HMC Conference 2026: Call for Abstracts Open

25.11.2025

The Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration invites contributions for the HMC Conference 2026, taking place 28–30 April 2026 in Heidelberg, Germany. Under the theme “Metadata in Action,” the conference welcomes submissions that demonstrate how metadata creates impact in practice – from infrastructure design to domain-specific applications.

Researchers, data stewards, infrastructure providers, and software developers are encouraged to submit abstracts highlighting how improved metadata practices enhance data quality, interoperability, and research impact.

Presentation Formats

  • Talk (10 + 2 minutes): Share your findings, innovations, or conceptual advances of broad relevance.

  • Poster & Pitch (A0 + 1 min pitch): Present your work in an interactive setting and advertise your poster in the plenary session.

  • Demo Poster & Pitch: Combine your poster with a live demonstration of tools, services, or prototypes showcasing metadata in action.

Conference Tracks

Submissions may address one or more of the following tracks:

  • Software Interoperability for (Meta)data Acquisition

  • From Minimum Requirements to FAIR and AI-Ready Metadata

  • From Harmonization to Action

  • Empowering Research Communities: Turning Metadata into Action

  • Human–Machine Collaboration in (Meta)data Acquisition

  • Semantics in Practice: Domain & Application Ontologies

  • Enriched Metadata for Decision Support Systems

  • Harmonization of Metadata: Closing Semantic Gaps

  • Advancing FAIR Metadata with AI

All accepted abstracts will be peer-reviewed by the Program Committee and published by HMC.

All details can be found here: https://events.geomar.de/event/884/page/88-call-for-abstracts

Submission Deadline: January 23, 2026
Submission Portal: Available via the official conference website: https://events.geomar.de/e/HMC-Conference_2026

Note: On-site participation is required for all presenters.