The International Society for Artificial Life (ISAL) is seeking proposals to host the Conference on Artificial Life in 2028 and 2029. We will select two teams, one to organize ALIFE 2028 and one for ALIFE 2029. Proposals for both years are being solicited at once to allow maximum flexibility.
ALIFE conferences are expected to have a hybrid virtual/in-person format. Recent and future conference organizers are invited to join monthly ISAL Board of Directors meetings to make the transition from year to year as smooth as possible, meaning organizers don’t have to completely reimplement conference infrastructure each year. This includes ISAL’s standing review committee which will support the whole submission review process.
There are no firm geographic constraints on where the conference will be based, although effort will be made to ensure that the conference moves to different regions of the world each year.
Interested parties should inform the ISAL Secretary ([email protected]) of their intent by October 31, 2025. Full proposals will then be due at the end of December.
Proposals are intended to be brief and to be used as a starting point for further discussions with the ISAL board. A typical proposal will be 2-4 pages and include a high-level description of each of the following items:
- WHO: Key members of the organizing committee
- WHAT: The main conference theme
- WHERE: Conference location (and likely facilities available at the target conference venue)
- WHEN: Approximate conference dates and duration (and preference for year, 2028 or 2029)
- WHY: Any other considerations (such as special events, co-located conferences, external funding to be solicited, creative programme ideas or local attractions)
Feel free to reach out to [email protected], to Olaf Witkowski, or directly to anyone else on the ISAL board with questions.