MBCC - IIT Mandi

Submission

Guidelines for Submission

The call for submissions to all other tracks is now closed. The call for special sessions remains open until 25 March 2026

The 3rd International Mind Brain Consciousness Conference (MBCC 2026) will bring together leading researchers, scientists, and practitioners from India and around the world to explore consciousness through a distinctive interdisciplinary lens. A unique highlight of MBCC 2026 is its deep integration of insights from Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) . The conference will feature 16 thematic areas, fostering dialogue across diverse domains. MBCC 2025 was a resounding success, with 10 plenary talks, 12 invited talks, and over 160 technical presentations. Springer is publishing four edited volumes featuring selected papers from MBCC 2025. Building on this success, we are pleased to share that selected full-length papers from MBCC 2026 will once again be published by Springer as an edited conference volume.

Notification of acceptance will be sent by 5th April 2026, and further updates will be available on the website.

Submission Guidelines

Manuscripts must be between 8 to 12 pages, inclusive of references, and strictly adhere to the prescribed page limits.
Papers must be prepared using the Springer conference format provided below. Submissions that do not comply with the formatting guidelines may be subject to desk rejection without review.
If using the word template once the manuscript is finalized, authors must generate a PDF version of the paper and upload it through the submission system.
Accepted papers must be presented at the conference venue by at least one of the registered authors.

Submission Format for Full Paper (Springer)

Latex template:
Overleaf Template
Microsoft Word template:
Word Template

Submission Format for Extended Abstract

Format for Extended Abstract submission is provided in the link below:
Word Template

Submission Method

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Acknowledgement

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.