Call for Papers

MIE 2026 - "Opening the personal gate between technology and Health care"    

We invite submissions for Medical Informatics Europe (MIE) 2026, to be held in Genoa (IT), from 25 to 28 May 2026. The theme is "Opening the personal gate between technology and Health care." We seek original research, case studies, and innovative solutions in medical informatics that explore the integration of information technology within real health care systems. This integration could be heavily supported by intelligent systems, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and knowledge management tools. Join us in shaping the future of digitally supported healthcare systems.  

Conference tracks include (but are not limited to):  

• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MEDICINE 

• Biomedical imaging in medical informatics 

• Computable knowledge and decision support 

• Data science for visualization and analytics 

• Ethics, regulations and AI 

• Explainable and trustworthy AI 

• Generative AI, foundational models 

• Learning health systems 

• Natural language processing applications in healthcare 

• INFRASTRUCTURES AND REGULATIONS 

• FAIR data and data sharing infrastructures, European Health Data Space 

• Healthcare data security 

• Information Infrastructure Integration and certification 

• Information systems in healthcare 

• Privacy and Data Protection methods and technologies for healthcare 

• Standardization and interoperability issues in medical informatics 

• HEALTH INFORMATICS ECOSYSTEMS 

• Automation and robotics in healthcare 

• Digital twins 

• Digitally supported Precision Medicine 

• Internet of Medical Things 

• Medical devices (including software) 

• Patient empowerment 

• Personal health records and mHealth 

• Telemedicine and telehealth 

• ONEHEALTH 

• Human factors, social and organisational issues 

• Population health 

• Translational health informatics 

• Veterinary and environmental health informatics 

• EDUCATION 

• Health Informatics in medical education 

• Innovative technologies and approaches for education 

• Living labs and patients’ inclusion and engagement 

• Multimodal Learning in healthcare 

• OTHER RELATED TOPICS 

Key dates 

15 May 2025: Call for Papers - Open 

28 June 2025: Conference Registration - Open 

20 October 2025: Deadline for submitting full papers and short communication papers/posters  

15 December 2025: Initial decision notifications for full papers and short communication papers/posters 

21 January 2026: Re-submission Deadline for full papers and short communication papers/posters 

26 January 2026: Deadline for panels, workshops, tutorials, and demonstrations 

31 January 2026: Notification of final acceptance for full papers and short communication papers/posters 

07 February 2026: Notification of acceptance for panels, workshops, tutorials, and demonstrations 

24 February 2026: Early-bird registration ends 

28 February 2026: Mandatory Author registration 

25 May 2026: Conference starts!   

Conference proceedings will be published with open access in the IOS Press series Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. 

Full Papers, Posters and Short Communication Papers will be included in the conference proceedings.  

MIE2026 accepts the following contributions:  

Full Papers (5 pages) and Short Communication Papers/Posters (2 pages)  

Published by IOS Press in their open access series “Studies in Health Technology and Informatics” and submitted (for evaluation) for indexing by MEDLINE/PubMed; Web of Science: Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S) and Book Citation Index - Science (BKCI-S); Google Scholar; Scopus; EMCare.  

Panels, Workshops, Tutorials, (3 pages), and Demonstrations (1 to 3  pages)  

Available via the conference website in non-indexed program book  

Language 

The official language for MIE2026 is English. All submissions must be in English. Submissions in any other language will be rejected without review. Values should be reported in the International System of Units. Authors are responsible for appropriate grammar, spelling, and punctuation in their submissions. Non-native English speakers are advised to consider employing the services of a professional editor or request review and editing from colleagues.  

Guidelines for authors 

All submissions must be formatted according to the IOS Press style for Studies in Health Technology and Informatics https://www.iospress.nl/service/authors/latex-and-word-tools-for-book-authors and have to be submitted through the conference online system at https://access.online-registry.net/mie2026 in MS Word or compatible 

Non-compliance with the templates including excessive length will lead to submission rejection.  

MIE2025 accepts the following contributions: 

Full Papers (5 pages) and Short Communication Papers/Posters (2 pages) 

Published by IOS Press in their open access series “Studies in Health Technology and Informatics” and submitted (for evaluation) for indexing by MEDLINE/PubMed; Web of Science: Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S) and Book Citation Index - Science (BKCI-S); Google Scholar; Scopus; EMCare.. 

Panels, Workshops, Tutorials, (3 pages), and Demonstrations (1 to 3  pages) 

Available via the conference website in non-indexed program book 

Any presentation accepted in the program requires to have at least one author registered to the conference. Multiple presentations require one distinct registration per each accepted submission. Disrespect of this usual EFMI/MIE rule will lead to cancellation.

Language 

The official language for MIE2025 is English. All submissions must be in English. Submissions in any other language will be rejected without review. Values should be reported in the International System of Units. Authors are responsible for appropriate grammar, spelling, and punctuation in their submissions. Non-native English speakers are advised to consider employing the services of a professional editor or request review and editing from colleagues. 

Guidelines for authors 

All submissions must be formatted according to the IOS Press style for Studies in Health Technology and Informatics https://www.iospress.nl/service/authors/latex-and-word-tools-for-book-authors and have to be submitted through the conference online system at https://access.online-registry.net/mie2025

Non-compliance with the templates including excessive length will lead to submission rejection. 

Types of submissions 

Full papers 

• Description: Full papers are original works submitted for publication in the indexed conference proceedings by IOS Press  

• Length: cannot exceed 5 pages  

• Format: must adhere to the IOS template and guidelines (see below).   

• Structure: Title, Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, and References  

• Presentation: Full papers are presented in a dedicated session in 10 min  

Short Communication/Posters 

• Description: Short communication/poster submissions typically present on-going work and preliminary results.  

• Length: cannot exceed 2 pages  

• Format: must adhere to the IOS template and guidelines (see below).  

• Structure: Title, Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, and References  

• Presentation: Short oral presentation of poster showcase.  

Workshops 

• Description: Workshops are sessions intended to discuss and practice innovative topics with the conference participants. Educational workshops are welcome. 

• Length: cannot exceed 3 pages  

• Format: must adhere to the IOS template with the following  

• Structure: Title, Topic, Rationale Outcome, Programme  

• Presentation: 90-minute sessions (only). The workshop must allow at least 30 minutes for discussion or other interactive forms of collaborative working with the intended audience  

• Remarks: The Scientific Programme Committee encourages equal representation of women and men among the speakers.  

Panels 

• Description: A panel is intended to focus on a specific topic on which a panel of experts gives their opinion and discusses it with the audience.  

• Length: cannot exceed 3 pages  

• Format: Must adhere to the IOS template  

• Structure: Title, Description of the panel’s topic, Panellists’ short bio.  

• Presentation: 60-minute session during the main conference program. A panel would typically feature 3-4 members giving a brief presentation or making a position statement, followed by at least 20 minutes of discussion with an active role for the audience.  

• Remarks: The Scientific Programme Committee encourages equal representation of women and men on panels.  

Demonstrations 

• Description: Demonstrations are sessions where a practical solution is presented to the audience. 

• Length: cannot exceed 3 pages  

• Format: must adhere to the IOS template  

• Structure: Title, Topic, and Contents of the demonstration  

• Presentation: Presented from 20 to 30 minutes.  

Tutorials 

• Description: Tutorials are sessions to train the audience on a new topic.  

• Length: Tutorials abstracts should not exceed 3 pages  

• Format: Tutorials abstracts must adhere to the IOS template  

• Structure: Title, general description of the topic proposed in appropriate headings, specific contributions of authors to the tutorial, brief biographies of the organizers/lecturers.  

• Presentation: Authors of accepted tutorials will be required to present a three-hour tutorial during the pre-conference.  

• Tutorial abstracts should outline the following: Topic, Format, Target Group, Learning Objectives, and Expected outcome of the workshop  

• Remarks: There will be a separate registration for tutorials and a minimum number of participants is mandatory for the tutorial to take place. No honorarium will be offered to tutorial organizers/speakers.  

Mandatory Author Registration for all accepted submissions is applied.  

Any presentation accepted in the program requires to have at least one author fully registered to the conference. Multiple presentations require one distinct registration per each accepted submission (for each full paper or short paper or poster). Disrespect of this usual EFMI/MIE rule will lead to cancellation and withdraw of the submitted manuscript from conference proceedings.