Symposium on Artificial Intelligence in Employment and the Protection of Personal Data

Jointly organised by the Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority and Ibn Haldun University, the “Symposium on Artificial Intelligence in Employment and the Protection of Personal Data” will be held in a hybrid format on 3–4 December 2026. It aims to examine, from an interdisciplinary perspective, contemporary issues arising from AI-based systems in employment, particularly personal data protection, privacy, discrimination, transparency and accountability.

Theoretical and applied papers in law, business administration, human resource management, organisational behaviour, artificial intelligence and related fields are welcome. Submitted abstracts will undergo peer review. Accepted abstracts and full papers will be published in the symposium book of abstracts and the proceedings, respectively.

Important Dates

Symposium Languages

Papers and presentations may be in Turkish or English. Papers to be presented in Turkish must also include an English title, abstract and keywords. Papers to be presented in English must likewise include a Turkish title, abstract and keywords.

Submission Requirements and Abstracts

Submissions must include the following:

• Paper title in Turkish and English
• Abstracts of 500–1,000 words in Turkish and English
• A maximum of 5 keywords in Turkish and English
• Bibliography
• A short author biography
• Institutional affiliation
• ORCID information
• Contact details
• For co-authored papers, information identifying the presenting author or authors

To ensure a proper blind peer-review process, author information and the abstract must be prepared as separate files.

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Review Process

Abstracts will undergo preliminary academic assessment through blind peer review, and accepted papers will be presented at the symposium. Authors whose papers are accepted will be notified by email on 20 November 2026.

Each presentation must be no longer than 15 minutes. For co-authored papers, the number and identity of the presenting authors must be specified. Online participation is possible.

Presentations will be video-recorded and may, where deemed necessary, be published on platforms approved by the Organising Committee. Submitted papers must be original works by the participants and must not have been previously presented or published elsewhere.

The members of the Symposium Organising Committee have been formally appointed by the Rectorate of Ibn Haldun University. The symposium meets the current criteria for associate professorship applications in Türkiye. The appointment letter and participation certificate will be sent by email upon acceptance of the paper.

Following the selection of accepted papers, the symposium programme will be emailed to participants and announced separately.

Illustrative Paper Topics

Publication

All abstracts presented at the symposium will be published as an e-book with an ISBN by Ibn Haldun University Press, an international publisher. Authors submitting abstracts are deemed to consent to this publication if their abstracts are accepted.

No royalties will be paid to authors for the symposium booklet or the full-paper publication.

The full texts of papers accepted for the symposium and approved for full-text publication must be submitted by 31 December 2026. Details of the full-paper submission process will be communicated separately to authors of accepted papers.

Organising Committee

• Prof. Dr. Yeliz Bozkurt Gümrükçüoğlu
• Prof. Dr. Mahmut Arslan
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eda Manav Özdemir
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Alper Özpınar
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Gülnihal Ahter Yakacak
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Halide Kıvrak
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali Demirbaş
• Dr. Kumru Döne
• Research Asst. Abdülmecit Güldağı

Scientific Committee

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Abstract Formatting Guidelines

General

The paper title, abstract and keywords must be provided in both English and Turkish in the abstract document.

Abstract

Submissions must include abstract sections of 500–1,000 words in Turkish and English. Authors presenting in English should place the English abstract first, followed by the Turkish abstract.

Keywords

A maximum of 5 keywords must appear below each of the Turkish and English abstract sections.

Language

The proceedings will be published in Turkish and English. Full papers submitted in English will be published in English.

Formatting

• Use Times New Roman.
• The main text must be in 12-point font.
• Footnotes must be in 10-point font.
• Use 1.5 line spacing.
• Do not use full stops in abbreviations.
• Do not include a table of contents or a list of abbreviations.

Citation Style

Citations and bibliographies must follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th or 17th edition.