Registration opens: October 15, 2026
Abstract Submission Due: February 15, 2027
Full Paper Submission Due: February 15, 2027
Notification of Paper Acceptance: March 15, 2027
Final (Revised) Paper Submission Due: April 15, 2027
Conference Participation Registration Deadline: May 1, 2027
Conference dates: 20 – 22 May 2027
Submission and attendance registration are separate procedures. Each onsite participant and online presenter must register individually through the conference registration form. Creating an OpenConf account or submitting a contribution does not register you for conference attendance. Online listening without presenting is free.
The submission may be done in the following way:
Step 1: Sign in to OpenConf
Sign in or create an account. For a new account, follow the e-mail verification instructions. No keycode is required.
Keep your login details safe. You may need to access the system several times to update your submission, read reviewer feedback and upload revisions.
Step 2: Submit your abstract or full paper
Select My Submissions → Make Submission and complete all required fields, including author details, presenter, presentation format and billing information.
Check every author’s name, affiliation and e-mail address carefully. List authors in the correct order and ensure their names and affiliations match the uploaded file. These details will be used in the programme and proceedings.
Use the Abstract Template or Full Paper Template and review your entries before clicking Make Submission. The submitter is designated as the corresponding author.
You will be asked to create a submission password. Keep your account login details, submission password and the submission ID sent by e-mail. You may need them several times to access your submission, read reviewer feedback and upload revisions. Include the submission ID in correspondence with the organisers.
Step 3: Update your submission and upload the final version
Open your existing contribution under My Submissions. To submit a revised or final paper, select Upload File and upload it under the same submission ID. Use the same ID when expanding an abstract into a full paper; do not create a new submission. No additional submission fee applies.
All final papers intended for the proceedings must follow the Full Paper Template and be uploaded by the applicable deadline.
Step 4: Register for attendance separately
Submitting a contribution does not register you for conference attendance. All onsite participants and online presenters must complete the attendance registration form.
Read the Submission Policy for fees, payment deadlines and presentation requirements. For assistance, contact ma*******@***bs.si.
CONFERENCE POLICIES
Submission policy
1. Attendance registration and contribution submission
Registering for attendance and submitting a paper or abstract are two separate steps.
- Register for attendance through the conference registration form. This is required for every onsite participant and every online presenter.
- Submit your paper or abstract through OpenConf System. Creating an OpenConf account or submitting a contribution does not register you for attendance.
For each contribution, identify the presenting author, presentation format, author responsible for the submission fee, and invoice recipient with complete billing details. The submitter is designated as the corresponding author and receives submission communications.
Upload revisions or expand an abstract into a full paper under the same submission ID. Do not create a new submission for the same contribution.
2. Attendance and submission fees
The attendance fee is charged per person. The submission fee is charged per paper or abstract.
| Participation | Fees payable |
|---|---|
| Onsite, without a contribution | EUR 230 attendance fee |
| Onsite, with one or more contributions | EUR 230 attendance fee plus a submission fee for each contribution |
| Online presentation | Submission fee for each contribution only. No attendance fee. |
| Online listening without presenting | Free |
The submission fee for each paper or abstract is EUR 250, or EUR 190 for students and employees of co-organising institutions. Discounts cannot be combined, and proof of eligibility may be requested.
One onsite attendance fee covers the person’s attendance, even if they present several contributions. Paying an attendance fee does not cover any contribution. Paying a submission fee does not cover onsite attendance.
Each person’s attendance fee and each contribution’s submission fee are listed as separate invoice items. Accounting determines whether charges are combined on one invoice or issued on separate invoices. Combining charges on one invoice does not change the amount payable for each participant or contribution.
The submission fee covers content assessment or peer review, technical preparation and processing for publication. Expanding an abstract into a full paper under the same submission ID does not incur another submission fee.
3. Payment requirements
Each invoice must be paid by the deadline stated on that invoice, even if full-paper review is ongoing. 1 May 2027 is the registration closing date, not an extension of individual invoice deadlines.
When registration closes on 1 May 2027:
- Unpaid onsite registrations will be cancelled.
- Contributions with unpaid submission fees will be removed from the programme and preliminary proceedings.
- Contributions whose onsite presenters have not paid their attendance fees will also be removed unless an eligible replacement presenter has been confirmed by the organisers.
Payment does not guarantee acceptance or publication. Full papers must successfully complete peer review and meet the editorial requirements.
4. Presentation and publication requirements
Every contribution intended for publication must actually be presented during the conference, onsite or online, in the assigned session.
The presenter must normally be one of the contribution’s listed authors or co-authors. A person who is not a listed author may present only with the organisers’ explicit prior approval by e-mail. Requests must be sent to ma*******@***bs.si. Sending a request does not constitute approval.
Every presenter, including an approved external presenter, must be registered for attendance. The contribution’s submission fee must be paid, and onsite presenters must also have paid their attendance fee. One registered person may present several contributions, but each contribution must be paid for and presented separately.
Any change of presenter must be communicated to and confirmed by the organisers before the presentation.
Session chairs record the contributions presented and their presenters. Acceptance, payment or inclusion in the preliminary proceedings does not guarantee final publication.
A contribution that is not presented will be excluded from the final proceedings. Its submission fee will not be refunded, because assessment and preparation have already been carried out.
5. Attendance and presentation confirmations
Certificates of attendance and letters confirming presentation are issued only upon request by e-mail to ma*******@***bs.si, subject to verification of attendance or presentation.
Registration alone does not prove attendance. Joining a public online session as a listener does not by itself qualify for an attendance certificate. A presentation confirmation is issued only after the actual presenter’s presentation has been verified.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) policy
Text generated from artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, or similar algorithmic tools cannot be used in papers published in MakeLearn, TIIM & PIConf conference proceedings or journals, nor can the accompanying figures, images, or graphics be the products of such tools, without explicit permission from the editors. In addition, an AI program cannot be an author of a MakeLearn, TIIM & PIConf conference paper. A violation of this policy constitutes scientific misconduct.
Ethics in peer Review
Responsibilities of the Reviewer
- Provide a prompt, thorough, and impartial review of the article.
- Give constructive feedback with reasonable suggestions and professional tone.
- Avoid suggesting the addition of irrelevant or unnecessary references.
- Alert the conference chair to any suspected ethical issues.
- Maintain confidentiality by safeguarding the unique contributions of the author’s work.
Ethical considerations
- Experiments including patient or animal data should properly be documented.
- Review process ought to be led objectively. Personal criticism of the author (related to personality, gender, race, religion, and others) is improper.
- The reviewers should express their perspectives plainly with supporting logic and scientific argument.
Confidential material
- Since peer review is confidential, reviewers must not share the review or information about the review with anyone without the agreement of the editors and authors involved. This applies both during and after the publication process.
Cancellation policy
Attendance cancellation and contribution withdrawal are separate procedures. Please notify the organisers of either in writing at ma*******@***bs.si.
Cancellation of Onsite Attendance
The following deductions apply to the onsite attendance fee:
- Cancellation received at least 45 days before the conference: 30% of the attendance fee is retained.
- Cancellation received 30–44 days before the conference: 60% of the attendance fee is retained.
- Cancellation received fewer than 30 days before the conference: the full attendance fee is retained.
Refunds are processed after the conference, subject to bank charges and exchange-rate differences.
Withdrawal or Non-Presentation of a Contribution
Once content assessment or processing has been carried out, the submission fee is not refunded following withdrawal, cancellation of the presentation or non-presentation. Requests for a refund before processing begins are considered by the organisers according to the stage of the submission.
A contribution that is not presented will be excluded from the final proceedings. An alternative presenter may be proposed in accordance with the Submission Policy.
PANEL & FORUM POLICY
All the Editors’ Panel invitation letters, Research-Education-Business Forum invitation letters as well as Academic Leadership Forum invitation letters are conditional (i.e., the invited members will have to register and pay the conference fee by the due date).
BADGE POLICY STATEMENT
Badge is provided to help the participants as well the hotel/restaurant personnel and conference staff to easily identify the registered delegates. Each registration package contains an official badge. The delegates should wear the badge at all events as all the meetings, sessions/panels, coffee breaks, luncheons, and dinners are limited to registered delegates only.
QUALITY ASSURANCE POLICY
International Conference on Management of Knowledge and Learning MakeLearn as well as the TIIM International Conference have set several standards to achieve a high level of quality in their implementation. Each member of Programme Board is involved in designing and implementing the review process of the conference.
Submitted papers are subject to a double-blind review process which greatly assists in the elimination of any perception of bias for or against an author or institution based on “name” recognition, country, gender, etc. This helps assure authors that reviewers judge submitted papers equally and that they judge the submitted paper and not the author(s) and/or their affiliation(s). Each submitted abstract is evaluated primarily based on content and relevance. If an abstract is accepted, the author may submit a full paper which is subjected to a double-blind review process. Full papers are evaluated based on originality, clarity, methodological standards of a research paper, significance of their findings, and clarity of exposition. Author can submit a full paper without previously submitting the abstracts. In this case, the full paper is subjected to a double-blind review process and evaluated by criteria as stated above for the abstract and full paper together. The double-blind review for papers to be published in sponsored journals will be conducted by the sponsored journal itself.
The final conference proceedings include accepted abstracts and full papers that meet the editorial requirements, have their applicable submission fees settled, and have been presented during the conference. Full papers undergo double-blind peer review; abstracts are assessed for content and relevance.
Preliminary proceedings will be made available to participants on the first conference day. They will be marked as preliminary, will not be publicly published online, and will not yet have final page numbering, an ISBN or DOI identifiers.
After the conference, the organisers verify presentations and remove contributions that were not presented before preparing the final proceedings for publication.
Moreover, MakeLearn & TIIM conference announces best paper awards, which additionally strengths quality of the event.
By including individuals from major regional businesses, MakeLearn & TIIM encourages discussion and the exchange of knowledge between the academia and the economy. Although the general theme of the conference, i.e. management of knowledge, learning, and the innovation in technology remains the same, each year the focus of the conference is adapted to regional and global findings, occurrences and needs of the time.
The international programme board meets every year during the conference, evaluates it and proposes improvements for the next year. It also proposes and discusses possible focal topics for the next conferences.
The organisers provide participants with practical information and logistical support throughout the conference. Attendance fees support conference organisation and include on-site activities. Submission fees cover content assessment or peer review, technical preparation and processing for publication.
PUBLISHING ETHICS
MakeLearn & TIIM conference follows the Publishing Ethics as defined by the ToKnowPress International Academic Publisher. MakeLearn publishing ethics is available here.
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION
MakeLearn &TIIM organizers DO NOT ISSUE Visa Letters for conference participants. All conference participants receive the confirmation of paper or abstract acceptance. Upon the request, the conference organizers issue also the confirmation of fee payment. With submission & registration in the conference system, participants agree to join MakeLearn & TIIM mailing list from which they will occasionally receive an e-mail with programme updates, important information, and a call for papers for the next conferences.
LICENCE OF COPYRIGHT
By submitting the abstract or revised (final) paper for publication in the MakeLearn & TIIM Conference Proceedings the Author and the Publisher (ToKnowPress) agree that the Author grants the Creative Commons copyright license in the Paper to the public. The MakeLearn & TIIM Conference Proceedings will be distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
The Author grants to the Publisher a royalty-free, worldwide nonexclusive license to publish, reproduce, display, distribute, and use the paper or abstract in any form, either separately or as part of a collective work, including but not limited to a nonexclusive license to publish the paper or abstract, copy and distribute individual reprints, authorize reproduction of the entire paper or abstract in another publication, and authorize reproduction and distribution of the paper or abstract thereof by means of computerized retrieval systems. The Author retains ownership of all rights under copyright in the paper or abstract, and all rights not expressly granted in this Agreement. The Author grants to the Publisher the power to assign, sublicense or otherwise transfer all licenses expressly granted to the Publisher under this Agreement.
The Author agrees to require that the Publisher be given credit as the original publisher in any republication of the paper or abstract authorized by the Author. If the Publisher authorizes any other party to republish the paper or abstract, the Publisher shall require such party to ensure that the Author is credited as the Author.
The Author represents and warrants that to the best of the Author’s knowledge the paper or abstract does not defame any person, does not invade the privacy of any person, and does not in any other manner infringe upon the rights of any person. The Author agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Publisher against all such claims. The Author represents and warrants that the Author has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to grant the licenses granted in this Agreement. The Author represents and warrants that the paper or abstract furnished to the Publisher has not been published previously. For purposes of this paragraph, making a copy of the paper or abstract accessible over the Internet, including, but not limited to, posting the paper or abstract to a database accessible over the Internet, does not constitute prior publication so long as the as such copy indicates that the paper or abstract is not in final form, such as by designating such copy to be a “draft,” a “working paper,” or “work-in-progress”. The Author agrees to hold harmless the Publisher, its licensees and distributes, from any claim, action, or proceeding alleging facts that constitute a breach of any warranty enumerated in this paragraph.
The Author agrees and acknowledges that the Author will receive no payment from the Publisher for use of the paper or abstract or the licenses granted in this Agreement.
This publication agreement is based on the Open Access Model Publishing Agreement.