ICSO 2026

Abstract Submission

Author(s) are invited to submit an abstract text in between 300-500 words for oral or poster presentation. The abstract should be in English and include title of the paper, name and affiliation of author(s), scope and major findings or lessons learned from the work, preference of oral or poster presentation. The extended abstract can be submitted by completing the on-line abstract submission form:

Title
Abstract text 300-500 words
Proposed theme (see "Topics" page)
Full name of all author(s)
Indication of presenting author
Institution addresses and e-mail, telephone contact details
Proposed type of presentation (oral or poster)
Summary, major results/ interests and novelties of the submission

For changes to your abstract after submission, please contact the ESA Conference Bureau: esaconferencebureau@atpi.com

The deadline for abstract submission is 15 April 2026.

Notification to Authors
Each submitted abstract will be reviewed by the relevant ICSO sub- committee. Acceptance of abstract will be based on appropriateness of the topic, quality, novelty and clarity of exposition. Abstracts lacking substantial information will be rejected. Notification of acceptance as oral or poster presentation will be provided to authors by 15 June 2026. Authors whose abstracts have been accepted will then receive instructions for the preparation of paper and will be invited to prepare a final proceedings full paper.

Final Paper Submission

Authors have to deliver their final, full paper(s) of at least 6 pages by 20 August 2026 as electronic ‘PDF’ file. With the submission of a final paper, authors are effectively granting copyright to the conference organisers for inclusion in the proceedings.

ICSO has a strict "no paper - no podium/poster" policy. This means that if the full paper is not submitted on time your placement in the oral or poster session will be cancelled and your time slot in the oral presentations will be substituded by a contribution initially reserved for poster presentation.

Author/Presenter Registration

Presenters are invited to register on the conference website (see the registration section) before 20 August 2026. Please note that the organisers will check that for every paper at least one author has registered for the conference before the paper is included in the programme and proceedings. Please notice that ICSO has a strict policy of “no presenter registration-no podium/poster” to ensure that there are not oral slots wasted or posted stands unattended.

Publication in the SPIE Digital Library

Final papers will be published in the conference proceedings. These proceedings will be distributed electronically to the participants during the conference and will be submitted for publication to the SPIE Digital Library after the conference.

Please notice that the SPIE screens the full papers for plagiarism. This means that if your paper contains a substantial percentage of content that has already been published in other journal or conference proceedings will be automatically rejected from being published in the SPIE site to host the ICSO 2026 proceedings.