Open call
Propose a workshop or a tutorial.
SEA 2027 is a first edition, which means the workshop and tutorial programme is genuinely open. If there is a subject inside the seven tracks that deserves half a day of its own — a community that needs a room, or a method the field should know how to use — the organisers want to hear about it.
Call for proposals
What the organisers are looking for.
Two different things
A workshop gathers a community around a narrow subject and usually solicits its own short contributions, reviews them and runs a session of presentations and discussion. A tutorial teaches: one or more experts take an audience from little knowledge to working competence in a method, a toolchain or a standard.
Both are welcome and both are reviewed by the same committee, but they are judged differently. A workshop proposal has to show there is a community. A tutorial proposal has to show the material is worth the time and that the people delivering it can teach.
Subjects that would fit
Anything inside the conference scope. The tracks are Communications & IoT, Robotics & Automation, Cybersecurity & Trust, Smart Health, Ocean & Blue Tech, Energy & Smart Grids, Aerospace & Space. Proposals that cross two tracks, or that sit on the coastal and marine side of an otherwise mainstream engineering subject, are of particular interest — that is why the conference is in Aqaba.
Proposals from the region, from industry, and from groups who have never run a workshop before are encouraged. A first-time proposal is not at a disadvantage.
Formats
- Half day
- About three hours of contact time plus one break. The default, and the right size for most proposals.
- Full day
- About six hours plus breaks and lunch. Ask for this only if the outline genuinely fills it.
- Room and equipment
- Provided by Aqaba University of Technology. Specialist equipment is your responsibility unless agreed in advance in writing.
- Scheduling
- Whether accepted sessions run on a pre-conference day or alongside the main programme is decided once the committee knows how many are accepted.
Publication is not automatic
Whether papers presented in an accepted workshop are included in the IEEE SEA 2027 proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore is decided case by case with the Technical Program Chair, and is subject to the same IEEE review, formatting and copyright requirements as the main track. Do not promise contributors indexing before that decision is made.
Submission
What a proposal must contain.
One PDF, in English, no longer than four pages. There is no template and no formatting requirement — clarity is the only thing being marked.
| Section | What to write |
|---|---|
| Title and format | The working title, and whether you are proposing a half-day or a full-day session. Say which you would accept if the other is not available. |
| Organisers | Every organiser, with affiliation, email and a biography of no more than 150 words each. Name one person as the contact. |
| Abstract | Up to 500 words on the scope and why it matters now. Name the SEA 2027 track or tracks it sits closest to. |
| Audience and numbers | Who the session is for, what they are assumed to know already, and an honest estimate of how many will attend. A workshop of eight people is a legitimate proposal; an inflated estimate is not. |
| For workshops: the paper process | How you will solicit contributions, the review model and reviewer load, and the programme committee you intend to assemble. Include a draft timeline that fits inside the conference deadlines. |
| For tutorials: the outline | A block-by-block outline with timings, the prerequisites, what participants must bring, and whether any part is hands-on. If it is hands-on, state exactly what software, hardware, network access or data is required. |
| History | Previous editions, where and when they ran, and attendance figures. First-time proposals are welcome and are not penalised for having no history — say so rather than leaving the section out. |
| Remote participation | How the session works for delegates joining online, since the conference is hybrid and every session is streamed. |
How to submit
Email the PDF to info@ieeesea.net with the subject line SEA 2027 workshop proposal or SEA 2027 tutorial proposal. There is no separate submission system for proposals — EDAS is used for papers only.
Proposals are acknowledged by email. If you have not heard anything within a week, assume the message did not arrive and send it again. Questions before you write are welcome and are quicker to answer than a rejected proposal is to appeal.
How proposals are reviewed
Proposals are assessed by the Technical Program Chair together with the track chairs. There is no anonymous review — the organising team is the panel, and the identity and track record of the proposers is part of what is being judged. Decisions are sent by email to the named contact, with reasons.
- Fit
- Does the subject sit inside the seven tracks, and does it add something the main programme will not already cover?
- Depth
- For tutorials, does the outline go far enough to be worth half a day? For workshops, is there a real community with work to present?
- Team
- Do the organisers have the standing and the availability to run it, and is the reviewing plan credible?
- Draw
- Is there a plausible audience at a first-edition conference in Aqaba? A small, focused session is preferred to a broad one nobody attends.
The committee may accept a proposal conditionally — most often by asking for a half day instead of a full one, or by suggesting two overlapping proposals merge.
Dates
The proposal deadline is not set yet.
The author-facing deadlines on the call for papers are fixed. The workshop and tutorial timetable sits inside them and is being agreed by the committee.
Proposal deadline
The closing date for workshop and tutorial proposals, and the date decisions are returned, are announced on this page and by email to anyone who has already been in touch.
Expected: To be announced
Register your interest now at info@ieeesea.net and you will be told directly.
Registration for workshops and tutorials
What organisers, presenters and attendees pay to take part, and whether a workshop-only rate is offered, is published with the registration fees.
Expected: With the registration page
Programme
Accepted workshops and tutorials.
Nothing has been accepted yet, because the call is still open. Accepted sessions are listed here with their organisers, abstracts and their own calls for contributions.
The number of cards above is illustrative. How many sessions run depends entirely on how many good proposals arrive.