Important dates
- Submission of abstract:15 April 2024
- Author notification: 2 May 2024
- Submission of full paper: 1 July 2024
- Author review notification: 1 September 2024
- Deadline final papers and posters: 20 Sept 2024
- Registration deadline for presenters: 27 September 2024
Conference topics include, but are not limited to:
- Artificial intelligence (AI) & Machine learning
- Best practice
- Built environment
- Crisis management
- Cost benefit
- Design thinking
- Digital accessibility
- Education & Life-long learning
- Emerging Technologies
- Employment & Workplace
- Gaming & Interactive entertainment
- Healthcare & Rehabilitation
- Innovation
- Independent living
- Indoor and outdoor navigation
- Information & Communications Technology (ICT)
- Intersectionality
- Law, Compliance, and Policy
- Leisure, Tourism & Travel
- Mobile Technology
- Museums, Art experience & Promotion
- Myths
- Products and services
- Reuse and joint use
- Smart cities and local communities
- Social justice, equity, and ethical considerations
- Standards, policies, and legal issues
- Theoretical perspectives on universal design
- Transport
- Universal design and ableism
- Universal design and sustainability
- Universal design dilemmas
- Universal design in education
- User Experience (UX)
- User participation, Community engagement and Co-design
- Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Cross/Mixed Reality (XR)
Submission guidelines for practical contributions
Practical projects and best practice submissions should focus on the work done and/or resulting design solution and can be written without references. We welcome:
- Practical Projects: Case studies, design interventions, implementation strategies, and lessons learned
- Best Practices: Exemplary models, innovative approaches, success stories, and evidence-based practices
A two-step submission process is adopted:
- Step 1: abstracts (maximum 500 words) should follow the formatting instructions below and must be submitted through EasyChair. During submission you can check whether you want to do an oral presentation or a poster presentation. Abstracts will be reviewed by independent reviewers.
- Step 2: Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to present their work during a session of the conference. They are also invited to update their abstracts if they wish so, and to submit it as an extended abstract, see formatting guidelines for extended absracts below. Extended abstracts will be published in an electronic compendium with an ISBN number. Please note that presenting authors of accepted contribution must register to the conference before the deadline indicated above for the extended abstract to be included in the conference compendium.
Submission guidelines for scientific/academic papers
The work must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.
We welcome empirical as well as theoretical and methodological work from all countries. We encourage contributions from young practitioners, as well as Ph.D. students, junior researchers, and postdocs to submit their work.
A two-step submission process is adopted:
- Step 1: abstracts (maximum 500 words) should follow the formatting instructions below and must be submitted through EasyChair. During submission you can check whether you want to submit a scientific/academic paper (maximum 8 pages) or a poster presentation.
- Step 2: after abstract acceptance as a scientific/academic paper, poster, or extended abstract, follow instructions for formatting of below. Please note that presenting authors of accepted scientific/academic papers must register to the conference before the deadline indicated above for the paper to be included in the conference proceedings.
Submitted abstracts will be double-blind peer-reviewed by independent reviewers assessing relevance, contribution, quality, and readability.
Scientific/academic papers will be single-blind peer-reviewed by independent reviewers. Submitted papers that previously have been published will be rejected. If parts of a submitted paper are based on research that has previously been published, then the earlier research must be referenced such that the new contribution can be assessed.
Formatting instructions
Contributions must be written in English and submitted through EasyChair
- Abstracts (maximum 500 words) should be at font size 12 pt, single spaced and with no less than 2 cm margins. The abstract can contain up to two figures, one table and references. References are in addition to the 500-word limit.
- Extended abstracts (max 2 pages) should use the template UD2024 Extended Abstract Template.docx. Extended abstracts will be included in a conference compendium and published with an ISBN number.
- Scientific/academic papers (maximum 8 pages): should be submitted for review and formatted according to the guidelines and templates that can be found at IOS Press article instructions page. After review, a camera-ready version must be uploaded. The papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by IOS Press.
- Posters (max. 1 page)
The abstract and papers should follow accessibility guidelines. Se our page on Document Accessibility.
By submitting your extended abstact or paper, you agree to publish it under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 (CC-BY) license.