We want to inform you that we will be holding a workshop for ESMira at this year’s conference of the Society for Ambulatory Assessment. The SAA 2026 will happen from the August 3rd to August 5th in Vienna, Austria. On the day after the main conference, Thursday, August 6th, we will hold one of the post conference workshops.

Here is the abstract of that workshop:

In this workshop attendees will learn hands-on about the open-source platform ESMira. ESMira is a self-hostable platform focusing on anonymity that can be used to conduct smartphone-based Experience Sampling Method (ESM) studies. It incorporates an easy to install server software that can run on any web space or web server (with only minimal requirements), a web interface to create and manage studies with questionnaires, notifications or automated charts and smartphone apps (iOS and Android) that are used by participants to complete studies and communicate with study administrators anonymously. Workshop attendees will have a chance to learn how to install ESMira on their own server and how to use the web interface to implement their own studies, manage communication with participants and how to review and download study data. They will also learn about the capabilities and possible pitfalls of the web interface and smartphone apps and have a chance to discuss their own studies and past experiences. During the workshop, attendees will be able to create their own study in ESMira, test it in action with other attendees and will have the opportunity to receive feedback from the developers of the ESMira platform and other attendees. The workshop is targeted at people who either have never used ESMira and want to learn about it or have prior experience and want to improve their knowledge, have questions or want to discuss and share their experience with others. And of course, the workshop is meant as an opportunity to discuss possible future developments of ESMira and connect with other researchers in the field of ESM research.

Registration for conference tickets is already open, and you can still get Early Bird Tickets until April 30th. Note that you will ned to register for this workshop separately.

We are looking forward to meeting users of ESMira and those that are interested.