ArcheoFOSS
ArcheoFOSS 2026 Call for panels

In brief

  • ArcheoFOSS 2026 will be held at Department of History and Cultures University of Bologna - 30th November - 01 December 2026
  • Panel proposals are now being accepted
  • Panel proposals must be submitted before June 30th, 2026 at callforpaper@archeofoss.org
  • Panel proposals will undergo an open, not anonymous, peer-review evaluation process.
  • Languages admitted are Italian and English.

The 20th edition of ArcheoFOSS will be hosted at Department of History and Cultures University of Bologna.

This edition will be based on panel sessions that provide an opportunity for expert panel members to present their views and share their experience on a specific topic and then engage in a discussion with the audience.

We are welcoming original proposals from both community members and external scholars or professionals willing to discuss research questions and experience and stimulate further discussion of specific topics.

As well-known, the ArcheoFOSS conference is traditionally focused on the dissemination of archaeological projects following the Open Science paradigm: Free Libre and Open Source methodology both for investigation and dissemination. Topics include only Free Libre and Open Source Software and Hardware in Archaeology. Panelists, therefore, should clearly state how their proposal meets one or more of the following topics:

  • Use and reuse of open software in Archaeology
  • Methods and Theory
  • Ontologies
  • FLOSS for Landscape Archaeology
  • FLOSS for archaeological excavation
  • AI
  • Public archaeology and digital communication
  • CRM
  • Data ethics and sustainability

A typical panel session starts with a brief introduction by the panel chair, followed by the presentations of three or more panelists. Panels with at least 3 interventions should be considered prioritized.

Proposals for panels can be submitted by one or more researchers. Each complete proposal must include:

  • A title describing the contents
  • A brief description of the proposed specific research topic (max. 2.000 characters, spaces included), containing the state-of-art, at least one research question on which papers will be called and possibly a recent bibliography.
  • One illustrative image, landscape orientation, with a minimal width of 2000px.
  • Full name(s), affiliation(s) and email addresses

Proposals for panels must fully comply with the ArcheoFOSS mission, regarding free and open source software or hardware, open processes, open data, open science in the archaeological or more generally in the heritage domain.

Proposals must be submitted via email, at callforpaper@archeofoss.org before June 30th, 2026, and must be licensed as CC-BY.

A maximum of 10 panels will be accepted.