RE’25 workshops offer a platform for group discussions on various topics in requirements engineering (RE) research and practice. The workshops facilitate the exchange and discussion of scientific and engineering ideas at an early stage, allowing researchers and practitioners to refine their concepts before they are ready for conference or journal publication.

Call for Workshops

Please read the submission instructions carefully, as they have been updated from past years.

We invite proposals for workshops to be held with the 33rd IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE’25). As the premier forum for presenting and discussing RE research and practice, RE’25 workshops offer a unique opportunity for participants to exchange innovative ideas in all areas related to RE, including but not limited to requirements elicitation, analysis, prioritization, documentation, validation, evolution, maintenance, and management.

We welcome a variety of workshop formats, from traditional paper presentations and discussions to highly interactive and participatory sessions without formal paper presentations. Proposers are encouraged to align their topics with the research themes of RE’25, i.e., “Future-proofing Requirements Engineering” – innovating RE by embracing AI, DevOps, sustainability, security, personalization, and agile practices. We particularly seek workshop proposals that address controversial viewpoints, emerging technology drivers, or transformative ideas that challenge basic assumptions about RE. Example topics include human-centered requirements, agile RE, sustainable RE, and prompt engineering.

Workshops at RE’25 can lead to exciting follow-up research, empirical investigations, or improvement to industry practice. They can be scheduled as half-day or full-day and will take place on the first two days of the conference. The ideal number of organizers for a workshop is three, and we strongly recommend not more than four organizers. Please note that organizers are not permitted to submit their own papers, unless a sound reviewing policy is established beforehand. The policy must be made explicit in the workshop proposal. Regardless of the policy, the organizers are requested to minimize these cases.

In the proceedings, the workshop organizers will have a preface of 2 pages.

Submission of Proposals.

Workshop proposals must not exceed four pages and must be submitted as one PDF using the IEEE conference template. Please find here more information on the templates.

Submit your workshop proposal here: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=re25.

Make sure you select the option “Workshops”.

Proposals should contain the following sections:

• Header: Workshop title and acronym, contact information for the workshop organizers (name, affiliation, email) and the main contact and a brief explanation of the role of each organization member.

• Workshop Motivation and Objectives: explain the motivation and objectives of the workshop and related topics, describe the anticipated outcomes of the workshop (e.g., open research problems to pursue, empirical studies, etc.). If your workshop is accepted, this description will be used for early publicity.

• Target Audience: specify the background required for workshop attendees. Indicate whether there will be a mix of industry and academic participants. Provide the expected number of participants (minimum and maximum). State whether the workshop is open to the public or by invitation only.

• Workshop Format: indicate whether the workshop will be a half-day or full-day event. Describe the workshop format (e.g., paper presentations, keynotes, breakout sessions, panel discussions, a combination, etc.). Outline plans for facilitating discussions between participants.

• Paper solicitation and selection: explain how submissions and participation will be encouraged. Describe the paper selection process. Indicate the number of program committee members and list their names if they have been tentatively invited.

• Proceedings: specify the number and type of papers to be solicited (e.g., extended abstracts, position papers, research papers, etc.). List the accepted submission topics. Describe the evaluation process for accepted papers. Note: We plan to publish the workshop proceedings in the IEEE Digital Library as a separate volume of the conference proceedings. If you wish to use a different publishing plan, describe how you intend to disseminate the workshop proceedings. Mention the team member from the organization team, who will be responsible for handling the proceedings.

• Workshop History: if the workshop has been offered before, provide a history of the venues, dates, approximate attendance numbers, and a link to the website (if still available). Explain any distinguishing points of the proposed workshop compared to its previous edition (in case this is not the first edition of the workshop). It is not strictly needed to have strong distinguishing points, especially if the previous editions were successful.

• Required services: Specify any special services needed (e.g., student volunteer).

• Handling of Conflicts of Interests (CoIs): Describe how CoIs will be handled between authors and the PC, and describe the policy to handle submissions from the organizers, e.g., the maximum number of papers from the organizers, prevention of CoIs. We strongly recommend minimizing these cases.

• Organizers’ Bios: Provide a brief 2-3 sentence biography for each workshop organizer, highlighting their qualifications and experience in organizing scientific events and workshops. Proposals must be submitted via the EasyChair submission page EasyChair submission page (make sure you select “Workshops” among the options)

Workshop Proposal Evaluation Criteria

All workshop proposals will be reviewed by three members of the Workshop Program Committee. Acceptance will be based on the following criteria:

• Potential to Advance RE: Evaluation of the workshop’s potential to advance the state of RE research and/or practice.
• Relevance: Alignment with RE and the topics targeted for RE’24.
• Participant Attraction: Potential for attracting enough participants.
• Organizers’ Capability: Organizers’ ability to lead a successful workshop.

Workshop Organizer Responsibilities:

• If a workshop proposal is accepted, workshop organizers are responsible for the following:
• Creating a website for the workshop and a call for papers (CfP).
• Making the contact information of the organizing team explicit on the workshop website.
• Publicizing the workshop.
• Establishing a Program Committee with diverse membership.
• Soliciting, collecting, and evaluating paper submissions.
• Ensuring a transparent and fair paper selection process, including proper handling of conflicts of interest.
• Notifying authors of acceptance or rejection.
• Creating the workshop program.
• Responding to requests from the RE’25 Workshop Co-Chairs in a timely manner.

For accepted workshops, the following conditions apply:

• All accepted workshops must comply with the key dates.
• All workshop participants, including organizers and keynote speakers or invited speakers, must register for the workshop.
• RE’25 reserves the right to cancel workshops that fail to attract a reasonable number of submissions, lack a detailed workshop program, or have insufficient registrations after the early registration deadline.

Key Dates

• Workshop proposals due: January 20, 2025.

• Notification of workshop submitters: February 17, 2025.

• Workshop summary (for website) sent to Workshop Co-chairs: March 3, 2025.

• Workshop web pages up: March 3, 2025.

• Workshop CfP ready: March 17, 2025.

• Workshop paper abstracts due (optional): June 2, 2025.

• Workshop papers due: June 09, 2025.

• Workshop paper notification: July 7, 2025.

• Workshop Papers info to workshop chairs & web chairs: July 10, 2025.

• Workshop preface / extended keynote abstract camera-ready: July 21, 2025.

• Workshop paper camera-ready: July 21, 2025 [Hard deadline]

• Workshop dates: TBD

All deadlines are 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (Standard Time)

Workshops Co-chairs: Sallam Abualhaija (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) – sallam.abualhaija@uni.lu and Chetan Arora (Monash University, Australia) – chetan.arora@monash.edu

Got an innovative idea for an RE workshop? Get in touch with Sallam and Chetan!

The format of your paper must strictly adhere to the IEEEtran Proceedings Format. LaTeX users: please use the LaTeX class file IEEEtran v1.8 and the following configuration (without option ‘compsoc’ or ‘compsocconf’): \documentclass[conference]{IEEEtran}

Word users: please use this Word template. See the official IEEE Templates page for more information.

Please make sure that your submission:

• does not exceed the respective page limit specified in the track call
• is in PDF format,
• is in letter page size,
• does not have page numbers,
• has all fonts embedded in the PDF file,
• uses only scalable font types (like Type 1, TrueType) — bit-mapped font types (like Type 3) are not acceptable,
• has all figures embedded in vector graphics (if not possible, use a high-resolution bitmap format of at least 300 dpi; do not use JPG, but a lossless format like PNG or GIF),
• has all text in figures and tables large enough and readable when printed,
• has a caption for every figure or table,
• has the title and all headings properly capitalized
• has no orphans and widows (cf. Section Help), and
• does not use footnote references in the abstract.