Participation

DFRWS EU invites contributions in the categories listed below and follow the submission guidelines:

FULL RESEARCH PAPERS that align with the topics of interest undergo double-blinded peer review, and publish in the proceedings. Articles can be published as a special issue of the Journal of Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation (by Elsevier).

PRESENTATIONS / DEMOS require a brief proposal (~500 words; not a paper) and undergo a light review process. Accepted proposals will be given a presentation slot (~15min) during the conference.

POSTERS allow for the presentation of current research efforts and the discussion of preliminary results with the digital forensics community during the conference. The posters are not included in the conference proceedings and will not be subject to a formal peer-review process.

The poster layout is up to the authors to decide but they must be:

• Size A1 portrait (594 x 841 mm)
• Readable both printed and on-screen (i.e., high-resolution, minimum 300dpi)
• Of interest to the digital forensic community
• Not be a sales pitch or advertisement

Further information:

• Posters should be submitted in pdf format via EasyChair to go through an audit/approval process. Submission can happen at any time up to Monday 03 March 2025. The approval process typically takes a couple of days.
• Once approved, minor changes to the poster contents are accepted without a new audit, such as improving the quality of illustrations, correcting spelling or other errors, etc.
• The poster session will be held on Wednesday 2 April and Thursday 3 April 2025.
• One of the authors must register and attend the conference to stand by their poster and present it at the Poster Session Lightning Talk (i.e., 1 slide / 2 minutes to introduce yourself and the topic of the poster to the whole audience before the poster session starts).
• The final version of the poster should be submitted to a location to be communicated directly to authors once approved; the deadline for submission of the final version is Monday 17 March 2025 to allow local printing organised by the conference. If this deadline is not observed, the authors will be responsible to take care of printing themselves.

WORKSHOPS can be 2 to 4 hours (please indicate) and ideally include hands-on participation by attendees, allowing for an in-depth, detailed exploration of tools and techniques of interest to DFRWS attendees. Workshops that result from research earlier presented at DFRWS or those involving specialised hardware are especially welcome. DFRWS will provide one free conference registration for each workshop accepted.

Submission Information

All contributions must be submitted through the EasyChair site at https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=dfrwseu2025. Submissions must be in PDF format and follow the submission criteria and guidelines stated to be within the scope of the conference. Organisers may reject work that does not follow the listed criteria.

Contact Information

For questions related to paper submissions, please email: stefan.axelsson <at> dsv <dot> su <dot> se

For questions about presentation submissions, please email: harm <at> dfrws <dot> org

For questions about workshop proposals, please email: chris <at> dfrws <dot> org

For questions related to demo submissions, please email: pavel.gladyshev <at> dfrws <dot> org

For questions related to presenting a poster, please email: ricardo <at> dfrws <dot> org

For questions related to registrations, please email: eu-registration <at> dfrws <dot> org

For any other questions related to the organisation of DFRWS EU 2025, please email: eu <at> dfrws <dot> org