Attending the Conference Onsite
Conference Venue
Friday, November 13 will be onsite at Austria Center Vienna; some sessions will be live-streamed online.
Saturday, November 14 will be both onsite at Austria Center Vienna and live-streamed online.
Sunday, November 15 & Monday, November 16 will be onsite at Austria Center Vienna only.
Tuesday, November 17 will be online only.
Address
Austria Center Vienna
Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1, 1220 Wien, Austria
Conference Welcome Reception
The Conference Welcome Reception will be held on Friday, November 13 between 16:40 and 17:40 at Austria Center Vienna jointly with the Poster Presentations in Hall G. This is a great chance to meet and network with fellow attendees.
Conference Poster Session
Poster sessions will be held on Friday, November 13 between 16:40 and 17:40 in Hall G (Level 2) (B1F) following the plenary presentations.
Side Events
Conference Dinner
Join us after the plenaries for the conference dinner at Weiner Rathauskeller, where you reconvene with fellow delegates and our keynote presenters to continue conversations from the conference over a traditional Viennese meal.
Time & Date: Friday, November 13, 2026, 20:00-22:00
Registration Deadline: Friday, October 16, 2026
Availability: 50 persons
Ticket Price: 125 EUR
This is a ticketed event. Only delegates with pre-purchased tickets are able to attend the Conference Dinner
To learn more, click here
Certification
Corresponding authors will be able to download Certificates of Presentation for all presenters, as well as Session Chair certification and reviewer certification for Senior Reviewers, by logging in to the submission page. Certificates will be available from Tuesday, December 1, 2026.
Certificates of Participation for non-presenters, as well as reviewer certification for Review Committee members, will be sent out by email in a PDF format within two weeks of the Conference's conclusion.
Smoking
Smoking and vaping are not permitted at the conference venues.
What to Wear & Bring
Attendees generally wear business casual attire. You may wish to bring a light jacket or sweater as meeting rooms are air-conditioned and sometimes cool.
Internet Access
All presentation PC are connected to WiFi. However, streaming video is not recommended. If your presentation includes video, please bring it as a file that can be played without an internet connection.
Photo/Recording Waiver
Human interaction through networking, and dissemination of this knowledge, is at the core of what IAFOR does as an academic research organisation, conference organiser and publisher. As part of the archiving of the conference event, IAFOR takes photos in and around the conference venue, and uses the photos to document the event. This also includes the filming of certain sessions. We consider this documentation important and it provides evidence of our activities to members, partners and stakeholders all over the world, as well as to current and potential attendees like you. Some of these photos will therefore appear online and in print, including on social media. The above are the legitimate interests of the organisation that we assert under the new European Union law on General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Under this legislation, you have an absolute right to opt-out of any photo. We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Read our full privacy policy – iafor.org/about/privacy-policy
Onsite Sessions and Session Chairs
Session Chairs are asked to introduce themselves and other speakers (briefly) using the speaker bios on the programme, ensure that the session begins and ends on time, and that time is divided fairly among the presentations. Each presenter should have no more than 25 minutes in which to present their paper and respond to any questions. The Session Chair is asked to assume this timekeeping role, and to this end, yellow and red timekeeping cards are used as a visual cue for presenters, to let them know when they have five minutes remaining, and when they must stop. Please follow the order in the programme, and if for any reason a presenter fails to show up, please keep to the original time slots as delegates use the programme to plan their attendance.
All session chairs will receive a certificate following the conference via email and will be credited in the conference programme.
Please take a look at our Session Chair Guidelines for further details of what is required.
- Onsite Session Chair Guidelines
Computers and Equipment
All rooms will be equipped with a MacBook computer pre-installed with PowerPoint which is connected to an LCD projector. If you wish, you may directly link your own PC laptop, although we advise you to use the computer provided by plugging in your USB flash drive. We recommend that you bring a backup copy of your presentation in case one fails, and suggest sending yourself the presentation by email as a final precaution.
Attending the Conference Online
How to Watch online and participate in the Conference via Zoom
Before joining a Zoom online session on your computer or mobile device, download the Zoom app. Otherwise, you will be prompted to download and install Zoom when you click a join link.
Participation Rules
- Join the meeting using your full name (important)
- The IAFOR moderator will be responsible for monitoring the session.
- Your video and the microphone will be automatically turned off.
- You will be muted upon entry.
- The meeting will be recorded automatically.
- If you have any questions for presenters, please send a chat message to the IAFOR moderator.
Familiarise yourself with Zoom
Watch our 3-minute long tutorial video, download the Zoom app, and join a test meeting.
We also have a PDF guide.
Online Sessions and Session Chairs
Session Chairs are asked to introduce themselves and other speakers (briefly), ensure that the session begins and ends on time and that the time is divided fairly between the presentations. Each presenter should have no more than 25 minutes in which to present his or her paper and respond to any questions. The Session Chair is asked to assume this timekeeping role, letting presenters know when they have five minutes remaining, and when they must stop.
All session chairs will receive a certificate following the conference via email and will be credited in the conference programme.
Please take a look at our Session Chair Guidelines for details of what is required.
- Online Session Chair Guidelines
Virtual Presentations
A full list of pre-recorded virtual video presentations and virtual poster presentations will be on the conference website during and after the conference. We encourage you to watch these presentations and provide feedback through the video comments. The comments section is connected to LinkedIn, and you have the option to display these comments on your LinkedIn profile.
Conference Catch-up page
All live-streamed sessions, keynote, and featured presentations will be recorded and uploaded to the Conference Catch-up page (video-on-demand) via Vimeo. The catch-up page will be available after the conference until Thursday, December 17, 2026.