preferred journal for full paper publication. Final publication decisions remain subject to the review and editorial processes of each respective journal. We recommend that your full paper contains between 5,000 and 8,000 words.
- Presenters for both parallel and poster sessions are expected to be esteemed university representatives, such as Rectors, Vice-Rectors, Sustainability Directors, Deans, Professors, or equivalent academic leaders.
- Abstracts, full papers, and presentation slides must be submitted through the online submission system provided below.
- The final version of the full paper must also be submitted through the submission system of the selected journal and follow the respective journal template and guidelines.
- All presenters are required to complete the registration process and payment through the official registration page.
- Presenters are expected to attend the workshop in person in Germany.
- Information regarding accepted abstracts will be announced through the official IWGM program page. Formal acceptance letters will subsequently be sent to the corresponding authors.
- Presenters are kindly requested to provide their presentation files to the technical assistant during the break prior to their session.
- The use of personal laptops during presentations will not be permitted. Presentations must be brought on a USB drive.
- Presentation slides should follow the standard PowerPoint widescreen format (16:9).
- Presenters are requested to bring their printed posters to the conference venue.
- Poster specifications: Orientation Vertical/Portrait · Size A0 (84.1 cm × 118.9 cm).
- Posters may be installed starting from 08:00 on 25 August 2026 and must be removed by 15:00 on 26 August 2026.
- The organizing committee is unable to receive or return posters by postal service. Any remaining posters after the designated removal time will be disposed of.