[Conference] Voynich 2026 Conference

[LisaFaginDavis]

The Voynich Research Group (sponsored by the Univ. of Malta and responsible for the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.) has announced You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., a conference scheduled to take place online on Dec. 9, 2026. More information and Call for Papers here:
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Organisers: 

Chair: Dr Colin Layfield (Senior Lecturer, University of Malta)

Co-Chair: Prof. John Abela (Associate Professor, University of Malta)

Programme Committee:

Prof. Claire Bowern (Professor, Yale University)

Mr Mike Rosner (Senior Lecturer Emeritus, University of Malta)

Prof. Lonneke Van Der Plas (Professor at USI Università della Svizzera italiana)

Dr René Zandbergen (Navigation Engineer, retired from European Space Agency)

[N._N.]

Thanks for pointing this out, great to see another academic conference on the manuscript, and particularly the AI rules:

• The use of generative AI to write any part of an article’s text or notes or to generate ideas is strictly prohibited
  
• AI cannot be considered an author of submitted works, as AI tools cannot take ethical or legal responsibility for their output or enter into legal agreements 
  
• If prohibited AI use is discovered, even after an article has been accepted, the article will not be published and the offence will be treated as plagiarism
  
• Authors must fully disclose and cite their use of any content created by AI tools in their manuscripts at the time of submission. This includes data, images, figures, or any other type of content 
  
• Authors must accept full responsibility for accuracy, originality, and citation of content created using generative AI systems, including factual and citation accuracy Software that assists with grammar, spelling, or translation of your own words is not considered generative AI and doesn’t require disclosure
  

This is really a breath of fresh air at a time when even national funding bodies start to encourage/accept the use of generative AI. I would like to see similar guidelines for pretty much any academic environment. However, good luck with detecting AI and enforcing these rules to the organizers, this seems the hard part (beyond the obvious cases). 
On another note, it seems to me that there is a formatting error in the last paragraph, I assume the sentence starting with 'Software' should be a new bullet point. Since the use of translation software might be a very relevant element for non-native speakers of English, this aspect should maybe be highlighted more.

[Koen G]

Excellent news! (And certainly announced well on time... now we have to be patient for a whole year!)

[Alberto]

The Voynich Research Group (sponsored by the Univ. of Malta and responsible for the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.) has announced You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., a conference scheduled to take place online on Dec. 9, 2026. More information and Call for Papers here:
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Organisers: 

Chair: Dr Colin Layfield (Senior Lecturer, University of Malta)

Co-Chair: Prof. John Abela (Associate Professor, University of Malta)

Programme Committee:

Prof. Claire Bowern (Professor, Yale University)

Mr Mike Rosner (Senior Lecturer Emeritus, University of Malta)

Prof. Lonneke Van Der Plas (Professor at USI Università della Svizzera italiana)

Dr René Zandbergen (Navigation Engineer, retired from European Space Agency)

Thanks!!!!!! 

[Dr. C Layfield]

Deadline is fast approaching!  Submit your 750 word abstract!

Do you have some responsible, reliable & verifiable Voynich research you'd like to share?

Submit an abstract to the Voynich 2026 Conference!  This is a follow-up to the successful 2022 iteration!

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[Koen G]

Just a few days left: Abstract/Summary Deadline - June 30, 2026 (11:59 Central European Summer Time)

[Jorge_Stolfi]

Just a few days left: Abstract/Summary Deadline - June 30, 2026 (11:59 Central European Summer Time)

Note in the call-for-papers that they will not accept solutions...

All the best, I guess --stolfi

[oshfdk]

Note in the call-for-papers that they will not accept solutions...

Strictly speaking it says "solutions" (quote-unquote). But I think this is the right call. If there is a good verifiable evidence-based approach that leads to a solution, one can always present it, I guess.

[Koen G]

Let's keep this thread for news about the conference, so people can quickly find it here. The abstracts are currently being reviewed.

The other posts have been split, so for the broader discussion, see here: 
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