36th Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems CECIIS 2025

September 17th - 19th 2025, Varaždin, Croatia

Special emphasis - Designing innovation through productive disruptions

Disruption has emerged as an important cornerstone of contemporary scientific research and technological evolution, challenging established paradigms while forging new paths for progress. In a rapidly evolving global landscape, productive disruption is not merely an incidental occurrence but a deliberate strategy—one that compels researchers and practitioners to rethink boundaries, embrace uncertainty, and design innovation systems that thrive on complexity.

CECIIS 2025 aims to gather the brightest minds across disciplines to explore how disruptive phenomena can be systematically understood, modelled, and harnessed to drive innovation. By focusing on the interplay between disruptive forces and the mechanisms that transform these forces into productive outcomes, the conference provides a platform for advancing cutting-edge theories, methodologies, and applications that redefine innovation in science, technology, and society.

Submissions are invited on a broad range of topics that explore the intersections of disruption and innovation. We are particularly interested in scientifically rigorous contributions addressing challenges, opportunities, and methodologies in:

1. The Science of Disruption

• Theoretical foundations of disruptive processes: understanding thresholds, tipping points, and system-level perturbations.
• Complexity theory and nonlinear dynamics in disruption-driven innovation systems.
• Mechanisms for balancing stability and creative chaos within evolving ecosystems.

2. Designing Innovation Systems

• Frameworks for embedding productive disruptions in organizational and technological design.
• Disruption-driven strategies for accelerating discovery in interdisciplinary research.
• Co-evolution of technology and society: predictive models and real-world applications.

3. Emerging Technologies as Disruptive Forces

• Disruptive potential of AI, quantum computing, biotechnology, and renewable energy technologies.
• Case studies on how emerging technologies reshape traditional sectors (e.g., healthcare, transportation, finance).
• Ethical implications and governance challenges of disruptive technologies.

4. Disruptions in Social and Environmental Systems

• Sociocultural responses to disruptions: resistance, adaptation, and transformation.
• Climate change and environmental disruptions as opportunities for sustainable innovation.
• Addressing global inequities through disruption: inclusion and resilience in innovation.

5. Metrics, Measurement, and Decision-Making

• Quantifying the impact of disruptions on innovation trajectories.
• Decision-making under uncertainty: tools, techniques, and computational approaches.
• Evaluating trade-offs between innovation, risk, and sustainability.

6. Educational Paradigms for Disruption

• Redesigning academic curricula to foster a culture of innovation and resilience.
• Disruption in scientific publishing: open science, collaboration, and knowledge democratization.
• Strategies for equipping the next generation with skills to navigate and lead through disruption.

We encourage original, high-quality research contributions that challenge conventional wisdom, propose novel frameworks, or present transformative case studies. Submissions should be grounded in rigorous methodologies and address the theoretical, empirical, or practical implications of designing innovation through productive disruptions. Interdisciplinary approaches are particularly welcome, as are studies that integrate diverse perspectives from science, engineering, social sciences, and the humanities.

Together, we will explore how the deliberate design of productive disruptions can open new frontiers of discovery and pave the way for more resilient, adaptive, and equitable futures.