<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><font size="2">Dear colleagues,<br><br>the SAIL network (SustAInable Life Cycle of Intelligent Socio-Technical Systems), a collaboration of Bielefeld and Paderborn University, and the Universities of Applied Sciences and Arts Bielefeld and OWL, invites submissions to the Closing Conference "New Horizons in Sustainable AI", with keynotes from Mira Mezini (TU Darmstadt), Nicola Strisciuglio (University of Twente), and Katharina Eggensperger (TU Dortmund). <br><br>As part of the conference on 7 May 2026 in Bielefeld, we invite submissions to a Poster Session, particularly from PhD researchers and early career scientists.<br><br>The poster session is designed as an open and interactive forum for discussion and feedback. We welcome contributions that present: completed or intermediate research results, methodological approaches or innovative applications, software tools, systems, or demonstrations, or interdisciplinary work.<br><br>Submissions may relate to the broad research areas of SAIL, including <br></font><ul><li><font size="2">Sustainable and Efficient AI</font></li><li><font size="2">Human-Centered AI</font></li><li><font size="2">Theoretical & Methodological Foundations</font></li><li><font size="2">Foundation Models and LLMs in practice</font></li><li><font size="2">AI for Modelling & Understanding Complex Systems</font></li></ul><font size="2">For further information and the most up-to-date details, please refer to the SAIL Closing Conference website:<br><a href="https://www.sail.nrw/closingconference/" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true" style="color: blue;">https://www.sail.nrw/closingconference/</a> or go directly to <a href="https://indico.global/event/16794/abstracts/" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true" style="color: blue;">https://indico.global/event/16794/abstracts/</a> to submit your abstract. The abstract submission deadline is 15 March 2026 (max. 300 words).<br><br>We would appreciate it if you could forward this invitation to PhD researchers in your groups and networks.</font><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Best wishes</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Barbara Hammer<br></font><div>
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