General Info for Authors
GHTC 2025 is an IEEE conference. Accepted and presented papers that meet quality requirements will be submitted to the IEEE Xplore digital library. Papers should use the IEEE template and adhere to the format requirements. IEEE provides a PDF checking tool, PDF eXpress to check final manuscripts. Papers must file the IEEE copyright to be published.
See Submission Options below for types of submissions.
See Submission Instructions for details on preparing your paper, formatting, and submission to EDAS (https://edas.info/N33742)
See Important Links for details on IEEE policies, copyright, reviews, PDF eXpress, and FAQ.
For any questions use the Contact Us form.
Submission Options: Overview
GHTC 2025 is inviting submissions for the following presentation types:
- Full Paper (4-8 pages, including references)
- Suitable for mature study results, validated innovations, or completed projects.
- Accepted papers will be published and indexed on IEEE Xplore.
- Oral-Only Presentations (1-2 page summary/abstract, no publication)
- For practitioners to present detailed case studies or experiences from the field; Or research studies in progress that do not yet have sufficient results for a full paper.
- Encourages discussion of recommended practices, unexpected challenges, unintended outcomes, successes, and failures.
- Properly formatted abstracts can be included in IEEE Xplore upon request (note: this does not constitute a formal publication).
- Special Sessions (200-word summary/abstract, an optional paper (up to 8 pages), and a 30-90 minute session outline).
- Includes interactive sessions, panels, workshops, and demonstrations.
- Poster Presentation (200-word summary/abstract, no publication)
- Ideal for showcasing case studies, research studies in progress, student-led fieldwork, and industry projects.
- Provides an opportunity for interactive discussions in a visual format.
All submissions should focus on a specific thematic area as outlined in the Call for Papers and should address this year’s theme: “Technologies in Context”
Full Paper Submissions
All Full Paper submissions must adequately address, but are not limited to, the following sub-sections using the IEEE paper template:
- Abstract (c. 150 words) – Summarise the problem domain, paper objectives, research methodology, main findings and recommendations.
- Introduction – Context and motivation for research or intervention, target need and community/communities addressed, paper objectives and statement of the contribution to the body of knowledge in this domain
- Methodology and Proposed Methods – Please summarize the methodologies used for data collection, sampling, data analysis in sufficient detail to support replicability. Outline the limitations of the study
- Results and Discussion – presentation of preliminary, early results or final results (depending on submission type selected), analysis and discussion of implications of results, comparison of findings with published literature. Summarise how societal and ethical implications of technology have been appropriately addressed.
- Conclusion and Recommendations – Summarise key findings, outline concrete recommendations and next steps
- References
Submission requirements for Full Papers:
- Authors are required use the IEEE template for technical papers (Note: Only US letter size will be accepted): www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html.
- Papers must be submitted as PDF files via the EDAS Paper Processing System. See EDAS Instructions for Authors.
- GHTC 2025 EDAS submission site: https://edas.info/N33742
Oral-Only Presentation Submissions
All Oral-Only Presentations must be submitted as a 1-2 page abstract/summary. Topics can include, but are not limited to:
- Case studies, best practices, and experiences from practitioners
- Insights from collaboration and interdisciplinary work
- Lessons from failures and unexpected outcomes
- In-progress academic research studies
Submission requirements for Oral-Only Presentations:
- 1-2 page summary of the proposed presentation; no specific formatting required for submission.
- Properly formatted abstracts, using the IEEE template, can be included in IEEE Xplore upon request (note: this does not constitute a formal publication).
- Abstracts must be submitted as PDF files via the EDAS Paper Processing System. See EDAS Instructions for Authors.
- GHTC 2025 EDAS submission site: https://edas.info/N33742
Special Session Submissions
All Special Sessions must be submitted as a 200-word summary/abstract of the topic along with an outline of the session timeline (30-90 minutes).
- Includes submission for interactive sessions, panels, workshops, and demonstrations.
- Optionally, a 1-8 page paper can accompany the session (not published)
- Special session summaries must be submitted via an online form – link coming soon!
Poster Presentation Submissions
All Poster Presentations must be submitted as a 200-word summary/abstract of the topic, which can include, but are not limited to:
- Case studies, research studies in progress, student-led fieldwork, and industry projects
- Poster presentation summaries must be submitted via an online form – link coming soon!
Important Dates
| EDAS Opens | March 14, 2025 |
| Full Paper and Oral-only submission for review deadline | May 16, 2025 |
| Special Sessions (e.g. demo, panel, discussion) deadline | May 31, 2025 |
| Notification of acceptance / revision requirements for papers, presentations, and special sessions | July 1, 2025 |
| Poster summary/abstract deadline | July 11, 2025 |
| Submission of Final Full Paper and Oral-only Presentation ("Camera ready") | August 1, 2025 |
| Author Copyright forms deadline | August 1, 2025 |
| Author early registration deadline | August 15, 2025 |
| Early registration deadline | September 30, 2025 |
| Recorded presentations due | October 10, 2025 |
| Conference Dates | October 22 - 25, 2025 |
Important Links
Submission Types and Instructions – Details on preparing your paper, formatting, and submission to EDAS
PDF Express – Information on using PDF eXpress
Policies – Requirements prohibiting plagiarism, dual submission, and falsification
Copyright transfer – Required for publication in the conference proceedings (e-Copyright in EDAS)
Reviews and Reviewers – Information on Review Criteria and how to access reviewer’s comments by going to the EDAS paper display page.
Visa Request – Information on U.S. Visa request procedures
Author FAQ – Common questions from authors
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