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.

RE’25 will host the following workshops:

Workshops	Workshop Websites
RE4Web3: Requirements Engineering for Web3 systems	LINK
MoDRE:The 15th International Model-Driven Requirements Engineering workshop	LINK
REACH-AI: The 1st International Workshop on Requirements Engineering for Accountable and Conscious Human-centered AI	LINK
EnviRE: The 5th International Workshop on Environment-Driven Requirements Engineering	LINK
CrowdRE: The 9th International Workshop on Crowd-Based Requirements Engineering	LINK
RETRAI: Requirement Engineering for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence workshop	LINK
AIRE: The 12th International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Requirements Engineering	LINK
ESPRE: The 12th International Workshop on Evolving Security and Privacy Requirements Engineering	LINK
REWBAH: The 6th International Workshop on Requirements Engineering for Well-Being, Aging, and Health	LINK

Summary of Workshops

RE4Web3

will take place on 1st September (monday)

RE4Web3 workshop dives into the crucial interplay between Requirements Engineering (RE) and the emerging Web3 technologies. This one-day workshop addresses the unique challenges developers, researchers, and industry leaders face in creating decentralized systems powered by blockchain, smart contracts, tokenization, and trustless architectures. By bridging traditional RE and system engineering approaches with the dynamic nature of Web3, RE4Web3 fosters a collaborative environment for sharing new insights, frameworks, and case studies. Participants will explore cutting-edge research on decentralized governance compliance, privacy, security requirements, and innovative token-driven solutions. Through interactive talks, panel discussions, and breakout sessions, the workshop seeks to set the foundation for robust, adaptable practices that can guide the sustainable growth of Web3 applications. Whether you’re a seasoned practitioner, forward-looking academic, or curious developer, join us at RE4Web3 to help shape the future of decentralized software engineering.

MODRE

will take place on 2nd September (Tuesday)

The 15th International Model-Driven Requirements Engineering (MoDRE) workshop continues to provide a forum to discuss the challenges of Model-Driven Development (MDD) for Requirements Engineering (RE). Building on the interest of MDD for design and implementation, RE may benefit from MDD techniques when properly balancing flexibility for capturing varied user needs with formal rigidity required for model transformations as well as high-level abstraction with information richness. MoDRE seeks to explore those areas of RE that have not yet been formalized sufficiently to be incorporated into an MDD environment as well as how RE models can benefit from emerging topics in the model-driven community, such as flexible, collaborative, and AIenabled modeling. In accordance with this year’s RE conference theme, we would like to focus on the innovation of RE with different fields such as AI, DevOps and agile practices through model-based techniques. We look forward to identifying new challenges for MoDRE, discussing ongoing work and potential solutions, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of MDD approaches for RE, fostering stimulating discussions on the topic, and providing opportunities to apply MDD approaches for RE.

REACH-AI

will take place on 1st September (Monday)

The goal of the First International Workshop on Requirements Engineering for Accountable and Conscious Human-centered AI (REACH-AI’25) is to create a platform for an interdisciplinary discourse of researchers and practitioners on the potential impacts of AI on society, focusing on human values. REACHAI’ 25 will target relevant key topics, including identifying and addressing ethical considerations during the requirement development phases and ensuring that the developed AI system aligns with societal and environmental values, legal norms and regulations. This involves providing transparency, fairness, and accountability of the solutions, and overcoming concerns related to, e.g., biases in AI models, data privacy and security, and explainability of AI decisions, along with robust mechanisms for auditing and monitoring systems’ post-deployment to address unintended consequences or evolving risks.

This workshop seeks to ignite a research-oriented conversation around the above-mentioned topics, with an emphasis on approaches for requirements elicitation, analysis, specification, and evolution for ensuring accountable and conscious human-centered AI. Specifically, the discussions will focus on establishing frameworks to align AI capabilities with stakeholder values, analyzing trade-offs between performance, explainability, and ethical constraints, and exploring the role of interdisciplinary collaboration in effectively managing and mitigating AI risks. Participants will gain actionable insights on embedding responsible AI principles into the lifecycle of AI systems, fostering innovation and user trust and understanding critical skills and competencies required for practice.

EnviRE

will take place on 1st September (Monday)

The EnviRE 2025 workshop, titled “Environment-Driven Requirements Engineering,” aims to bring together researchers and practitioners to explore the relevance and future-proofing of Jackson’s foundational “E, S ⊢ R” theory in the context of modern AI and large-scale language models. The workshop will feature keynote speeches, paper presentations, and working sessions focused on prompting large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT to generate requirements engineering artifacts. The workshop seeks to foster discussions on how environment modeling can enhance requirements engineering in dynamic, open-world systems.

CrowdRE

will take place on 2nd September (Tuesday)

Traditional requirements engineering (RE) techniques have difficulties scaling up to settings with thousands up to millions of users of a (software) product. Now that these users can easily interact among themselves and with the development company, they form a large and heterogeneous group that can be denoted as a ‘crowd’. Researchers have identified several issues with applying RE in the new crowd paradigm. Methods and tools are being investigated, but we see the need for more tailored and holistic approaches, focusing on Crowd-Based Requirements Engineering. The International Workshop on Crowd-Based Requirements Engineering (CrowdRE) aims to attract papers with novel and innovative ideas on involving the crowd and collecting, harmonizing, analyzing, and interpreting their user feedback. In this regard, CrowdRE intends to facilitate interactive discussions between scientists and representatives of industry in order to analyze the state of the art and to inspire each other in ways to move forward together.

RETRAI

will take place on 1st September (Monday)

AI-based systems are becoming ubiquitous in our society, with applications in areas such as transportation, healthcare, environment, education, and beyond. These systems are increasingly integrated into societal infrastructures, performing daily tasks alongside humans and influencing critical decision-making processes. However, unlike human actions, which are governed by comprehensive legislation and enforcement procedures, AI-based systems are often built and deployed without clearly specifying the requirements necessary to ensure their safe, responsible, and trustworthy operation. Without well-defined requirements, it becomes difficult to assess whether such systems meet expectations for accountability, fairness, and ethical behavior. The complexity of this task is compounded by the need for multidisciplinary expertise, encompassing legal, ethical, and domain-specific knowledge.

Recognizing these challenges, the social science, requirements engineering, software engineering, and machine learning communities have made efforts to tackle them individually. RETRAI aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from these diverse fields to collaboratively establish a foundation for requirements engineering (RE) techniques specifically tailored for trustworthy AI-based systems. By fostering collaboration among multidisciplinary experts, this workshop will provide a platform to collect, refine, and share requirements that can be reused, extended, or adapted for future systems.

AIRE

will take place on 2nd September (Tuesday)

Artificial intelligence (AI) has shown great potential to address the multitude of complex challenges related to requirements engineering (RE). Techniques from natural language processing, information retrieval, and machine learning have deepened our understanding of the intricacies of RE on a theoretical level and enabled the development of powerful tools to support practitioners in their RE-related tasks. Especially the wake of generative AI via large-language models (LLMs) has shown great potential to address the inherent complexity of dealing with requirements artifacts that are often specified in natural language. The AIRE workshop provides a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in the intersection of AI and RE. We appreciate studies in both directions, i.e., leveraging AI to support RE is equally interesting as applying RE to develop new AIs. Both researchers and practitioners are invited to participate in this exchange, as we aim to connect practically relevant challenges reported by industry with novel and promising solutions developed in research.

ESPRE

will take place on 1st September (Monday)

When specifying a system, security and privacy need to be addressed as early as possible, yet stakeholders find doing so difficult in the face of conflicting priorities. When these concerns are addressed, we discover how intrinsically difficult specifying usable security and privacy can be towards meeting business and developmental needs, and the subsequent blurred distinction between requirements and security and privacy concepts.

The theme of this year of Evolving Security and Privacy Requirements Engineering (ESPRE) workshop will be Large Language Models (LLMs) and their applications. In the last few years, Large Language Models (LLMs) have redefined many paradigms. The potential of LLMs lies in their abilities to manipulate text and knowledge, with the concrete chance to impact in many aspects of requirement engineering heavily. This is especially true for security and privacy requirements, where LLMs will greatly improve aspects such as correctness or coverage. On the other side of the coin, LLMs must comply with and fulfill security and privacy requirements, too, yet the shape of these requirements and their enforcement have only marginally been explored.

The ESPRE workshop provides a multi-disciplinary one-day workshop, bringing together practitioners and researchers from across the world interested in evolving security and privacy requirements engineering practice.

The workshop will include an invited keynote talk, paper presentations and discussions, and a facilitated roadmap discussion session towards future Security and Privacy Requirements Engineering activities.

REWBAH

will take place on 2nd September (Tuesday)

The Sixth International Workshop on REWBAH fosters discussion related to requirements engineering resulting from the need to build software systems that not only support healthcare but also promote well-being, encourage patients and the population in general to live according to healthy lifestyle recommendations, and address the specific needs of an aging population.

This multidisciplinary workshop will bring together practitioners and researchers from relevant disciplines. Among other objectives, REWBAH aims to i) develop RE approaches that support multiple perspectives of positively contributing to well-being, aging, and health under strict compliance and ethics scrutiny; ii) develop methods for defining and monitoring requirements of systems and services that promote well-being or health; iii) explore the requirements engineering implications of emerging technologies used for innovating in the health sector, and iv) identify open research and industry challenges, as well as validation objectives for proposed solutions.