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CFP | GamiFIN 2026 | 10th Annual International Conference on Gamification | Saariselkä, Lapland, Finland

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10th Annual International GamiFIN Conference 2026
March 23-27 – Saariselkä, Lapland, Finland.

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We are celebrating our 10th Anniversary, and as part of our celebratory year, we are introducing a new publisher of the proceedings: ACM-ICPS 

GamiFIN 2026 conference welcomes submissions of the following types: Research articles, Posters, Work-In-Progress (WIP) papers, Demonstrations, and Doctoral consortium notes, as well as extended abstracts for special theme workshops (information about special notes will be distributed at a later date, closer to the conference).  

Important Dates

– October 27th, 2025: Submission deadline for ACM-published entries*, including Research articles, Posters, Work-In-Progress (WIP) papers, and Demonstrations.

– December 15th, 2025: Decision notifications sent to authors of ACM-published entries.

– January 5, 2026: Deadline for registration to the conference** for presenters of accepted ACM-published entries and submission of camera-ready versions of accepted ACM-published entries, including completed ACM rights forms.

– January 5th, 2026: Submission deadline for presentation-only entries*, including Posters, WIP papers, Demonstrations, and Doctoral consortium note submissions.

– January 12th, 2026: Decision notifications for presentation-only entries.

– March 9th, 2026: General registration deadline for all other conference participants, including presenters of presentation-only Research articles, Posters, WIP papers, Demonstrations, and Doctoral consortium note submissions**.

– March 23–27, 2026: Conference dates.

* Submissions received by the ACM-published deadline are eligible for acceptance into the ACM ICPS Proceedings and will undergo full peer review. Submissions may be either accepted for publication in the proceedings and presentation at the conference, accepted for presentation only at the conference without publication, or rejected. Submissions received after the ACM-published deadline, but before the presentation-only deadline, are reviewed by the program committee chairs and are considered for presentation at the conference, but will not be included in the ACM-published proceedings; these entries may be either accepted for presentation at the conference or rejected.

**For entries accepted for either ACM publication or presentation-only, registration to the conference and presentation at the conference is required. There will be no remote presentation option.

ACM’s open access publishing model and publication fees for entries accepted for ACM-publication (not relevant for entries accepted for presentation-only)

ACM has introduced a new open-access publishing model for the International Conference Proceedings Series (ICPS). Authors based at institutions that are not yet part of the ACM Open program and do not qualify for a full geographic waiver will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC) to publish their ICPS article in the ACM Digital Library. To determine whether or not an APC will be applicable to your article, please follow the detailed guidance here: https://www.acm.org/publications/icps/author-guidance.

Further information may be found on the ACM website, as follows:

Full details of the new ICPS publishing model: https://www.acm.org/publications/icps/faq

Full details of the ACM Open program: https://www.acm.org/publications/openaccess

Please direct all questions about the new model to icps-info@acm.org.

Themes

Gamification is a multi-faceted phenomenon that affects many domains of human life. Therefore, we welcome submissions related to this ludic transformation of reality under several domains and related (but not limited) to the following keywords:
 
– Users: e.g., Engagement, experience, user types
– Education: e.g., Gamification in education, serious games, game-based learning, games & math
– Media: e.g., Esports, streaming, social media and gamification, gamification in journalism & media
– Commerce: e.g., Business models, free-to-play, gambling, gamification in marketing/advergaming
– Work: e.g., Organizational gamification, gameful work, gamification in leadership, playbour
– Technology: e.g., Virtual reality, augmented reality, internet of things, wearables, AI, machine learning, privacy, security
– Toys & play: e.g., Toy play, toy design/creation, toys in education, internet of toys, toyfication, roleplay
– Health: e.g., Quantified self, games & gamification for health, COVID-19, mental health
– Culture: e.g., Ludification, history of games and gamification, gamification in society, social structures, storyfication
– Environment/Climate: Bioeconomy, climate-change engagement, circularity, human/forest interactions
– Governance: e.g., democracy, participation, law enforcement, e-justice, cyber forensics, urban planning, smart and playable cities, surveillance
– Design: e.g., Design principles, design methods, designing gamification, gamification artifacts, playful and speculative design
– Theories/concepts/methods: Contributions to science around gamification
– Critical approach to gamification: detrimental effects of gamification or metrification, aspects of poor quality of gamification and gamification research, extrinsic control, panopticon society, de-gamification
– Esports & exergaming: e.g., players/users, health, law, coaching, governance, business models and sponsorship, cultural expression, platforms
 
 

Submission guidelines

All submissions, whether they will be ACM-published or presentation-only, including Research articles, Posters, WIP Papers, and Demonstrations, are required to use the ACM single-column template. Templates are available in both LaTeX (including Overleaf) and Word formats:

 
In LaTeX and Overleaf, please use the following command in the document preamble \documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart}
 
Word limits per submission type apply to all content, including figures, tables, or other elements typically found in an article, and exclude references or appendices.
 
Submissions must be in PDF format and prepared for double-anonymous peer review, with all identifying information removed. Official ACM downloadable templates and instructions are available at: 
 
Accepted ACM-published papers will be published in the ACM International Conference Proceedings Series (ICPS), included in the ACM Digital Library, and indexed in Scopus, DBLP, Web of Science, and EI Compendex.
 

 

Formatting information for each submission category

 

  • 1. Research articles
    • Length: 5000-8000 words (excluding references)
    • Accepted submissions will be published in the ACM proceedings and presented in the assigned paper session.
    • Submission deadline: ACM-published deadline (27.10.25). Research articles are only accepted to be submitted by this deadline. After the ACM-published deadline, papers may be submitted as WIP (see guidelines below). Research articles accepted as presentation-only will be transported to WIP presentation-only acceptances.

  • 2. Work-In-Progress (WIP) papers

    • Length: 1000-3000 words (excluding references)
    • Should describe ongoing research: research plans, preliminary results only, expected contributions
    • To be presented at the WIP paper development session and/or at the poster session
    • Peer-reviewed; accepted submissions will be published if submitted by ACM-published deadline (27.10.25)
    • Submissions made after the ACM-published deadline, if accepted, will be presentation-only

  • 3. Demonstrations

    • Length: 1000-3000 words (excluding references)
    • Should describe digital or physical artifacts, prototypes, or gamification-related solutions
    • Presented as exhibits or posters during demonstration and poster sessions
    • Peer-reviewed; accepted submissions will be published if submitted by ACM-published deadline (27.10.25)
    • Submissions made after the ACM-published deadline, if accepted, will be presentation-only

  • 4. Posters

    • Length: 1000-2000 words (excluding references)
    • Suitable for work that does not fit other categories but aligns with conference themes
    • Presented as posters during the demonstration and poster sessions
    • Peer-reviewed; accepted submissions will be published if submitted by ACM-published deadline (27.10.25)
    • Submissions made after the ACM-published deadline, if accepted, will be presentation-only

  • 5. Doctoral consortium notes (submission deadline January 5, 2026) 

    • A research summary 1000-5000 words (excluding references) covering the topic, goals, research questions, methods, theoretical frameworks, current progress, and preliminary results
    • A curriculum vitae (CV)
    • Accepted submissions will be presented in the doctoral consortium and receive feedback from a panel of senior scholars. Doctoral consortium note submissions will not be published in the ACM proceedings.
 
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