Regular paper submissions
No longer than 12 pages, excluding appendices.
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FOR-BPM 2026
Workshop on Forgotten, Overlooked, and Rejected Topics in Business Process Management
FOR-BPM 2026 is the first international workshop held in conjunction with BPM 2026 in Toronto, Canada, focusing on forgotten, overlooked, and rejected topics in Business Process Management. It provides a platform for negative results, neglected ideas, practitioner insights, and speculative research that have been excluded from mainstream discourse, aiming to foster constructive reflection on research norms and revive valuable but ignored contributions.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Full paper
June 13, 2026
AoE
Workshop timeline
Submission and decisions
Full paperKey deadline
June 13, 2026 · AoE
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Short paper submissions
Up to 8 pages, excluding appendices.
Research areas in scope
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Types of Contributions
Negative or null resultsForgotten topicsPractitioner perspectivesVision papers
Policies worth checking twice
- Submissions must follow the LNBIP format.
- Papers must be submitted through OpenReview.
- Authors are encouraged to include an optional brief history of the idea (prior submissions, reviews, reception) in the paper or appendix.
- The review process is open and anonymous: all reviews are public but reviewers remain anonymous.
- Reviews focus on insightfulness, discussion potential, and relevance to the workshop theme, not solely on novelty or impact.
- Submissions are not required to be fully validated but must offer clear and thought-provoking perspectives.
- The review process may include a discussion phase where authors respond to reviews and reviewers ask clarifying questions.
- Reviews of accepted papers will be made public.
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026