The 3rd International Online Conference on Universe
The 3rd International Online Conference on Universe
Part of the Electronic Conference on Universe series
Event's Timezone: Central European TimeAbstract Submission Deadline
2 December 2025
Abstract Acceptance Notification
5 January 2026
Registration Deadline
1 March 2026
Gravitation, Cosmology, Field Theory, High Energy Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Astrophysics, Astronomy, Planetary and Space Science
The IOCU 2026 is Now Open for Abstract Submission and Registration
Click here to submit your abstracts by 2 December 2025.
Click here to register for the conference by 1 March 2026.
For any inquiries, please contact us at iocu2026@mdpi.com.
Welcome from the Chair
Dear Colleagues,
After the very successful 2021 and 2023 editions, it is my honour to invite you to join the 3rd International Online Conference on Universe (IOCU 2026), to be held from 4 to 6 March 2026, CET, online, which will enable you to share and discuss your most recent findings with the global community of scientists and researchers in these fields.
It is a pleasure to still be able to collaborate electronically via this online venue. This internet conference is designed to allow you to present your research to colleagues and interact as fully as possible with all those involved in it. I also hope that you will meet old friends and make new ones here. There will be many fascinating papers to spark everyone’s interest.
I hope that this conference will bring together major contributions at the forefront of research in the fields of gravitation, cosmology, field theory, high-energy physics, quantum mechanics, astrophysics and astronomy, etc., and I am confident that yours will be among them. IOCU 2026 will make your presentation accessible to hundreds of researchers worldwide, with active engagement of the audience in question-and-answer sessions and discussion groups that will take place online.
Submitted abstracts will be peer-reviewed by the conference committee. After the conference, authors of accepted contributions are welcome to submit a full proceedings paper (4–8 pages), which will be published free of charge in the Physical Sciences Forum. Following the conference, selected contributions will be invited to be submitted for publication in the journal Universe (ISSN: 2218-1997, Impact Factor: 2.5) with a 20% discount on the publication fee.
In recognition of the valuable contributions of the conference's distinguished authors and their exceptional scientific achievements, we are excited to announce that the conference will be presenting four awards, including the Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards. Each winner will receive a certificate and a prize of CHF 300.
We look forward to seeing you at this exciting event!
Best regards,
Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Iorio
Ministero dell’Istruzione e del Merito, Bari, Italy
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Event Chair
Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito.
Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (F.R.A.S.), Bari (BA), Italy. Website
Bio
Lorenzo Iorio is currently qualified at Italian M.U.R. both as an Associate Professor and Full Professor of Astronomy, Astrophysics, Earth and Planetary Physics, and Theoretical Physics of the Fundamental Interactions, respectively. His research activity is currently focused on the field of gravitational physics; in particular, experimental/observational tests of general relativity and modified models of gravity in several astronomical and astrophysical scenarios, and their theoretical interpretation. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the journal Universe. According to the SAO ADS database, his h-index is currently 44. He authored more than 260 peer-reviewed articles and the book "General Post-Newtonian Orbital Effects. From Earth's Satellites to the Galactic Center", published by Cambridge University Press.
Lorenzo Iorio is currently qualified at Italian M.U.R. both as an Associate Professor and Full Professor of Astronomy, Astrophysics, Earth and Planetary Physics, and Theoretical Physics of the Fundamental Interactions, respectively. His research activity is currently focused on the field of gravitational physics; in particular, experimental/observational tests of general relativity and modified models of gravity in several astronomical and astrophysical scenarios, and their theoretical interpretation. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the journal Universe. According to the SAO ADS database, his h-index is currently 44. He authored more than 260 peer-reviewed articles and the book "General Post-Newtonian Orbital Effects. From Earth's Satellites to the Galactic Center", published by Cambridge University Press.
Session Chairs
Prof. Dr. Gerald B. Cleaver
Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics, and Engineering Research (CASPER), Department of Physics, Baylor University, USA
Bio
Gerald B. Cleaver earned his Ph.D. at Caltech in 1993. Research interests include quantum gravity; dark energy and dark matter; and classification/analysis of spacetime curvatures, including wormholes and warped spacetime. He has graduated 16 Ph.D./M.S. students, has written over 120 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings, and has co-authored an elementary particle physics textbook.
Gerald B. Cleaver earned his Ph.D. at Caltech in 1993. Research interests include quantum gravity; dark energy and dark matter; and classification/analysis of spacetime curvatures, including wormholes and warped spacetime. He has graduated 16 Ph.D./M.S. students, has written over 120 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings, and has co-authored an elementary particle physics textbook.
Prof. Máté Csanád
Department of Atomic Physics, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Bio
Máté Csanád studied at the University of Innsbruck (Austria), the Eötvös University (Hungary) and at the Stony Brook University (NY, USA). He spent semesters at CERN and at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, and now is a professor at the Department of Atomic Physics of the Eötvös University. His interests focus on the strongly interacting matter created in high-energy heavy-ion collisons, its femtometer-scale spacetime geometry. He leads the Hungarian participation in experiments at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider in the US, is also a member in CERN experiments.
Máté Csanád studied at the University of Innsbruck (Austria), the Eötvös University (Hungary) and at the Stony Brook University (NY, USA). He spent semesters at CERN and at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, and now is a professor at the Department of Atomic Physics of the Eötvös University. His interests focus on the strongly interacting matter created in high-energy heavy-ion collisons, its femtometer-scale spacetime geometry. He leads the Hungarian participation in experiments at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider in the US, is also a member in CERN experiments.
Event Committee
Physics Institute, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Bio
Marek Tulej currently works at the Physics Institute in the section Planetology and Space Research. He is involved in development of analytical instrumentation for in situ chemical analysis of planetary surfaces and atmospheres. The space projects included, Phobos Sample Return, Luna Resurce and Luna Glob, missions to Mars and Jupiter mission (JUICE). The current research is in focus on an understanding the physical and chemical processes in planetary atmospheres and on the planetary surfaces including definition of the experimental methods which could be used for searches of life on the other planets. Marek Tulej expertise ranges from Analytical Chemistry, Astrochemistry and Astrophysics, Physical Chemistry and Astrobiology. Their current projects are 'Development of laser ablation/ionisation TOF MS for in situ space research.
Marek Tulej currently works at the Physics Institute in the section Planetology and Space Research. He is involved in development of analytical instrumentation for in situ chemical analysis of planetary surfaces and atmospheres. The space projects included, Phobos Sample Return, Luna Resurce and Luna Glob, missions to Mars and Jupiter mission (JUICE). The current research is in focus on an understanding the physical and chemical processes in planetary atmospheres and on the planetary surfaces including definition of the experimental methods which could be used for searches of life on the other planets. Marek Tulej expertise ranges from Analytical Chemistry, Astrochemistry and Astrophysics, Physical Chemistry and Astrobiology. Their current projects are 'Development of laser ablation/ionisation TOF MS for in situ space research.
Registration
The registration for IOCU 2026 will be free of charge! The registration includes attendance at all conference sessions.
Please register using your academic email address, as this helps accelerate the registration process. If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note that the submission and registration are two separate parts. Only scholars who registered can receive a link to access the conference live streaming. The deadline for registration is 1 March 2026.
Only registered authors will be able to apply for the conference awards.
Instructions for Authors
Procedure for Submission
The 3rd International Online Conference on Universe (IOCU 2026) will accept abstracts only. The accepted abstracts will be available online on Sciforum.net during and after the conference.
Important Deadlines
1. Deadline for abstract submission: 2 December 2025.
2. Abstract Acceptance Notification: 5 January 2026. You will be notified of the acceptance of an oral/poster presentation in a separate email.
2. Abstract Acceptance Notification: 5 January 2026. You will be notified of the acceptance of an oral/poster presentation in a separate email.
Abstract Submission
Abstract submissions should be completed online by registering with www.sciforum.net and using the "Submit Abstract" function once logged into the system. No physical template is necessary.
- The structure abstract should include the introduction, methods, results, and conclusions sections of about 200–300 words in length.
- All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
- You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.
- Abstracts submitted to this conference must be original and novel, without prior publication in any journals, or else it will not be accepted to this conference.
Detailed Requirements:
- The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
- Please ensure that all co-author information is thoroughly completed when submitting your abstract to prevent any omissions.
- The requirements for full affiliation include:
(1) Department/School/Faculty/Campus;
(2) University/Company/Institute;
(3) City;
(4) Post/ZIP code or equivalent, where available;
(5) Country.
- Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
Note: We only accept live presentations.
- The structure abstract should include the introduction, methods, results, and conclusions sections of about 200–300 words in length.
- All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
- You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.
- Abstracts submitted to this conference must be original and novel, without prior publication in any journals, or else it will not be accepted to this conference.
Detailed Requirements:
- The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
- Please ensure that all co-author information is thoroughly completed when submitting your abstract to prevent any omissions.
- The requirements for full affiliation include:
(1) Department/School/Faculty/Campus;
(2) University/Company/Institute;
(3) City;
(4) Post/ZIP code or equivalent, where available;
(5) Country.
- Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
Note: We only accept live presentations.
Oral Presentation and Slides Submission
The slot for the oral presentation is 15 minutes. We advise that your presentation lasts for a maximum of 12 minutes, leaving at least 3 minutes for the Q&A session.
Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the abstract. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly on the website using the proprietary slide viewer at Sciforum.net. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results are presented. Slides should be converted to PDF format prior to submission so that they can be converted for online display.
Poster Presentation
- Should include the title, authors, contact details and main research findings, as well as tables, figures and graphs where necessary.
- Size in pixels: 1080 width x 1536 height–portrait orientation.
- Size in cm: 38,1 width x 54,2 height–portrait orientation.
- Font size: ≥16.
- Examples of successful submissions can be viewed here at the following links: (1), (2), (3)
- You can use our free template to create your poster. The poster template can be downloaded here.
- Size in pixels: 1080 width x 1536 height–portrait orientation.
- Size in cm: 38,1 width x 54,2 height–portrait orientation.
- Font size: ≥16.
- Examples of successful submissions can be viewed here at the following links: (1), (2), (3)
- You can use our free template to create your poster. The poster template can be downloaded here.
We will reach out to you closer to the dates of the conference with more information.
Potential Conflicts of Interest
It is the author's responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.
Copyright
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.
Publication Opportunities
1. Universe Journal Publication
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the conference's Special Issue, published in the journal Universe (ISSN: 2218-1997, Impact Factor: 2.5), with a 20% discount on the publication fee. For more information, please visit the website here. Please note, if you have IOAP/association discounts, conference discounts will be combined with IOAP/association discounts. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the conference's Special Issue, published in the journal Universe (ISSN: 2218-1997, Impact Factor: 2.5), with a 20% discount on the publication fee. For more information, please visit the website here. Please note, if you have IOAP/association discounts, conference discounts will be combined with IOAP/association discounts. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
2. Proceeding Paper Publication
All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference report of the 3rd International Online Conference on Universe in the Physical Sciences Forum (ISSN: 2673-9984); if you wish to publish an extended proceeding paper (4–8 pages), please submit it to the same journal after the conference.
Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the IOCU 2026 conference paper in their cover letter. Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.
All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference report of the 3rd International Online Conference on Universe in the Physical Sciences Forum (ISSN: 2673-9984); if you wish to publish an extended proceeding paper (4–8 pages), please submit it to the same journal after the conference.
Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the IOCU 2026 conference paper in their cover letter. Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.
Proceedings submission deadline: 22 April 2026.
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:
Title
Full author names
Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses
Abstract
Keywords
Introduction
Methods
Results and Discussion
Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
Please click HERE to submit your proceeding paper to the Physical Sciences Forum.
The proceeding paper template can be downloaded HERE.
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:
Title
Full author names
Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses
Abstract
Keywords
Introduction
Methods
Results and Discussion
Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
Please click HERE to submit your proceeding paper to the Physical Sciences Forum.
The proceeding paper template can be downloaded HERE.
Event Awards
To acknowledge the support of the conference's esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to announce that the conference will provide 4 awards including Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards.
The Awards
Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards
Number of Awards Available: 4
The Best Oral Presentation Awards are given to the paper judged to make the most significant oral contribution to the conference.
The Best Poster Awards are given to the submission judged to make the most significant and interesting poster for the conference.
The Best Poster Awards are given to the submission judged to make the most significant and interesting poster for the conference.
There will be 4 winners selected for these awards. The winner will receive a certificate and 300 CHF each.
Sponsors and Partners
Organizers
Media Partners
Conference Secretariat
Ms. Suphakorn Suphapolthaworn
Ms. Crystal Jia
Email: iocu2026@mdpi.com
Ms. Crystal Jia
Email: iocu2026@mdpi.com
For inquiries regarding submissions and sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to contact us.
