About DB&IS

The 17th International Baltic Conference on Digital Business and Intelligent Systems (DB&IS) is an international biennial event dedicated to advancing research, innovation, and practice across the broad spectrum of digital business, intelligent systems, and data-driven technologies. Building on its strong heritage and steadily expanding international reach, DB&IS provides a vibrant environment for scientists, practitioners, and doctoral students to exchange research findings, discuss emerging trends, and explore transformative ideas shaping modern digital ecosystems. The conference welcomes work spanning conceptual modelling, business process optimisation, intelligent computing, data science, semantic and knowledge technologies, trustworthy and human-centred AI, digital twins, cybersecurity, emerging infrastructures, and the many domains where digitalisation is reshaping society.

Since its inception, DB&IS has brought together the wider Baltic and European research communities across a series of successful conferences held in Trakai (1994, 2018), Tallinn (1996, 2002, 2008, 2014, 2020), Riga (1998, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2022), and Vilnius (2000, 2006, 2012, 2024). The 17th edition continues this tradition by featuring high-quality research and application papers addressing the theory, design, implementation, security, and societal implications of contemporary digital business and intelligent systems.

A conference rooted in Baltic history

The origins of DB&IS are closely tied to the Very Large Data Bases (VLDB) community. Shortly after Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania regained independence in the early 1990s, VLDB organisers Prof. Janis Bubenko Jr. and Prof. Arne Sølvberg dedicated a portion of the VLDB Fund to support the integration of Baltic computer scientists into the European research landscape. This initiative led to the first event in 1994—“The Baltic Workshop on National Infrastructure Databases: Problems, Methods, Experiences”—held in Trakai, Lithuania, bringing together researchers from the Baltics, Europe, and the United States.

Over time, the workshop evolved into the International Baltic Conference on Databases and Information Systems, rotating among the three Baltic states and consistently classified in Category B by Excellence in Research Australia (ERA). Following the 14th edition (Tallinn, 2020), the steering committee broadened the conference’s scope to reflect global technological trends, extending the acronym DB&IS to Digital Business and Intelligent Systems, while maintaining its name as a tribute to its heritage.

DB&IS 2026 in Tartu

The Baltic DB&IS 2026 conference will take place in Tartu, which with its versatility and vibrant atmosphere, captivates everyone – whether you’re a passionate culture enthusiast, an adventurous sports fan, or a digital nomad. A little bit of Old Town, high-rise buildings, wooden-house neighbourhoods, ruins and a little bit of street art here and there. Charming riverbanks, more parks than cities usually have and the atmosphere in the old industrial quarters, with everything in Tartu is within your reach – 15 minutes by foot everywhere.

Baltic DB&IS 2025 is organised by the Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu - the leading university in the Baltics in the field of information technology and is one of the 350 best universities in the world in the ranking of Times Higher Education.