TutorialsVARIABILITY 2026

VARIABILITY 2026 - Call for Tutorial Proposals

Tutorials provide a valuable opportunity for conference participants to expand their knowledge and skills in all aspects of software and systems variability management, reuse, software configuration, and customization.

Tutorials may focus on introductory topics, such as introducing a variability management or reuse approach into an organisation, or on advanced topics that fit the conference’s scope, such as tools, emergent approaches, methods, and best practices.

We also welcome tutorials focusing on cross-disciplinary topics such as applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning, software ecosystems, domain-specific languages, model-driven engineering, self-adaptive systems, systems of systems, and cyber-physical systems. However, for these topics, make sure to clearly explain the relation to software and systems variability management, reuse, configuration or customization. We particularly encourage tutorials with a practical (tool) aspect to make the presentations more engaging. Authors from previous editions of SPLC, VAMOS, and ICSR are invited to propose tutorials that explain practically how to use their approach. Tutorials that illustrate the combined use of several existing languages/tools/methods to expand each approach’s applicability are also welcome.

Tutorials will be held on Monday September 29th, the first day of the conference, in full-day or half-day sessions.

Submission/Publishing

A tutorial proposal consists of two pages describing the topic, the plan for conducting the tutorial, and the backgrounds of the presenters and the tutorial:

• Topic: This section should include the title, goals, and intended audience of the tutorial (practical vs academic; beginner vs advanced). The topic should be described in detail, emphasising its importance and timeliness.
• Plan: This section should include: a preliminary schedule of events including estimated times and length of the tutorial (half-day/full-day); a detailed description of what the tutorial will cover; a justification of the tutorial for VARIABILITY 2026; an explanation of how the tutorial will be conducted (lecture, hands-on training or any combination of them); and a link to sample material or notes, especially if the topic is being proposed for the first time.
• Presenters’ Background: This section should include relevant biographical information and summaries of the presenters’ technical presentation and tutorial experience.
• Tutorial Background: This section should include a description of where and when the tutorial has been offered previously and any evaluations that were done.

The page limit for tutorial proposals is 2 pages (including references).
Submissions should be in the Springer format (please see the information about the format in the call for the research track). All submissions must be in English, in PDF format, and neither contain proprietary or confidential material.
Submissions will be reviewed by the tutorial chairs and assisted by the other VARIABILITY track chairs in case of conflicts.

All people giving an accepted tutorial must register and attend VARIABILITY 2026.

A one-page description of all accepted tutorials will be published in the VARIABILITY 2026 conference proceedings. Proceedings of VARIABILITY 2026 will be published in Springer LNCS.

Submission link

Submissions must be sent using EasyChair: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=variability2026 (Tutorial Track).

Important Dates

Tutorial submission: June 15th, 2026 (23h59, AoE)
Notification: July 6th, 2026 (23h59, AoE)
Final version of the 1-page description for the proceedings: July 15th, 2026 (23h59, AoE)
Tutorials: September 29/30, 2026