Important Dates

The registration of participants and submission of papers will be carried out via the OpenConf platform, an online system dedicated to the management of academic conferences. To facilitate and ensure the correct application of bibliographic standards, the Organizing Committee recommends the use of reference management tools such as Zotero, EndNote, Mendeley, or ReferenceManager, using the conference-specific citation style, which can be downloaded as a zip archive from the following link: csmd-utm-md.

Conference Timeline

• April 30, 2026 –Deadline for registration and submission of the abstract, formatted according to the template:  Abstract_template-Conf-UTM-2026.docx
  • Registration is done by completing the “Make Submission“ form and, in the second step, uploading the abstract (“Upload File“) by one of the authors through the OpenConf platform.
    The submission ID will be sent to the email address provided during registration.
  • Papers may be presented in english, romanian, russian, or french.
• May 6, 2026 – Conference Program will be published.
  • https://csmd.utm.md/en/the-conference-program-2/
• May 13–16, 2026 – Paper presentations during the Conference*.
  • The program will include in-person presentations as well as online sessions for participants from abroad. Each presentation should last no longer than 15 minutes (10 minutes for the talk + 5 minutes for Q&A).
  • The presentation format will follow the following template: CTSSMD_Template-2026.pptx.
• May 30, 2026 – Submission of the extended paper in accordance with the provided Paper_template-Conf-SMD-UTM-2026.docx.
  • The upload process will follow the same steps as the initial submission phase.
• June 30, 2026 – Notification regarding the acceptance of the extended paper for publication.
• Octombrie 2026 – Publication of the conference proceedings in open-access (digital format).
  • Only papers that have been presented and have passed plagiarism checks will be published.