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Real-world digital health ecosystems
Applied solutions for care management, patient outcomes, clinical workflows, disease surveillance and digital transformation in healthcare organizations.
Workshop scope
From promising AI concepts to measurable health impact.
HOPE'26 welcomes original work on AI-driven health informatics and patient-centered solutions that have been evaluated in real-world healthcare contexts or demonstrate a clear pathway to practical, responsible deployment.
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AI, analytics and digital twins
Predictive, personalized and preventative models, AI-based diagnostics, health data analytics and decision support for safer patient pathways.
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Ethical, social and sustainable innovation
Data governance, algorithmic fairness, inclusion, environmental impact, energy-efficient infrastructures and digital responsibility in health IT.
Who should participate?
Researchers, healthcare professionals, engineers, health IT innovators, educators and industry teams working at the intersection of AI, data-driven health technologies and patient-centered transformation.
AcademiaHealthcareIndustryDigital healthAI education
Topics of interest
Contributions may include, but are not limited to:
We particularly encourage work with clear target outcomes, rigorous evaluation and relevance for real-world healthcare settings.
AI-based diagnostics and clinical decision supportMachine learning, explainable AI and support systems for safer diagnosis and treatment decisions.
Digital twins for health and care pathwaysSimulation of patient trajectories, preventive care models and resource optimization.
Mobile health, wearables and patient-centered eHealthPersonalized monitoring, patient engagement, self-management and remote care solutions.
Health data analytics and big data infrastructuresDisease surveillance, early detection, treatment discovery and health operations intelligence.
Human-machine interaction, VR and digital competenciesUsability, virtual environments, learning formats and university education for digital health transformation.
Responsible, fair and sustainable digital healthGovernance, privacy, ethics, inclusion, environmental responsibility and energy-aware infrastructures.
Submission & review
Original papers, rigorous review, strong discussion.
Submissions are expected to follow the AICCSA 2026 workshop submission procedure. Accepted and presented workshop papers are intended for inclusion in the official AICCSA 2026 proceedings.
Regular paper deadline05 Jul 2026Final AICCSA extension
Notification08 Aug 2026Author notification
Workshop Authors Registration5 Sep 2026Final version and copyright
Conference26-29 Oct 2026University of Sharjah, UAE
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Review process
Submissions undergo a coherent single-blind peer-review process, with at least three reviews per paper.
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Target acceptance
The workshop anticipates around 15 submissions and aims to accept 7-10 high-quality original papers.
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Interactive format
Paper presentations, discussions and potential panels will support feedback, networking and future collaboration.
Organization
International workshop chairs and committee.
The organizing team brings together health informatics, AI, digital health and systems expertise across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
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Prof. Thomas LuxNiederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Krefeld, Germany
thomas.lux@hs-niederrhein.de
thomas.lux@hs-niederrhein.de
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Prof. Adel TaweelBirzeit University, Palestine / King's College London, UK
adel.taweel@outlook.com
adel.taweel@outlook.com
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Prof. Elyes LamineCGI, IMT Mines Albi - ISIS, INU Champollion, Castres, France
elyes.lamine@univ-jfc.fr
elyes.lamine@univ-jfc.fr
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Prof. Yousef KaderJordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
yskhader@just.edu.jo
yskhader@just.edu.jo
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Prof. Dr. Farah JemiliWorkshop Communication Chair · ISITCom, University of Sousse, Tunisia
jmili_farah@yahoo.fr
jmili_farah@yahoo.fr
Scientific program committee
Jordi Linares-Pellicer - Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Massimo Mecella - Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
Sauvik Bal - University of Engineering and Management, Jaipur, India
Tareq Alnaffouri - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Issam Nouaouri - University of Artois, France
Lea Leeser - Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Dimitris Panagoulias - University of Piraeus, Greece
Mohamed Ibn Khedher - IRT-SystemX, France
Neetu Agarwal - Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India
Abdallah Karakra - Birzeit University, Palestine
Monia Rekik - Laval University, Canada
Khaled Jouini - ISITCom, Tunisia
Hassan Badir - Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, Tangier, Morocco
Mohamed Jmaiel - ENIS, Tunisia
Salma Chahed - University of Westminster, UK
Bernhard Breil - Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Rym Ben Bachouch - PRISME, Université d'Orléans, France
Sara Ibn El Ahrache - ENSA Tangier, Morocco
Malek Masmoudi - LASPI, IUT de Roanne
Rafika Thabet - INP Grenoble, France
Mounir Moktari - Institut Mines Télécom, Paris, France
Conrad Attard - University of Malta, Malta
Francis Faux - ISIS Engineering School, France
Nader Mohamed - California University of Pennsylvania, USA
Giorgio Leonardi - University of Eastern Piedmont Amedeo Avogadro, Italy
Saeed Seyyedi - University of California Berkeley and San Francisco, USA
Osama El Hassan - Emirates Health Informatics Society, UAE
Jameela M. Al-Jaroodi - Robert Morris University, Pennsylvania, USA
Abdulalam Yassine - Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada
Hannes Schlieter - Technical University Dresden, Germany
Lisanne Kremer - Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Germany