Call for Papers
6th International Conference on Design, Research and Development
No full paper required
Join with just your abstract
You don't have to finish a full paper by 22 November 2026. Send your abstract and present it at the congress; upload the full paper afterwards, by 15 December 2026, if you wish.
Send your abstract
Last day 22 November 2026
Present it at the congress
26–27 November 2026 · İstanbul
Upload the full paper, if you wish
By 15 December 2026 · for publication in the OPRD proceedings
Key facts
- Abstract deadline (last day)
- Full-paper deadline (optional)
- Congress dates
- · İstanbul
- Upload format (full paper, journal article)
- Word (.docx) — PDF is not accepted
- Abstracts are typed into the form; no file is needed.
Call for Papers
A paper should outlive the room it is presented in. Work sent to RDCONF becomes a permanent record once it clears peer review. There are three publication routes, and the participant type you choose at registration decides which one you enter.
Abstract book — for abstract submissions.
OPRD — full paper, assigned a DOI, indexed in Google Scholar.
EJRND — the European Journal of Research and Development, an internationally indexed journal.
Review is single-blind, with at least two referees on every paper. The registration fee is not a guarantee of publication. A paper that does not pass peer review is not published.
Registration categories cover academics and students as well as company employees and firms attending with a stand.
Submit early. Review does not wait for the deadline: papers go to referees as they arrive and decisions come back in the same order. The deadline sits late in the year to fit the working calendar of R&D centres — authors who submit early get their decision earlier and leave themselves room to revise.
Format and Timeline
Original work, not published elsewhere
Abstracts in English only; full papers in Turkish or English; journal articles (EJRND) in English
Full paper of 6–12 pages, similarity below 25 percent
Submission only through the Orclever system
Upload format is Word (.docx) — the system does not accept PDF, because an accepted paper goes to typesetting and has to remain editable. Templates are below.
Abstracts are due 22 November 2026: join with your abstract and present it at the congress. The full paper is optional — upload it by 15 December 2026 if you wish. The programme is announced on 24 November 2026, and the congress takes place in Istanbul on 26–27 November 2026. On the journal route, articles are due 31 December 2026 for the 2026 issue and 31 January 2027 for the 2027 issue; both routes require an abstract submission as well.
An accepted paper must be presented orally at the congress in order to be published. Work that is not presented does not reach publication.
Paper Templates
The Word templates for all three routes, with the format rules, are on the Paper Format page. An abstract needs no Word file: it is typed into the form on the submission page.