NeoTerm 2026 is the second International Workshop on Terminological Neologism Management, organized by the ENEOLI COST Action. The first edition (Neoterm 2025) was held in Thessaloniki (Greece) as a co-located event with MDTT 2025.

This year, NeoTerm goes north and will be organized by the University of Bergen, Norway, on 3 September 2026.

The 2nd NeoTerm workshop will be co-located with the Nordic/European event aimed at initiating joint Nordic–European collaboration on “Språkleg berekraft og beredskap / Linguistic sustainability and preparedness” in collaboration with Nordterm/EAFT (4th September 2026). This will be an occasion to celebrate 30 years of the European Association for Terminology (EAFT) and 50 years Nordterm.

The workshop will be an on-site event. The official venue of the workshop and the conference is Scandic Ørnen.

ORGANISING AND SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Organising Committee:

• Anje Müller Gjesdal, Østfold University College, Norway
• Marita Kristiansen, University of Bergen, Norway
• Rossella Resi, Universität Innsbruck, Austria
• Giovanni Luca Tallarico, Università di Verona, Italy
• Federica Vezzani, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy

Scientific Committee:

• Rute Costa, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
• Giorgio Maria Di Nunzio, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italia
• Judit Freixa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
• Anje Müller Gjesdal, Østfold University College, Norway
• Kris Heylen, Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal, Netherlands
• Marita Kristiansen, Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
• Ana Ostroški Anić, Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics, Croatia
• Rossella Resi, Universität Innsbruck, Austria
• Ana Salgado, University of Porto, Portugal
• Samia Touleb, Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
• Ole Kristian Våge, University of Bergen
• Federica Vezzani, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
• Lise Lotte Weilgaard Christensen, University of Southern Denmark
  

  TOPICS

Trust in science and authorities is under pressure, and it is becoming increasingly important to be able to communicate expert knowledge to a broad and diverse audience. NeoTerm 2026 aims to address the role neology studies may play to promote democracy, trust and preparedness in global challenging areas such as climate change, geopolitics, sustainability and global health issues.

Within this context, contributions are welcomed on the following aspects:

• How to identify and categorize emergent concepts and/or newly coined terms in various specialised corpora.
• (Semi-)automatic extraction techniques for neologisms: Investigate methodologies and tools designed to identify and extract new terms from various texts, such as new texts, academic publications, public reports and technical documents.
• Integration of neologisms into termbases: Discuss strategies for efficient workflows for incorporating newly coined terms into established terminology databases.
• Use of Linked Open Data (LLOD) and ISO Standards: Explore the role of Linked Open Data and relevant ISO standards as frameworks for representing neologisms in diverse terminology resources.
• Application of artificial intelligence (AI) and Small & Large Language Models (LLMs): Examine how AI and LLMs may enhance the processes of extracting, validating, and managing neologisms across specialised domains. This includes the potential for these technologies to improve accuracy and efficiency in terminology management.
• Application of artificial intelligence (AI) and small language models (SLMs): Examine whether the application of SLMs on domain-specific data may provide more fine-tuned extraction, validation and management of neologisms in single languages or specialised domains.
• Conceptual foundations in neology: This topic aims to explore the theoretical foundations of neology, focusing on how metaterminology related to neology is defined, contextualised, and understood within frameworks such as terminological resources and standards.

Keynote speaker: Linnea Hanell, researcher from Institutet för språk och folkminnen, Language Council of Sweden. Words, words, words: Why language matters, even now

Publication: Papers will be published in the journal Terminology Science and Research (TSR)

Important Dates:

• • 15th April 2026 (NEW!): Submission of paper proposal (extended abstract)
  • 5^th June 2026: Notification to authors
  • 12^th June 2026: Publication of the programme
  • 26^th June 2026: Early-bird registration deadline
  • 3rd September  2026: NeoTerm 2026 workshop
  • 4^th December 2026: Paper submission

How to submit

Authors are invited to submit research papers presenting original ideas on the listed topics and/or on other fundamental aspects of terminological neologism.

Submissions should take the form of an extended abstract (minimum 3 pages, excluding references) and must follow the template of the journal Terminology Science and Research (TSR).

Extended abstracts must be submitted via Microsoft CMT at the following link.

Submission deadline: 15th April 2026, 23:59 (Anywhere on Earth).

All submissions will undergo a double-blind peer-review process. Authors are therefore required to anonymize their manuscripts.

The languages of the extended abstract and the oral presentation should be English.

 

For authors of accepted papers: Please view travel reimbursement rules here.

 

The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.