Dear Colleague,

We are delighted to invite you to the 3^rd International Conference on Advances in Technology, Education and Science (ICATES), organized by the International Society for Academic Research in Science, Technology, and Education (ARSTE). The conference will take place at Best Western İzmir Hotel on April 24-26, 2026, in İzmir, Türkiye. The ICATES is an annual conference organized regularly. The ICATES 2026 is the third conference organized by ARSTE. The conference will be held in person and online/virtual.

Virtual participants will receive presentation certificates and their papers will appear in program, abstracts, and proceedings books as with our face-to-face conferences. Participants will receive all conference documents (Program Book, Abstract Book, Certificate of Participation, and Proceedings Book) digitally.

After peer-reviewing process, selected papers will be published in the following journals:

• International Journal of Academic Studies in Technology and Education (IJASTE) 
  Indexed in EBSCO, H. W. Wilson, Mier, Erih Plus
• International Journal of Academic Studies in Science and Education (IJASSE) 
  Indexed in EBSCO, H. W. Wilson, Mier, Erih Plus

ICATES participants can submit book chapters to the books titled "Current Academic Studies in Technology and Education". Journal and book publications are completely free for conference participants. Research articles are not accepted as book chapters. If conference participants wish to submit a book chapter, they should write about a theoretical topic in their field. After the annual book is published, they will be submitted to various databases (Scopus, web of science, Eric etc.) for indexing.

We look forward to welcoming you to this exciting event in İzmir, Türkiye.

Best regards,
ICATES Organizing Committee

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