The 14th edition of the Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality (TEEM) conference will be held at Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP), Porto -Portugal, from October 20 to 23rd, 2026. It is organised by CIETI Research Center of Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP) – Polytechnic of Porto (P. Porto). This event brings together researchers and postgraduate students interested in combining different aspects of the technology applied to knowledge society development, with special attention to educational and learning issues regarding, but not limited to, the following broad-scope research areas: Educational Assessment and Orientation, Human-Computer Interaction, eLearning, Computers in Education, Communication Media and Education, Medicine and Education, Learning Analytics, Engineering Education, Robotics in Education, Diversity in Education, Gamification and Games for Learning. TEEM conference is divided into thematic and highly cohesive tracks.
Each track shares the scientific and formal aspects for paper submissions, peer reviews and publication. Nevertheless, the track chairs will organise the proper dynamics to achieve the most important goal: to create a research community. Therefore, the conference social events are open to all participants, including those registered as students, for reinforcing intercultural and multicultural skills among them, independently of the tracks they are involved.
To strengthen the sense of “belonging” to TEEM’s family, additional challenges will be proposed during the conference.
List of Tracks
- Track 01. New Trends in Mechatronics Engineering Education
- Track 02. Gamification and Games for Learning (GAMILEARN)
- Track 03. Integrating Next‑Generation Technologies in Multicultural Health Sciences
- Track 04. Communication, Education and Social Media
- Track 05. Learning analytics – Reconnecting Data, Theory, and Action
- Track 06. Identity and Education. Identity Construction Processes in Hyperconnected and Natural Ecosystems
- Track 07. Engineering Education: Redefining Skills, Pedagogy, and Ethics in the AI Era
- Track 08. Educational Innovation
- Track 09. Experiential and Project-Based Learning
- Track 10. Bridging the Diversity Gap in STEM
- Track 11. Managing Generative AI in Educational Settings
- Track 12. Smart Learning
- Track 13. Advances on Sustainable Development in Education
- Track 14. Educational Assessment and Guidance
- Track 15. Safe and supportive Educational Ecosystems Promoting Well-being, Diversity Awareness and Resilience
- Track 16. Doctoral Consortium
Committee
Conference Chair:
- Arcelina Marques (Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal)
Steering Committee:
- Francisco José García-Peñalvo (University of Salamanca, Spain) – Chair
- Gustavo Alves (Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal)
- Miguel Ángel Conde-González (University of Salamanca, Spain)
- Angeles Dominguez (Universidad Andres Bello, Chile)
- Rafael Molina-Carmona (University of Alicante, Spain)
- María Soledad Ramírez Montoya (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Spain)
- Anita Tabacco (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Organizing Committee:
- André Vaz Fidalgo (Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal)
- Andrea Vázquez-Ingelmo (University of Salamanca, Spain)
- Alexandra Costa (Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal)
- Anabela Guedes (Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal)
- Bertil Marques (Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal)
- Frederico Lázaro Jacob (Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal)
- Gustavo Alves (Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal)
- Isabel Brás Pereira (Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal)
- Lucía García-Holgado (University of Salamanca, Spain)
- Margarida Ribeiro (Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal)
- Marílio Cardoso (Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal)
- Natércia Lima (Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal)
- Pedro Guimarães (Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal)
- Sónia Pizarro (Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal)
- Teresa Sena Esteves (Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal)
Scientific Committee:
- The Scientific Committee is composed of the committees from each track.
Submission Guidelines
Authors are invited to submit full, original, unpublished research papers that are not being considered for publication in any other forum. The Program Committee will referee all submissions for quality, originality, and relevance.
All papers will have 8-10 pages and will be written in English following the template provided by Springer (https://www.springer.com/gp/authors-editors/conference-proceedings/conference-proceedings-guidelines). The template is blank but inside you will find the different styles for titles, paragraphs, etc..
Important dates
- Submission deadline: May 15, 2026
- Notification of acceptance: July 6, 2026
- Camera-ready submission: July 24, 2026 (authors must also complete their registration by July 24, 2026)
- Early registration deadline: July 31, 2026 (early), October 12, 2026 (late)
- Conference: October 20-23, 2026
Publication

All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, which will be published in the series Lecture Notes in Educational Technology in Springer indexed in Scopus and Web of Science Book Citation Index.
Authors with the best papers will be invited to prepare and submit extended versions to be considered, after a new peer review, for publication in several special issues in scientific journals. Some of them are mainly linked to specific tracks (as it is described on each track page), others have a more transversal scope and papers from all tracks may be invited.
Format
The conference will be face-to-face.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to info@teemconference.eu.
